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Perfect 0/9 going for offense.

Grand slam with Piranha LEW Ford up instead.

Miracle escape there... up to 98 mph. Not sure it will inspire any offense or not.

Kopech at 94-95 to start the game. Last out at 96.

582 Tim 672 Benintendi 2023 Rays have the exact same 50-22 record as the 2005 White Sox and 2001 Mariners at this point in the season. Brewers Pirates Reds all battling each other and .500 for first place. Cubs 2 1/2 back suddenly. Make that three. Someone has to be 1 over.

Showcasing for a trade.

Julio Teheran has something like a 1.53 ERA…any team in baseball could have had him this spring. Brewers pounced when Padres had to let him go from minor league deal.

Hostetler came from the Braves... that didn't help much.

Now they have to make their own set of difficult decisions on guys like Bellinger Stroman and Hendricks.

Trading Giolito Grandal Lynn and Middleton...no idea what happens with Clevinger, the injury might prevent a deal...what would they expect to possibly change in the next offseason in order to actually improve? It's like they can't let go, and just pull the scab off and reboot things. That's somehow more depressing than just about any other option that's available.

On the other hand, Anderson clearly comes with more upside, having hit .318/.347/.474 from 2019-22. Although the two-time All-Star missed 18 games early this season with a left knee sprain and has struggled to get going since then, he still boasts a 90th-percentile expected batting average, while making hard contact as often as ever. The main issue has been going from a ground ball hitter to the most extreme ground ball hitter in the sport. Even a modest adjustment -- perhaps with the Dodgers’ help -- could make Anderson a difference maker in the NL West race and into October. And with an affordable 2024 club option ($14 million), Anderson would also bolster L.A.’s depth next season, providing insurance in case Lux encounters any setbacks returning to full strength. The White Sox still have a shot in the weak AL Central, but if the team ends up selling, the Dodgers and their No. 2-ranked farm system would make for a nice match. https://www.mlb.com/news/ideal-mlb-trade-deadline-moves-2023

Well, that result was pretty much inevitable as soon as the grand salami landed. Good luck getting anything back for Lopez.

Vaughn on pace for at least 20-25 homers. Spent the first 6-8 weeks being questioned whether he'd even get 10 all season long. DODGERS HAVE TO TRADE FOR STARTING PITCHING. See White Sox, Chicago.

Burger up to a .918 OPS. Shades of Moncada 2019, lol...

Hahaha....I got off the tourist bus with then g/f in the middle of the countryside south of Medellin, Colombia and tuned into that precise half inning via the internet/MLB Gameday Audio.

Or Mendick...

1) Giolito/Anderson 2) Lynn 3) Kelly/Middleton/Graveman...maybe Hendriks if he can prove he's healthy. Big big IF.

That he's not even in the Top 20 for AL outfielders tells you a lot about his national name recognition...White Sox home attendance...and how poorly he has been marketed. Especially considering he has to be no worse than the co-favorite with Kiermaier for the AL Gold Glove and so many highlights already this year on the defensive side, not to mention his absolute homer tear about about a month ago.

At least Robert continues to put together his best overall (hopefully full) season...

Why is Sheets hitting 2nd? Totally randomized order spit out by an algorithm? Take the hitter in the biggest slump and stick in there just to snap him out of it, somehow?

https://sports.yahoo.com/dodgers-flawed-roster-team-help-120020310.html

Grove has been terrible for the Dodgers so far...basically, the anti-Miller. Probably means a shutout for LA. Could be anywhere from 4 1/2 to 6 1/2 games back at the end of the day.

Definitely not. That requires getting all three outs in a hostile playoff atmosphere on the road, lol. Oakland crowd barely 7000ish for a day game.

They were one of our "charitable umbrella benefactors" when I worked as a program director for a national non-profit from 1998-2002. Good group of people.

The biggest question is whether you can move on with Robert, Cease and Kopech as the heart of the team...and how much that even makes sense with latter two getting closer and closer to FA. It would be one thing if you actually believed that if Robert continues to improve they'll sign him to a massive extension, but that's just not the White Sox style. So what would they be building towards, exactly? 2025 back to competitiveness again? Just one season? That just seems nearly impossible unless someone like Jonathan Cannon going through a meteoric, Daniel Hudson or Brandon McCarthy-esque climb to the major leagues by some point in the 2nd half of 2024.