Autumn Dreamin

Provided he can demonstrate some health/production over the next couple weeks, I wonder where he finishes the season.

The boys got into Texas just after 7:30 PM local, so plenty of time for a good night's rest. The Rangers had a shorter flight coming in from their loss in Atlanta, but the Braves worked their pen a bit (5 relievers threw behind Eovaldi last night) so we'll have a rest advantage there at least. DeGrom is having (another) good year, with 8 quality starts in 18 tries. He's gone 5+ IP in 15/18, allowed 3 ER or fewer in 14/18, and recorded 5+ K's in 15/18. If you want to be optimistic, he's actually been worse in his 3 starts with extended rest this season. The handful of games where he's been roughed up have involved him giving up multiple HRs, which the Sox lineup is capable of when clicking. He allows most of his HRs to LHB (10/16), but has slight reverse splits this year thanks to an effective changeup. He's also been pretty elite at home (2.51 ERA, .518 OPS against), so the best bet might be just hoping to see enough pitches that he doesn't go 6+. He did miss his last start with a glute strain, so maybe TEX is more cautious with his workload tonight.

Marte pitched a scoreless inning with 2 K, Cardozo struck out in his 1 AB, and Romero had an RBI groundout for what ended up being the decisive run in a 7-6 win for the AL. Alternatively, having only one team means you still have to find playing time for the lagging players instead of prioritizing the best performers. The Padres have a team that's 25-9, and the other is 7-26. There are also teams with two solid teams (Giants are 20-14 and 19-14) or two bad teams (Red Sox are 11-21 and 10-22). Just not really much correlation either way when you're developing teenagers for the most part.

Hays is 31 and expiring, Pereira is 25 and a rookie. The injuries have sucked, but not enough to not bet on the youth and team control if they are otherwise comparable. They've also been acute "playing hard" injuries (cleat caught in the wall padding, concussion on a tough catch) rather than the soft tissue stuff that can become recurrent like Hays' hammy/calf. Pereira playing all 3 OF spots also makes him less redundant with Grichuk than Hays would be.

First one back would get Perez' spot, yeah I hope it's Pereira so we can make sure he stays healthy for a bit before having to make a decision on Hays

Hays (LF) and Pereira (DH) both in the lineup for Charlotte today

Cleveland game went final, so it's a 1 game lead for the Sox. 5 teams within 4 games of a WC spot though, including DET and MIN

Carlson finishes 2-3 with a double, triple, and 2 walks. His one out was a sac fly. Good day for him. Kanny offense is very fun when it's clicking and they should see a couple reinforcements next month too.

Trading a player for other assets is not "giving up" on them. No one asks why the Sox "gave up on" Crochet

Don't think we hear about his affiliate assignment until after AZ, but I agree that it's likely WS. They have a shot to make the playoffs too, which would be fun.

Your first place Chicago White Sox are 52-46! They win the first series out of the break and take the season series 5-1. Colson Montgomery and Sam Antonacci finish the series with more HRs in Toronto than Vlad Jr on the season... They have outscored opponents 39-7 in their last 6 games, throwing two shutouts and allowing more than 1 run only once in that stretch (in Friday's win). They are 6-4 in their last 10 road games, which would be a good trend to see continue in the second half. Win #52 came in September last year (and of course didn't come at all in 2024). They did go 10-5 coming out of the 2025 ASB though, which would be a nice thing to repeat (or surpass!) Sean Burke has been incredible lately: If he continues this form, Martin is past the worst of his struggles, and Hicks has become a solid BP weapon, their pitching needs get much more manageable.

Seemed like he was hoping to add a Cy to his trophy case this season, but I guess it will have to wait

He successfully got a challenge K earlier this game

6th inning runs sponsored by the law firm of Montgomery & Montgomery

Beni has been great today

Another nice inning from Burke. Would be great to start another rally and chase Yesavage soon.

Nice effort by Vargas, feel like that gets most runners

Way to do a job Beni

Really gonna need to figure something out second time through

Pereira played 5 in the field today. Went 1-3 at the plate with 2 batted balls over 105mph and an OF assist.

Uninhabited time zone and the Sox put up a 0...coincidence? Let's get a more populated area for the next one just in case.