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85 pitches, 1.4 whip, 0 ERA. the WHIP isn't great but the stat doesn't account for producing double play balls. Saved our guy. He could've stayed in. Two good outings from the starters.

step away for a minute and Cannon is still cruising. now hit the ball

5IP, no runs would be a good outing imo

Ward took a good at bat, Cannon got screwed on two calls with Soler, otherwise he's looked very good. Cruising after that first inning. Maybe you don't like all the baserunners.

I'm glad they seem to all like each other/their manager is the point. It's also the sort of celebration that only the former worst team of all time would do.

did anybody post this video? a little corny, a little overexcited for a regular season win against a bad team, but you have to appreciate the vibes. I'm glad they're excited and seem to care.

just what we all expected, right?

yeah, I hate that too. you make a good point, the dfa is likely not related to his public behavior. I think that minority owner (the failson who inherited the role, whatever his name) keeps getting his bud Clev a job. but also, hold it against him. check this out, your co-worker's wife says he's been abusing her, spitting on her kids, etc -- is your first instinct to think "oh man, she's single now, let me make my move"?. it's just bizarre. I have to assume such a weird mentality impacts one's ability to take baseball playing seriously. totally think Clev should not be on this team. I hate it even if he could still play. I miss South Side Hit Man.

I mean, the guy is a weirdo. I don't like him either. Also it seems like he's bad at baseball and not getting any better. Hoped he'd be a good player, but they gave him a chance when they paid him $2.7 million and gave him an extended MLB opportunity in 2023 that he completely blew. -1.5 WAR in 75 games is next level bad. remember this whole saga? just a strange dude

caulfield already beat me to "who?". I'm not positive he was in on the bit.

"back then the white sox didn't want me. now i'm old and injured, the sox all on me"

good point. I like Taylor and, at this point, I probably should just realize Fletcher isn't a MLB player and doesn't have the speed to cover CF except as a backup. Team is probably better off with Taylor. Not going to lose sleep over it. Here's to hoping we trade with Philly on Robert and get back Justin Crawford somehow. Baseball America dinged his prospect status a little bit, but two outfield positions filled by Crawford/Montgomery is something I'd be excited for.

Drury can actually play, but what's the point? I'd much rather see any one of Sosa/Ramos/Baldwin/Meidroth/Vargas whoever play the infield instead of him. Oscar and Fletcher got sent down too...days ago but I'm just noticing. Oscar seems completely done-zo but might've figured Fletcher was getting a spot on the bench instead of Taylor...who Fangraphs apparently thinks is starting in left with Benintendi moving to DH. Might've given the spot to Ramos who I guess is injured...Drury seems like a better option than Taylor come to think of it.

conspiracy theory: it's the changeup.

Interesting choice. A good one IMO, a fair one perhaps. I don't really know what happened to that guy. But if anyone on our team could produce 8 WAR over the course of a season, sign me up. I forget what player we were talking about, Lenyn Sosa maybe? Regardless, if any Sox prospect can produce a positive WAR, it's a step in the right direction.

Pedroia or Utley is who I was imagining as a ceiling. Maybe the totally wrong profile. Guess we’ll see.

I had no opinion of Meidroth prior to the trade -- except that his name makes him sound like he's a dark lord of Mordor or a Wizard of the Sword Coast or some s%*# -- which is objectively awesome but doesn't necessarily speak to an ability to swing a bat. But since then everyone is talking about how he's secretly great and never K's, he has the 'sneaky' profile of a star player, he's essentially Luis Arraez or Ichiro; and yet they've been downplaying Braden a little bit, a guy I thought we could've taken fifth and who has done nothing since then to change that opinion. All I'm saying is that you guys made me start to have expectations for him, you can't just pull the rug out from under me like that telling me to moderate my expectations. I still think 2b is Lenyn's job to lose though, that guy is actually gonna be great.

Do you also disagree with workers comp? The guy got injured at his job and has protections as an American citizen. God help you if your employer forces you into a potentially dangerous surgery so you can get back to work quicker.

10 minute walk, southsider. sounds like you're getting banned.

hey soxtalk, so when are we running "the mile"? sounds like 8 minutes is the marker to beat. Or 10 if you're walking.

Gosh, I’m just thinking….i don’t have a body like that. Eloy specifically looks great. Dude is a hunk, my opinion is unchanged regardless of what he says about his momma. He says nice things, bonus points. I don’t work out. But it clearly takes work to produce that body. Thus I think they spent all their time lifting weights instead of swinging a bat. I think there’s a meme on this forum about this. Probably should’ve been focusing on other things, ie swinging a bat. I’m wondering about Lenyn…he’s looked nice over the last ~100ab I’ve seen him take….but the “development path” seems similar to Eloy: lift a ton of weights, then learn how to play baseball. Perhaps one should come before the other.

I think Ozzie made a good point once upon a time: you can’t pull fat. I don’t think these guys aren’t working hard enough, I think they care very much about what they do, especially the aforementioned players, but I wonder if they’re working on the right things. What do I know, I’m not in my best shape, but I don’t think I’m going to get injured running the bases — and I’m a fair amount older than Eloy. I think if he was lying, his employer might’ve realized it. Might’ve said something. It’s a bit of money on the line. I wonder why they paid Vaughn $6mil or whatever. I think some players don’t work hard, just not sure you could say it about some of the recent Sox. Seems like they’re all trying their best, just that their best isn’t good enough. It’s a good life lesson.

If Eloy wasn’t in shape, I’m the fattest mother fucker who ever lived. Guy looks like a Greek god.

I dunno if you can really tell what's in a person's heart, maybe Rendon's, but I never got the impression that Moncada was just milkin it. I think you have to just feel sorry for both him and Eloy. Fell sorry about ourselves, the joke is ultimately on us, but I don't think I have any reason to question his desire. Maybe he ate too much candy. Then again, these players seemed to get hurt a whole lot less when they weren't constantly lifting weights and were subsisting on a diet of beer, chewing tobacco, steak dinners and sunflower seeds.

Joey Batz just became Joey Ballz. This is the baseball sojourn we didn't ask for; but desperately needed. Also, wondering about the 'flexor strain' vs a torn UCL. Both of these things relate to the elbow, right, but I'm not even totally sure what the difference is between a tendon and a ligament. The UCL injuries seem more damaging than flexor ones, I can recall Skubal missing extended time in 22-23 for a 'flexor strain', but people seemed to think 'thank goodness it isn't his UCL' (which he previously had surgically repaired/replaced). I guess I'm wondering: is this just a prelude to TJS or is it unrelated? Do we just assume every pitcher will get Tommy John surgery and...might as well just give 'em a new elbow while he's already missing time with a less intense elbow injury?