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yea yea its always something Roseann Roseannadanna !

Same concerns everyone had the last 2 years when expecting to set another loss record. I'm over it with the success this year. Things are never perfect.

got the job done. That's all that matter. Hit em where they aint.

Munetaka Peters !!!

So a 2 run single doesnt mean anything to you ?

So you were expecting Hicks, Kay, Fedde and Hudson to all be good enough ? Got it . I'll also throw in there that Burke and Martin has gone through long stretches of pitching the best baseball of their lives and Newcomb and Taylor have also got significiantly better, That's 8 guys giving more than expected. Bannister is just the scapegoat flavor of the month because they haven't been able to turn some very young starting pitchers into viable MLB starting pitchers yet.

He was my darkhorse pick to come up when I made the poll. There's no doubt he can cover innings. It's the hittability that's in question.

May get Martin back before we ever get to Thorpe.

Thing was Eder wasn't any spring chicken himself yea younger than Burger but not by much and still recovering.

Don't care. Hit em where they aint. Before it was too many K's with RISP. Now its Ok sure we made contact but it was weak contact. Whatever .

Jake Eder. The right process people loved that trade. The rest of us weren't so sure and the debate raged on for a while and the right process people will always think it was the right process. The trouble was it was like they didn't care that he was injured or maybe didn't do enough research on him. Yes good thought bad evaluation .

Infield was in so it might not have made it through if they were playing back.

When I briefly went to Soxtalk today I saw the poll and voted that they'd make the playoffs and looked at the 77% who voted the same way. Now I don't know if that's true belief mixed with math but I don't care. That belief is what made that 6 run 1st inning possible. Thank you. Now they just have to do what most of us think they will.

My concern is that you recently got rid of Jacob Gonzalez and Boston Smith which were 2 LHH power bats when Benintendi and perhaps Murakami may not be a part of this team after next year. I suppose Teel can replace the Benintendi power if he stays healthy. With Bonemer and Cholowsky both RH the Sox are fast becoming a RH power team . It may not matter if both become very good however I like Getz's original instincts that LH power is crucial to your lineup. Mune is very crucial to the White Sox continuing to give the majority of Starting pitchers fits with his power and OBP.

Newcomb hasn't given up an earned run in 12.1 innings. in those 8 games the Sox are 6-2. Taylor had a streak going back to July 4th of 22.1 innings that ended today. in those 16 games the Sox were 12-4. Since 6/21 in 22 games covering 21.1 IP Jordan Hicks is 2-0 with a 1.27 ERA & 1.82 FIP with 32K & 8 BB. Also has 5 holds in that span and 1 blown save. Sox were 10-12 in his 22 games

If anyone else is confused about the Drew Thorpe timeline this is what I found out. The Start Date: Thorpe's official rehab assignment clock began on July 18, 2026. The 30-Day Deadline: This gave the White Sox until August 17, 2026, to conclude his rehab. The Catch (Rainouts and Delays): Days where games are postponed due to weather, or built-in travel/off-days between moving to different minor league affiliates (like his move from Double-A to Triple-A), sometimes do not count against the 30-day clock, slightly extending the calendar window. The Goal: Because Thorpe missed an entire year following April 2025 Tommy John surgery, the White Sox are using every single allowable day of this window to let him build up his pitch count and stamina in the minor leagues, rather than rushing him back to the majors. Once this strict window officially expires, the White Sox cannot keep him on a "rehab assignment" anymore. They must either activate him to the major league roster or formally reinstate him and option him to the minors. So what I glean from this is pay attention to The Catch section. Basically by starting in the low minors you extend his 30 days to extra days for each subsequent move up the ladder. I do not know if there was also any weather days added to this. But it's been 6 days since his 30 days rehab assignment ended but we have no clue about how many extra days they have been allowed. They will either use an option to officially option him to AAA or call him up but nothing has been announced but you'd think it would be soon.

If you put the ball in play it can be a DP. If you K with 1 out you have another hitter to try. Thomas was one of the greatest RHH in baseball history. Sox don't have a guy like that now. I'd take it more seriously if you were telling me their wRC+ or wOBA was bad instead of their batting avg.

While it is true that the Sox are not good at manufacturing runs I wouldn't say that it is all or nothing since when you are 1st in the AL in run scored and 3rd in baseball in HRs building your team to take walks (11th MLB) and hit HR's because and of the park we play home games is what should always be done . Another benefit is that the White Sox hit into the least amount of DP's in MLB !

I noticed that too that Robert had turned his back to head back to 3rd base but good baseball players don't turn their back to the action they sideways walk it with eyes on the ball or do a shuffle like we used to do to practice defense in basketball, feet apart but not crossing over. That throw made it to deep SS close to 2nd base before everyone yelling woke Colson up.

All right covered all the heroes ! I turned on the game late , around the fifth inning. I saw it was 0-0, checked who was pitching and saw Fedde pitching after 2 scoreless by Nuke. Fedde was at 2.2 IP. Yesterday while researching Sox pitching I knew Fedde had been pitching decently the last few months and Sox had won a nice portion of the games when he pitched so I dug into his game logs and saw the Sox were 13-7 since late April when he pitches 3 or more innings so I was rooting hard for him to get that last out to complete 3 innings . He got it and pitched another scoreless inning. So I knew the odds favored a Sox win. Now 14-7 since late April when he pitches 3 or more inning !

Peter's thanking Senga for the spicy meatball contribution to the winner winner spaghetti dinner !

Ok White Sox enough of this low scoring BS. LFG !

It's been about a month since this thread was posted and the Magic # went from 60 to 30 even though the Sox record since then is 13-14. . If the Sox can play just a little bit better they could wrap up the division title by mid September. The Central being terrible is helping more than the Sox performance. That being said nothing comes easy especially with the starting pitching staff being as precarious now than at any point in the season. At various times though we have got great performances when we needed them and for long stretches of time from Martin and Burke and better from Kay and Fedde. Kay has been better since he changed where he stood on the rubber. He has picked up some of the slack created by the Martin decline . He has 7 consecutive starts giving up 3 runs or less. Since the beginning of May he is 8-5 3.43 ERA and 4.25 FIP. Sox are 12-9 in the 20 games he's pitched since then covering 102.1 innings . Fedde has been pretty steady over the last few months. Since 4/24 any game in which Fedde has pitched at least 3 innings the Sox are 13-7. Burke had an incredible run even though his last 2 starts have been a struggle . Since 5/26 in 16 games covering 93 innings the Sox are 11-5 . Burke's ERA in those games is 2.81 with a 3.35 FIP, 112 K & 28 BB.

I think that was Steve Rogers batting in the 9th

She looks stoned or drunk but very happy ! She'll be on talk radio tomorrow maybe TV too getting interviewed.