Jake

Thorpe is now listed as Charlotte's probable so Sox seem to be planning to option him. I assume the Urquidy DFA is partly motivated by making room for him on the 40.

That's very surprising to me TBH. Urquidy is quite possibly the 4th or 5th best starter in the org right now. Sox were going to need a 40-man spot for Thorpe by tomorrow, but I would have expected someone like Junior Perez or Joey Bart to be likelier to get the axe. BTW, this offseason when the 60-day guys all have to be added back will be a bloodbath

He looked pretty good. Velo was back and pretty much filled up the zone. It's a tough team for him with so many lefties/switch hitters but he did pretty well. A few loud outs but he was pretty much in control.

I thought about that too. I think there's an "unwritten rules" thing going on there

See, he'd be very comfortable with the White Sox

Totally unrelated to the Sox but he's seriously the coolest baseball player ever. I so badly wish he was on my team

Vogt warms up Herrin who is very tough on lefties. He lets Williams pitch to two Sox lefties who both reach base. Then Herrin finally comes in to face Colson who is unexpectedly competitive against lefties. Colson smokes one to the 1B, who spikes it off Peters's dome and the game breaks open. Grichuk PHs and gets a hit. Espino awaits so Venable lets Teel bat against Herrin, who was on the ropes, knowing that Vogt wouldn't dare take Herrin out due to the matchup. Teel smacks it into the corner and the game fully breaks open.

The best assumption to make is that each at bat, inning, and game are all independent of each other. Getting beaten yesterday doesn't affect today. Winning today doesn't mean winning tomorrow. The bad at bat last time up doesn't mean anything about the last one. There are some narrow exceptions but you'll live a happier life if you look at it this way

No problemo, just keep throwing strikes

Miguel usually looks pretty good on popups. It's interesting considering how brutal he was in the outfield.

Nice thing about Trevor is pitching tonight doesn't affect his availability going forward (he doesn't experience "fatigue")

rein it in Miguel

This ump seems like he's asking the batter for help every time there's a question about whether a batter was hit

He's a brown noser!

Herrin and Brogdon are like polar opposites on the weird body scale

From the Robin Ventura school of baserunning philosophy

No chemistry with Steve either IMO. And it's interesting because I feel like in some ways, he's more of the type of person Steve would like relative to Schriff. Steve thinks of himself as a serious intellectual type which is more the vibe Connor brings to the broadcast. But, no chemistry. I think Schriff's secret ingredient to making Steve like him is being absolutely, utterly obsequious.

This is pure anecdata but I feel like Mune is chasing slow stuff beneath the zone more during this nasty run he's on. I don't know if it's actually true but just watching, it feels like that's been the biggest difference. He's always been very efficient at forcing pitchers to come at him 3x per AB and he needs to have all 3 tries available to him.

(will go down a bit after tonight)

The shenanigans may cost us an inning of Hagen.

Bobby was also a starter who walked too many people to be successful right up until the Sox acquired him

He looks like the country singer Alan Jackson. A little bit less so after shaving the 'stache.

I've never seen right-handed batters swing at lefty sliders like that. Specifically when they aren't inside or anything, are starting way outside the zone and never breaking into it.

Let's be honest, he tried to do no such thing

A cutter that pulls your oblique if you swing at it