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True, but a GM should be able to assess and acknowledge this and trade for a second starter as a result. Cubs are going to win their division due to their deadline acquisitions of two starters.

Yep, this is ultimately what it comes down to.

x2. Just wait for Hagen to so the same soon.

Can’t tell if you got it or not, but that was a classic Caddyshack reference.

It’s like a bad skin flick where the dude grunts too much. Just have to mute it.

I knew that another well reasoned and legitimate poster on this site would agree with me.

Quero is back.

@Look at Ray Ray Run says eat s%*# @fathom. 🤣

So Castillo may make up for Martin’s decline. Perhaps Thorpe can make up for Martin’s drop in performance?

You just answered your own question. It’s called frustration.

Agreed, but that has nothing to do with this game or any game.

Haha, two high and way inside fastballs back-to-back against the guy that homered against him earlier. If an opposing pitcher facing the Sox did it, you would agree. Stop being a homer all your life.

Those weren’t misses.

Yep, you’re right and he deserves it. Don’t go head hunting because you are frustrated with your own performance. Putting yourself and your own ego above the team. Weak ass p**** move.

Can’t blame tipping his pitches anymore… Chicago Sun-TimesWhite Sox' Davis Martin certain he isn't tipping pitches...Martin technically will pitch on three days of rest, but his start Sunday against the Guardians, his first since the tipping, lasted just one inning because of a rain delay.

@ron883 can take it for sure.

JB. He just removes the toilets to save on taxes. Uninhabitable.

Sure, they wouldn’t and it won’t. However, the MVP Award should be based on performance and the fact is that PCA (8 WAR) has accumulated 1.4 WAR more than Ohtani (6.6) thus far. That’s insane. Hell, Yordan Alvarez is in third and he’s only at 5.6 WAR. Like you said, salary won’t be a factor but PCA is earning $894K this year and $115 million over the next 6 years. That’s insane.

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It would be like losing a big fat carp on your fishing line in the Des Plaines River. Disappointing at first, but you would realize you couldn’t have eaten it anyways so it would have been all for show. 🤣

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Ahhh, that’s right, it was Jim Margalus! Too many damn J’s. Quite honestly, I thought J. Fox and J. Margulas were WAY better than J. Fegan in that pod. Just my opinion… Thanks for sharing the pod. In any case, it’s still better White Sox talk than you can get anywhere else.

Sorry, I really didn’t mean it to sound negative. I meant because you obviously watch the pods with Fegan more often than me that you would have a more educated opinion on him. I just watched the most recent pod with James and Fegan and some other dude (can’t remember his name) that you shared, and Fegan struggled to get his point across and was involuntarily/sarcastically laughing at most of the questions. Both James’es know way more about baseball than Our Chuck, but Fegan would also be terrible in Our Chuck’s current role. Strange cadence is spot on. I assume it is nervousness.

That pudding face is @Chicago White Sox’s wife’s hall pass. I would bet $1000 dollars that not only is @Chicago White Sox better looking, but that he could also beat Meidroth’s little 5’9” ass. Pretty sure my 18 year old son was that tall at age 12. 🤣

This was actually mentioned in the initial trade thread. Someone mentioned that Castillo had stopped throwing his changeup which caused his downfall this year, but I think it may have been @fathom who said that he stopped throwing it because he couldn’t get it over the plate. It was probably a little of both. So hopefully, he continues getting his change over the plate way more consistently and continues to gain confidence in throwing it more and more, which will lead to a shrinking ERA. It doesn’t matter how hard you throw. If you throw all fastballs, you will eventually get hammered by major league hitters. You literally need to “change” it “up” and “change” speeds which is what completely fucks with even the best hitters.