Dick Allen

I haven’t seen or heard him mentioned in a while, but is Tony LaRussa still around?

JR did hire Getz, a genius move that led to more miraculous hires. He must be pretty good. And Cali's ridiculous comment that if Ishbia saw Sox fans upset because the team sucked, he might back out of his agreement. That would be good, because if he expects White Sox fans to accept being bad, who wants him? We already have that.

That's not what's laughable. Be opitmistic all you want, but understand why some aren't.

This is laughable. Sox fans pissed because the team sucks. More like Cubs fans? You're just like Cubs fans. Results don't matter to you. 3 100 loss seasons in a row when we were promised being in a multiple championship window. How dare White Sox fans be upset.

Would it have been any worse than what they got?

At least they are actually interviewing for the position, not just looking at the equipment manager and thinking he or she will be the perfect yes man.

The good news is he struck out a ton last game. But I'm with you, a loss of command that bad often means surgery is around the corner or the yips.

This is like a Little League game.

It may eventually be classified a garbage appearance, but certainly not at the time he takes the mound.

Taylor pitched the 6th and 7th innings before he began "starting:. Sox lost both. One they weren't in it anyway, the other Sir Anthony blew it. 2-1 when he "starts". I'd rather he waste vlad's first AB. Of course there will be games it doesn't work, just like there will be games it didn't work if he was pitching late, and garbage appearances because games haven't been close for a while. No garbage appearances when he opens.

But maybe not all 3 in an inning. And you don't know how the game will go, and what the circumstances would be late in a game. Chances are with this team, there aren't going to be many high leveraged moments. This way you know exactly who he will be facing.

Also, its always good to shut down the opposition in the 1st inning as the team that scores first wins between 60%-70% of the time.

A teams best 3 hitters are coming up. You are the manager. Do you want Grant Taylor or Eric Fedde facing them?

I like the idea of him facing the opponents top 3 hitters, also setting the stage for mediocre starters as they don't have to face the opponents best hitters until 4 or 5 of their lesser hitters bat. And if its a lefty following, puts the opposing manager on the spot early with match ups. If the White Sox had a quality rotation, I'd agree with you, but this is one way to make the most out of mediocrity at best. As mentioned, a dud like Burke had an ERA under 3 last year when he followed an opener.

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.