Autumn Dreamin

Perhaps another name on the way?

Kinda surprising

McDougal looking great through 4. Might need one of these arms to learn how to hit at this rate though

Good listen on Schultz.

Seemed like he found something in the second half and he's a hard worker. Rooting for him.

They said before the season that he would be kept to ~3 inning starts for a while so that he can finish the season in Chicago with less restriction.

2.25 team ERA over the last 8, but a 4-4 record in that time. Averaging 4 runs/game in the wins and just 1.5 runs/game in their losses. They have pitched more shutouts (2) in their last 6 games than they have hit HRs (0). Gonna guess none of these trends hold up over the remaining 91% of the season.

Jensen's gonna be a good one if they stop sticking him to the bench

Different look today vs. a lefty starter. Kinda into it. Martin threw his sinker way more than usual last time out and really cut back on the changeup. Curious to see if that was a Toronto matchup thing or a longer term shift that he'll keep for KC's LHBs too.

So it sounds like it's a price thing for Gio, which is better than it being a health thing. But man, I really wonder what he thought he'd get in FA when he turned down that $19m. Lots of pitching injuries early though, feels like he'll get some incentive-heavy deal eventually.

Forgot to throw this in yesterday's thread, but congrats to Kay for his first MLB win since June 24, 2021! McGuire was his battery mate that day. Semien and Bichette were his middle IF pairing. Also the Sox first win in KC since September 6, 2023. Vaughn and Moncada went yard, Elvis Andrus went 4-5, Touki Toussaint threw a quality start, and Bryan Shaw got the save. First shutout @ KC since May 17, 2022 in the first half of a DH. Cease (5.2IP), Bennet Sousa, Joe Kelly, Jose Ruiz, and Liam Hendriks (S) combined for the shutout. Abreu (2) and AJ Pollock knocked in the runs. Oddly enough, McGuire caught that one too. So Kay's last two wins were caught by McGuire and Quero years apart, and the Sox last two shutouts in Kauffman were also also caught by McGuire and Quero years apart. Baseball.

Kay a little feisty lol No reason for Cags to think it was intentional though.

Sox and KC now tied at 5-8, both ahead of Detroit at 4-9. Road record is 2-5 for the season. Sox for the second time this year end a skid at 3. By this time last year, they had already had an 8 game loss streak (they had a 4L and 5L at this point in 2024). Win #5 comes on April 9th this year (April 20th in 2025, April 27th in 2024). The date to beat for #6 is April 24th. Team ERA over the last 7 games is 2.25 (18 total runs allowed). Second shutout in that stretch. Probably should get more than a 4-3 record out of that if they could start hitting some HRs again.

This is why pitchers don't challenge

Rule 5 pick, broke camp but never pitched. Feels like the Yanks have had enough big wins that they could have given him a look, but probably saw no need to risk their top tier pitching stats so far.

Good challenge

Max Banks has looked pretty nasty. 4 IP, 1 H/BB, 7K for Kanny today.

Not too bad, that's a relief.

Martin last start, Burke following Taylor, Fedde following Taylor

Bonds, Trout, Cabrera on offense. Brandon Crawford on defense.

Bergolla was running out from short to a ball in shallow LF. Ant tried sliding to avoid him, but they clipped legs and Bergolla hit the ground pretty hard. Antonacci stayed in the game, Bergolla seemed to have trouble putting weight on his right leg and got carted off.

Bonemer first HR of the season, DePino B2B

Dash put up 4 in the first. RBI doubles from Bones, Wolkow, and Burke.