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Insane even for baseball that it went like that.

Baseball never ceases to fascinate: Gray column is xwOBA. And 2nd to last is defensive runs relative to what fangraphs has as "average". Sox are 8th in xwOBA same as cubs really and cubs are 22 runs (2.2 wins roughly) above Sox by FG's defensive metrics, and the teams are basically tied. Defense is nice, hitting and pitching matter a lot more on a team.

Before PCA sees this one.

wut? Bulls have a chance to draft a multi time all star and another solid starter in this draft. This is probably the best draft for depth since maybe 2011? NIL pushed a bunch of good prospects back and you have the influx of international players in NCAA and direct from pro leagues in Europe. So no, it's a deep ass draft and Bulls are in the catbird's seat.

I mean that just screams KW. KW is the tools king.

That's the sort of package I was thinking. I'd probably do it. Three years left of relative cheapness so even if he regresses you can shove him in the 5th spot.

OK the Nishida grab in the 4th only had 25% catch probability. Legit great play.

I'd think a 4th starter under team control for 3 years would cost quite a bit of system depth. Probably not asking for top 3 org guys, but 4-10 pick three type deal.

Jason sure does manage to stay in the media. Guess they always know he'll say something.

Thanks for the good work. We def got the preferred insider still here after the dustup with Jeep bro. Don't always agree with your or FutureSox' perspectives but it's great free data.

Some people have forgotten what following a team and player every day for 162 is about. You're gonna slump at some point. As you said a good team will have other guys picking up the slack.

Sox remain 8th in wRC+ at 106 and 8th in position player fWAR at 9.2. The Dodgers and than the top 8 are starting to separate there. There's a big gap from the Dodgers (15.2 ) to 2nd (NYY 12.4) and then from 8th to 9th (Mariners 8.2). Defense for Sox remains slightly above avg since middle of May or so. 17th at -8.7 runs below avg. Up to 15th in pitching fWAR at 6.0. There's some underlying metrics that suggest pitching won't keep this up, but so far so good.

See 90% of the time you wade into one of these lower on the read list threads and it's two pollacks pissing on each other's leg. The other 10% it's a fire ass edit of a fun guy (not really a MLB player, but a fun guy) on a fun team. Win some lose some.

Get in price non nose bleeds on Stubhub is like 50 bucks a ticket for two together, which is absurd. You're probably talking a game where JR makes 4x revenue a random 15k draw with a bad Sox team playing ____. And the dumb f*** wants to cap what elite FO like the Dodgers can spend so those fans come to your park. The Dodgers are good for baseball. Full stop. Ohtani going there opened the Golden Goose for MLB with far east popularity and a resurgence here in US among casuals. I do think Ohtani has a chance to have a MJ like impact for Dodgers and MLB before he hangs it up. And our guy Mune could have a Minoso or Jose Abreu like career and open up that market forever to Chicago like Cuba.

Plesac filling in for Stone Pony? At least that will make me 50/50 the broadcast crews if so. Stone and John are auto mute for me but John and Bacon or Plesac is doable.

Does anybody know where to find catch probability live data? I'm trying to see if Nishidi made a solid or great play on that hooking liner by Lee. xBA was .490 FWIW, so probably just a solid play. I like some aspects of what Nishida can bring but he's superfluous on this roster given Hill is a way more complete player and you don't really need two backup CF let alone 3.

Think people just need to get used to the TTO era. The Sox are ahead of the curve here imo. Strikeouts and BA are secondary to ISO and OBP.

We're gonna have to get some nicknames we got two Montgomerys incoming. My lineup had Colson for Colson and Montgomery for Braden. @kitekrazy sam was signing for kids in Seattle too, he was just leaving as I was pulling up to my seat. All the kids appreciated it. If you go on twitter it seems it's something he does almost every game. He's just a really great example of a ballplayer and kudos to the scout that ID'd him. His tools aren't loud but his game is.

Imagine this lineup against RHP Sam, Teel, Mune, Vargas, Colson, Montgomery, Peters, Beni, Meidroth Very nice. Flip Peters and Meidroth if you want.

Lotta players getting it done so far. Fun season. Forgot what it felt like to have actual stars and then some pixie dust.

Castellanos was DFA by SD. I was thinking maybe worth a kick of the tires but he's washed.

Only thing that would vault us up would be like trading for a superstar corner OF and another decent SP. Say good bye to Bonemer and his projected 15 WAR for league min in that case. Not worth it at all imo.

Outscored them 18-15 in the series and could have been more. Offense was excellent. SP came back to earth some and defense wavered a bit, but solid series and played better than 1-2 indicates.

God damnit. Stupid ass Twins.