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Starting to think they want everyone fired... since can't fire the entire team. 14 games behind Tampa after tonight. Not even May yet.

Diaz's now hitting close to .500 against Sox... at least no longer on Guardians?

Maybe just play defensive half innings to speed up game?

If he doesn't trust his fastball to get outs...there's trouble here Sheree. Throwing leather all over the field on hard hit balls this inning and still barely in the game at this point.

Batters not chasing. Taking apart fastballs and sliders. 106 EV. Another baseball killed by Paredes.

Goes from 0-2 to showing him so much off speed stuff he finally adjusted...

Colas made it a lot harder by turning the wrong way due to the slice...

Mock standing ovation for a run scored. 26 innings.

Better than Sosa and Romy? Boston Braves went 4-18 and went on to win a World Series...won pennant by 10 1/2 games. Last to first place in NL jump from July to early August. Then there's the 39-51 Nationals in 2019. 2005 Astros also near ten games under .500 at midseason. Not helpful...

Weather excuses...lack of fan support. Adrenaline lacking. Non competitive games in front of scant crowds.

Working around Burger lol.

Hell no.

Guess I'm on a serious delay in China haha.

37 pitches and counting. Might as well being up Yosimar My Cousin Vinny for the pen. Sox 2-12 without Tim Anderson entering the game... Yandy Diaz hitting .470 versus Sox lol.

Cease has lost the slider and feels he can only give up 1-2 runs... everything just snowballs.

Not until after the last out of the game...temps in low fifties then into lower forties at night for these games. 56 officially.

Didn't seem to hurt Ohtani as much... why didn't they have first class seats where Moncada could recline the whole time?

When did Grifol acknowledge his team gets down psychologically and often lacks the will or ability to fight back when scored on early or giving up a crooked number after scoring...hang their heads, etc.? (Rays' announcers paraphrase) Seems to be manager's job to address? Obviously a talent issue as well. Bullpen has already helped to lose seven separate leads... that doesn't help much, either. Not the best combination lol.

Hopefully he avoids surgery... at this point, pretty much a sunk cost/insurance issue.

Trading Gio Grandal and Lopez will help them reach that goal faster... Yasmani Grandal, C, White Sox .257/.342/.443, 2 HR, 7 RBIs "Grandal missed about a month and a half last year due to knee and back injuries. He looked lost when he was healthy, batting .202 with five home runs and 27 RBIs in 99 games. But so far, the 34-year-old has put that behind him and looks more like the version of Grandal who raked for the White Sox in 2021 (155 OPS+, 23 homers). The biggest surprise has been Grandal’s penchant for hitting doubles, already matching his 2022 total of seven. He’s also been better defensively, going from -12 blocks above average (second lowest in MLB, per Statcast) to +3 (sixth best)." https://www.mlb.com/news/healthy-bounce-back-players-2023 If Katz survives the year, John Flaherty becomes the #1 FA target almost by default.

Tatis Machado Anderson and Soto/Vladimir Jr. if one believes Sox insiders that both those latter names are distinct possibilities to sign with Paddy...

The WBC Curse with Manny and Soto... well, basically everyone except Ohtani 2. The new additions haven't done much "Andrew Benintendi is hitting .294/.348/.353 thus far and that is the most Andrew Benintendi line that ever Andrew Benintendied. Not great, not terrible, just fine. It's fine. Benintendi is a singles and some walks hitter and that's exactly what he's given the White Sox since signing his five-year, $75 million contract. Singles and some walks for a relatively low impact 96 OPS+."

Is Hahn's job safe? "This is a results-based business and the fact of the matter is that in the 10 full seasons since Rick Hahn was promoted to GM, the White Sox have made the postseason just twice, and one of the two was the 60-game pandemic season in 2020. Hahn guided the ChiSox through their firesale a few years ago (Chris Sale, José Quintana, etc.) and the result is this. It's not great. Another postseason-less season could lead to a front office change on the South Side, particularly if the White Sox finish well below .500. If they fall a game or two short of the postseason, then maybe Hahn is safe. But things are approaching the point where someone will be scapegoated, and it's unlikely to be first year manager Pedro Grifol. It seems then that Hahn could be jeopardy if the ChiSox continue this slow start and again finish well short of expectations." https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/three-reasons-why-white-sox-have-been-one-of-mlbs-worst-teams-and-two-big-questions-about-chicagos-future/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2023/04/25/mlb-attendance-2023-shows-winning-still-foolproof-plan/11734233002/ Winning continues to be a foolproof plan for attendance woes Teams for which lowest-attended game is up from 2022 (16): Rays (57%), Mariners (52%), Yankees (41%), Phillies (43%), Marlins (33%), Blue Jays (28%), Astros (23%), Mets (23%), A’s (22%), Pirates (20%), Padres (17%), Dodgers (13%), Guardians (11%), Cardinals (12%), Cubs (7%), Giants (5%). – Teams for which lowest-attended game is flat (2% or less) year over year (3): Diamondbacks, Twins, Rangers (up a whole five humans, to 15,867). – Team for which lowest-attended game is down year over year (11): Orioles (21%), Reds (20%), Red Sox (15%), White Sox (10%), Rockies (10%), Royals (12%), Brewers (12%), Angels (10%), Nationals (8%), Braves (7%), Tigers (4%). Orioles a bit of a shocker there with Rutschman Henderson and Grayson Rodriguez up... at any rate, tonight's Sox crowd against TB is going to put those numbers to the test.

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds 6% chance at postseason now…0.1% to win the World Series, 1/10th of 1% isn’t exactly favorable