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But how many of those playoff winners had guys striking out as much as the Sox Big 3 and even Meidroth? The Phillies with Schwarber would be one comparison...but they haven't won it all in this current iteration.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/2024.shtml 56-106 in 2023 to 86-76 and wild card the following season white sox probably won't have such a dramatic turnaround but certainly over the span of two years more than doubling their win total

https://www.guardiansnation.com/former-mlb-player-reveals-why-guardians-have-postseason-edge/ head to head vs. Toronto for post season, Mark DeRosa analysis

https://www.news-herald.com/2026/08/29/guardians-banking-2025-playoff-experience-to-help-them-to-the-finish-line-again-jeff-schudel/ Not only that, but two time Manager of the Year already in Vogt. There's clearly a reason no 100+ loss team has ever followed up with a single division winner in 120 years of baseball history, let alone three years of 346 losses piling up.

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/misery-index-michigans-controversial-win-demands-a-deeper-look-and-clearer-answers-065441126.html

Thought they were going to walk Alvarez...but closers are never built that way to avoid challenges.

How long does Castillo get to work through changes...or change ups? The only question is whether Pham is the best available option to hit against LHP...or not?

Guess he values that $$$ coming in the most...no matter how limited it is compared to his peak years. Never got that one longer term generational money deal.

Just don't utilize AI to research that...how MLB HQ can police that? Well I guess it's supposed to be a ban on using it for in-game decision making...

Vasquez Pena Alvarez

James McCann was eventually one of Hahn's mistakes changing him out for Grandal from a leadership standpoint .296 .781

Wade was on Sox roster in ST the Sox had three months to break things wide open and just couldn't put together a long winning stretch like May

Houston trailing 3-1 too

Sigh.

10 pitches 9 strikes

One thing is for sure...trotting Cade Smith out there in the top of a ninth/tied score is a massive advantage in the current version of the AL Central.

Detroit has hardly laid down to die...in some ways getting your hopes up every game is asking too much, just to have them constantly dashed, lol? Did Sox fans realistically expect to split? 3-1 or even a sweep felt much more likely...somehow. Ofc sweeping DH's like FRI statistically is the least probable. outcome.

Or why not go back to when there was a positive-only Sox board lol? WSI. Forcing people to conform to others' viewpoints hardly works as a successful board strategy. Just like the FCC can require two candidates for office to have equal opportunities to make a/their case, but they can't force peoples' opinions or feelings/emotions/sentiments to change or conform.

2014-2015 Royals? Ofc Cleveland has been there 7 out of ten times...is there a way to control that kind of generalized assertion for payroll level? What about Milwaukee or the Rays? You could equally argue teams in the Top 10-12 in payroll have a much better chance of winning in the post season. What about Detroit and Seattle last year, for instance? You would have to define small ball vs. home run reliant. The 2005 White Sox were 100% both. But they also had great pitching throughout both the pen and rotation.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/ex-astros-star-dallas-keuchel-203341385.html

Well the real problem is that feast or famine high k high hr total teams often don't fare well in the playoffs against elite pitching. See Baltimore 2023-24

www.sportingnews.com%2fus%2fmlb%2fcleveland-guardians%2fnews%2fguardians-trade-angels-37-hr-outfielder-been-huge-success%2f8506221d26625149e03325b7/RK=2/RS=MlqO_wHtb9vDNJ87DpF1WWVdLS0- Guardians trade with Angels for 37-HR outfielder has been a huge success

Player IP H R ER BB K PC HR WHIP ERA M. AdamsP 4.2 8 3 3 1 7 78 2 1.61 3.95

StatMuseMLB Team Obp Rankings 2026 | StatMuseThe Chicago Cubs have the highest on-base percentage by a team this season, with an on-base percentage of .340.12th in obp @ .318

2012 White Sox the final three weeks was closer to imploding...we'll see soon enough about this team