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Hitters and pitchers that get late starts on the season like Rojas almost always suffer this same fate. Used to be those QO guys who sign after May 1st and can never get it going.

They're going to ask for more than that...they'll use all their expiring vets like Mullins, O'Hearn and Sugano to fill holes in their team for next year.

Smith up to 78 pitches. 6th inning is almost ALWAYS the danger zone with him.

Former Sox Bennett Sousa into the game...

Smith at 62 pitches....on pace for six innings at least. Reminiscent of Dylan Cease running up those high pitch counts, but 6 innings is fine considering how many innings he's already thrown this year compared to last (94 1/3).

Tyler Gilbert is also back and giving up runs, just like Schweitzer...who now has a 9.00 ERA

https://www.milb.com/gameday/knights-vs-bulls/2025/06/10/781502/live?affiliateId=mlbcom-milb 4 homers for the Knights. Everyone in the line-up for a 700 ops except for that Baker guy who Getz probably didn't need to acquire. Baldwin Bandwagon is going to pick up, just like the Elko one 4-6 weeks ago.

That was 2 or 3 days ago, that didn't seem to take but fingers crossed.

103.7 EV, just 362 feet but the Sox will take it.

Trade value, lol. Only .185/.579 still, even with the homer.

Down to a 2.38 ERA. MLB Pitching All MLB Stat Leaders, 2025 Regular Season - ESPN Directly behind Garrett Crochet for 13th in MLB ERA at the moment... Oops, just jinxed him, Jeremy Pena has been one of the best hitters in baseball the past month or so.

Hopefully no bettors threaten McCullers over giving up these runs to the White Sox... Didn't he hire a personal security expert/protection for his family in the last week or so?

Tauchman continues to just get on base. Smith also reminiscent of Chris Sale with the lower velocities until he's facing a tough hitter or key situation...then throwing in the upper 90's. Bartolo Colon also had that capability, back in the day.

Pallette doesn't throw harder than Leasure though...he better have some dominant offspeed stuff if he's going to be a high leverage reliever at the next level.

Hence my last sentence/comment...three closers in one season.

Because saving money on Maggs Lee Valentin led to AJ Dye Iguchi Pods Everett Vizcaino El Duque Hermanson…fitting Contreras and F.Garcia onto payroll as well. Resource allocation. Pods Iguchi at the top changed the team mindset the first half…aggressive at jumping out to early leads and then the lockdown pen with three closers in one season starring Jenks Cotts Politte.

It's way too early to be so definitive. Schultz and Smith have struggled and Taylor now looks like a reliever. There's such a thin margin of error...and Braden/Bonemer/Teel expected to approach the impact of Moncada Eloy Vaughn Madrigal and Robert. Then you have Rodon Cease Gio Crochet Lopez Dunning against a bunch of 4/5 guys, S.Smith and "potential." Also, the Sox payroll didn't come anywhere close to 29th previously...so you have to believe they will go from roughly $67-72 million when Robert is traded to double that in order to even field a competitive payroll like Detroit at #18 and StL #16 in the $145-147 million range. Meanwhile, the best, most competitive teams this year are all in the $200 millions and up...with the Cubs and Astros considered "cheaper" teams. And you're nowhere close to a stadium deal nor a solution to the player's union/ownership issues for 2027. Rooting for your owner to "pass on" as quickly as possible isn't a great place to be as a fan either.

Also...Williams teams always had power in the middle of their lineups and were built to entertain fans in their home park especially...even when they didn't win and were around .500.

You're overlooking the Thomas injury in 2001, the Loiaza acquisition, which turned into Contreras (the cornerstone of the WS run) eventually, the 2003 team coming into mid August looking like one of the best teams in the AL and all the great moves/trades that set up the 2005 team for success. That 2000 team was working with smoke and mirrors in terms of their starting rotation as well.

“but on the higher-priced Ultimate tier, which costs an additional $20 per month, on top of the $20.25 regional sports network fee charged to Chicago-area subscribers each month.” plus taxes/fees, so around $45 x 12 puts you in the $540 ballpark

He missed on Dunn in 2011, but certainly not Sale, Quintana, de Aza and Rios one year later. And that 2012 team had 7 pretty decent hitters in the starting lineup…Beckham and Alexei the only hitters in the 600’s ops-wise.

So we can imagine a 0.3 to 0.5 ratings share if we're being quite charitable.

Going live on Comcast Friday may have already given CHSN a boost in ratings. Sources said Friday’s primetime audience for the Sox-Royals game was up 66% over the previous week’s Sox-Orioles broadcast (of course they're not giving the "base" number), which was prior to Comcast joining the pay-TV lineup. Marc Ganis, a Chicago-based sports marketing consultant, said it was nonetheless unlikely that many subscribers will upgrade to the Ultimate plan amid another losing White Sox campaign, with the team sporting the worst record in the American League through 66 games. He said subscription upgrades will likely pick up when the teams do better. “It will be one of those rare examples when the customers will speak very loudly with their purchases deciding when and whether they choose to pay up or not for the sports package upgrade,” Ganis said. “Sad though that Comcast forced them to take OTA service away from people … and especially away from people who will find $500 per year to be a substantial or overwhelming burden on their family budgets,” Williams said in an email. “I’m disappointed to learn CHSN is ending its OTA broadcasts,” Blasko said in an email. “The Sox and other MLB teams should be expanding — not shrinking — opportunities for fans to watch games at all price levels.” https://sports.yahoo.com/article/loss-over-air-tv-leaves-012200986.html

Of course, Wheeler went through 3-4 seasons (previously) with the Mets where he was one of the biggest league-wide health question marks since Dark Knight Matt Harvey and the 2021-22 Chicago White Sox. And now Gilbert's on the verge of a health decision returning from a "mild" right elbow flexor strain of his own...going through more MiLB rehab starts.

Gomez was a very dynamic player, though...he had a lot of speed, that was his calling card (along with plus defense) when he first came up, and extra base hits, more than a HR hitter. He was a true five tool guy...that's a very tough measuring stick to go by.