Dick Allen

While true to some degree, Matt Thornton comes to mind, those that are overwhelming in the 7th and 8th, should still be overwhelming in the 9th. And it does help the starters. Burke's ERA last year with an opener was under 3.00 and he sucked. The one reason why this idea won't take off is a dominating closer's ego might be crushed if he didn't get wins or saves. If I were the Dodgers though, I think it's a way better option than spending 150 million a year on starting pitchers.

But that is not guaranteed. Facing their best hitters in the first inning is. Rotation does have to face them, but not right away with no outs. Saving Grant Taylor for "high leverage" situations with the 2026 White Sox is silly. Facing the top of their line up 60 or 70 times is way more high leveraged than he would get slotted anywhere else with this team.

To do it that often it is. The rotation is bleak. Let this guy get their best hitters out, then have the dopes come in. At least they miss most of the top of the order to begin. It's way better than him coming in the 6th and pitching to the 6-8 hitters. The only thing that sucks for him is he can't get a win or a save, so his baseball card will look pretty weak.

So do I. Venable should do it all yea, He gets 70 "starts"Venable will be known as an innovator.

If you ran a business as poorly as JR has run this one, you'd probably have closed a long time ago. I hope he's losing money. He's earned it.

Playing so much better. Still don’t understand how Martin was the 4th starter.

Break out the brooms.

I wonder when he will head down to Springfield and try to work on the state to buy him some pitchers.

I think it makes so much sense. Get their top 3 hitters out. I’d like him to open 70 games.

I’m loving this. And we didn’t have to listen to Schriffem. Was he suspended?

That was a nice win especially after it seemed we would see the same thing we have seen for 3 years. 2026 White Sox, making the bunt great again.

Don't mind it at all. If you're starters suck, openers are the way to go.

Bring him up now. He's got a much better chance hitting Cease than the rest of these clowns.

I'm just sick of seeing the same s%*# game after game, year after year.

They need Smith, Schultz and Roche to be studs. And stay healthy.

Letting a guy go 9 with only 93 pitches is not even trying. Bring back Pedro,

Sox playing like the engines are fired up on the team plane.

Yeah, Sox fans are hoping for a real long lockout.

They haven't looked ready to play 4 out of 6 games.

At least Shane got his ERA under 20.00 before he was lifted.

Their 2026 slogan should be "We are probably better than the Rockies"

Unexplainable loss of command is either mechanics or a future surgery.

On the bright side, we haven't seen him hit lefty yet.

Yeah, those throws Acuna made last night were nowhere near a cutoff man, and as an IF, he would know the importance of that. And they were so far up the 3rd base line. About as inaccurate as you will ever see.

This pitching staff is so bad. If you're not going to fire Getz, fire the new pitching coach.