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The pen has to take some lumps. A couple of those guys look intimidated right now. That will change.

#gaslighting

Tank Commander James Shields reporting for gopher ball duty.

That was great range and a nice read

Yoan crushed that one too. Too bad he got no elevation on that.

Just FYI, pretty sure that is a no.

Yoan was all over that one.

Here we go with a breakdown for where the Sox can/will/might pick next year. The Sox cannot catch Baltimore for the #1 pick. They already have 108 losses. The Sox can lose 103 games at most. The Sox currently have 92 losses, while the Royals have 100. The White Sox can lose a maximum of 103 games if they lose out, so right now, the White Sox need to play 8 losses worse than the Royals over their last 11 games (10 for KC) in order to catch them. If they Sox go 0-13 to finish at 59-103, KC would need to win no more than 6 games (going 6-4) to stay under the White Sox. If the teams were to tie, the Sox own the tiebreaker . If KC loses 5 games or more the rest of the way, the Sox have no way of catching them for the #2 pick. This is the magic numbers to clinch a higher draft pick than each of the teams left competing with the Sox for the #3 pick. At this point the Mets have 82 losses and could in theory still tie the White Sox with the same record, but the Sox have the tiebreaker over the Mets, so they are officially eliminated. That leaves Toronto, Cincy, Texas, Detroit, San Diego and Miami as able to get the #3 pick. Even if the Sox were to win out, the absolute worst they can draft in 2018 is #8. Toronto currently has 83 losses, and the most they can lose is 93 games. A combination of 1 Toronto win, or 1 White Sox loss the rest of the way eliminates them from the #3 pick. Again, the Sox own the tiebreaker here. Cincinnati has 88 losses, with 9 games left to play. The most they can lose this year is 97 games. A combination of 5 Sox losses or 5 Cincy wins eliminates them as the White Sox again have the tiebreaker here. Texas has 88 losses as well, but has 10 games left to play, meaning they can still lose 98 games. A combination of 6 Texas wins or 6 Sox losses eliminates them. San Diego currently sits at 92 losses with 9 games left to play, meaning they can max out at 101 losses. The Sox had a worse record than them last year, so the Sox own the tiebreaker. Chicago need a combination of 9 losses and/or 9 Padres win to pick ahead of htem. Next up is Detroit who has 91 losses with 10 games left to play. They can lose a maximum of 101 games this year. This is also the ONE team left that would WIN the tiebreaker if tied with the Sox at the end of the year and pick ahead of them. The Sox need a combination of 11 Detroit wins, and Sox losses to stay ahead of the Tigers. Finally is Miami who are tied with the White Sox with a record of 59-92. While the White Sox own the tiebreaker here, the Marlins have a make up game with Pittsburgh that may not get made up. If the game is played, both teams have 11 games left, and both can lose a total of 103 games. That means that there needs to a combination of 12 White Sox losses and Marlins wins for the White Sox to pick ahead of the Marlins. Basically the White Sox have to match the Marlins record or worse the rest of the way to at least tie them and keep the pick ahead of them. If the Marlins make up game is NOT played, the Sox have to play at least 1 loss worse than the Marlins to stay picking ahead of them.

Out of all of the OFs we are looking at for next year as realistic roster spots, none have done less this year for themselves than Nicky did. Between the injuries and then a really blah year as a hitter, he is behind the eight ball coming out of 2018.

And an OPS+ of 116. You can't argue with his bat so far.

Also on the NFL combine page for Rex.

Where?

I see no reason that as of today, he is not the leader in the clubhouse for a job in 2019 for the White Sox. Again, just personal guesses here, but I think Avi is gone, and Leury is probably gone too. Obviously one spot is in a holding patter, and soon going to go to Jimenez, and Engel is the leader for CF. I think Palka will be on the roster opening day 2019 as a starter either in RF or DH.

Despite the outcome, this is a great picture

For this specific injury it isn't about being in shape or not. The pitches he throws and how he throws them is 100% the biggest factor as to the future health of his UCL.

The statistical real danger isn't in having a single TJS. Now that changes completely if a pitcher has to have a second one. They almost never come back the same, if they come back at all.

The good news is that the Sox own the tiebreaker with the Marlins.

This is one thing I have never done, so pardon my ignorance, but you pay for a ticket AND then you pay for food/drinks?

Almost everyone comes back from TJ in at least the same shape they were previously in. There are a small amount that have issues afterwards or aren't able to get back to their previous form, but in general, full recovery is the expectation.

You heard the man, shut down the rebuild. The pen coughed up a game.

Well that was a tank special.