caulfield12

Ilitch's son has been much more careful since assuming control, but they're usually in the $135/150 million range in recent years. The White Sox ramped up 2020-23, but two of those years were pretty much busts, especially 2023. From 2006-2019, surely Detroit had the higher average comparing the two. Detroit attendance has also been significantly higher since Comerica as well. Neither team runs a higher payroll every single year, as both franchises go through distinct cycles of spending and rebuilding. Historically, the Detroit Tigers have reached significantly higher spending peaks—most notably during the late Mike Ilitch era—while the Chicago White Sox traditionally maintained a more stable mid-market payroll before entering an aggressive cost-cutting phase.

And Wheeler. And an offer for that Japanese pitcher who signed with the Yankees and was pretty good but not elite. And ARod. But that's worth next to zero to fans. Is there an "almost" banner?

For a 1-5 pick in THAT historic first round?

https://www.mlb.com/news/free-agent-starting-pitcher-power-rankings-2025-26 Who? King or Mahle? The majority of these pitchers signed what now look like pretty bad contracts. Obviously, Cease has been great.

Crazy that Jake McCarthy (yes Colorado helps!) is 25th in mlb ops. Vargas 23rd .826 MurakamiTatis Jr. 30th .816 Antonacci 64th Meidroth 73rd Peters not qualified, nor Grichuk ofc

The Los Angeles aces are back, and then some. To his Ocean’s Eleven of rotations—marquee-worthy names everywhere—Friedman on Aug. 1 added Skubal, the two-time defending American League Cy Young Award winner, in a heist of a trade with the Tigers. In a span of 32 months, through free agency and trades, Friedman acquired Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki and Skubal. They represent six regular-season and postseason MVP awards, four Cy Young Awards and $1.38 billion in salaries, or about what it cost to pay half the players in the majors in 2011. In the Big Four of Skubal, Yamamoto, Snell and Ohtani, the Dodgers have acquired four of the five pitchers with the lowest ERA in baseball over the past four years (minimum 50 starts), with only the Pirates’ Paul Skenes having evaded their clutches. In their combined postseason careers, the Big Four are 18–8 with a 2.85 ERA. www.si.com

If they do go on and make the playoffs, the one big positive is going to be this extra week of games with close to do or die pressure each day...CLE definitely played like it was G7 after they lost the first game and had their backs against the wall. Just like 2008 down the stretch (five losses in a row followed by three must win games), even though it really didn't carry into Tampa despite all the Alexei dramatics.

So basically they're just around 100+ average per game away from Cindy for 21st. Guess the same situation will occur Friday night with the Swindell concert. So they're headed for 1.950,000-1,975,000 depending on the weather these next two weekends.

The only alternative is to eat that contract. We’re going into the final year of Benintendi’s deal for a reason…extracting whatever value JR can squeeze out of that deal. Castillo takes the Vasil/Jimmy Cordero role.

Texas has seemingly hovered around in that -6 to E space all year very similar to Sox no long streaks either way

looks like Gavin Williams going Fri on short rest against A's at home after getting six full days off before Monday's White Sox game

Cease Rocker Soriano Quantrill tbd vs. deGrom

5-4 finish means Texas Toronto now need to go 8-1 to win outright, 7-2 to tie Cleveland would need 6-3 a 6-3 Sox finish means CLE needs 7-2

Rangers would need to go 8-1 if White Sox just finish at 5-4 7-2 tiebreaker goes to Sox same exact situation with TOR up 1 on Cleveland, essentially

Is that including comped/promotional/donated/school trip tickets? Actual turnstile numbers? Missing one game that must have been a DHer…will only have 80 at espn

Vargas 826 ops, Murakami 816

https://www.mlb.com/news/munetaka-murakami-s-homer-lifts-white-sox-into-tie-atop-al-central Southside Samurai mlb.com headline Red Sox rallying over Rangers

18,472 tonight Now 18-5 @ home vs. AL Central 1,777,003 assuming at least 25,000 for six critical weekend games (no Kpop Demon Hunters bobbleheads, but you have that Swindell country concert) 1.927 million

Cleveland would need a 7-2 run to beat that...then you still have Texas/Houston loser to account for

Huge game tmrw to get rolling again offensively Andrew Sears lhp spot starter 8/24 4 5 er 9/5 5 2/3 1 er W over CLE 9/13 4 1/3 4 14 ip/10 er 6.43 era

Doyle has at least been getting on stealing basee pretty close to .250 with Sox

McKinstry can't run into tag has to stop go back and try to force throw to first or second or just simply get into a run down leaving another shot with runners on first and second and two outs thank God Acuna not taking the out at second didn't bite them it would have against CLE on the road 100%

Record at home vs. AL Central 18-5 7 series victories outscoring opponents 115-66 KC 5-1 46-19 Minnesota 5-2 39-17 Cleveland 4-2 24-24 Detroit 4-0 16-6 Crazy home field advantage

Should have accounted for +5 Grichuk +1

Don't think we will see it. Would rather see Hicks try again...almost. You have Vasil Schultz Hagen Thorpe Sandlin