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storm clouds all the way west to Des Moines

And obviously Hagen Smith the biggest recent revelation, which is a double edged sword with the glaring need for starting pitchers

https://insidethepen.com/bullpen-era-rankings.html White Sox most bullpen innings pitched in mlb, #10 ERA Guardians 24th in bullpen innings pitched and 7th best ERA LA Dodgers 29th in bullpen innings

"subsequent evaluations confirmed the damage was limited to his upper torso with bruising to his shoulder and rib" Peters injury update

Except when he was learning they were in their 2013-2016 window with TWO WS teams. Something the White Sox have taken 67 years to accomplish for their part.

The mlb fan version of Thucydides' middle income trap for growing second and third world economies... as that's actually what billionaires and deca millionaires are compared to the mainstream fans

Isn't it true they haven't developed a single reliever internally...that was actually a signed White Sox draft pick? Other than Pallette for the Guardians? That the only correct answer now is Hagen Smith...a 1-5 draft pick, kind of speaks volumes about getting your relievers from lower in the draft/s.

51-111 pace for nearly 12.5% of the season seems about right 2012 had a 1-8 stretch that killed them 6-13 is less dramatic death by 1000 cuts just not going to reach the 89-95 loss range most had predicted unless they extended the season

Should he be sad? They made even more accommodations for Steve Stone despite a higher salary

record against 500+ teams Cleveland 25-39 White Sox 30-42 Detroit 33-47 Minnesota 36-44 KC 22-51 -77 total Houston 38-28 Texas 33-38 Seattle 38-44 A's 30-45 Angels 31-53 -38 total

A's alone -200+ RS RA but Houston Rangers Mariners probably more talented overall than CLE Sox DET and A's have had so many key players out due to injury

85-69 Padres Phillies Cubs

DH has a better chance at a split historically screw the bullpen lol that really might be THE end...unless you want Castillo or Acuna pitching

but they hold it for at least one month generating interest lol

Benintendi was $75 million not $85 Grandal contract #2

Sunk cost fallacy

don't they hold in an escrow account against season tickets next year lol? those will be selling like hotcakes

You can't build your franchise's foundation around two players leading the majors in K rate unless they're going to slug 900+ like a Schwarber. You also can't have one of the worst trade deadlines in recent history. Doyle might still be okay, but Castillo put pressure on the entire pitching staff until it crumbled this week. And now they have pretty much zero financial flexibility (thanks to Castillo) in a FA market where all the the Top Ten guys have underachieved except for Skubal and King.

as expected

playoff odds have flipped from 80-90% down to 50-60% twice this week already

2021 pollock trade before 2022 Benintendi signing pre 2023

Is that better than Castillo though??

Sad that this game and Antonacci misread/Pham might be only memories going into off season. And now the Peters injury But give AJ Hinch credit for not allowing his team to mail it in down 8-2 second time this week couldn't watch any longer and went out walking to escape watching the I'm pending disaster occur live