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The test for every Sox pitcher is always going to be Charlotte and Chicago in the summer months...just as Charlotte offensive numbers can be suspect, you have the opposite sppression effect on the pitching side of things.

And then? It has happened twice since the late 90s and neither led to a WS. It was F.Garcia/Contreras and hitting on all those largely castoff anf undervalued FA's leading into 2005...utilizing all the savings from Ordonez Lee Valentin and spreading it out efficiently. Not sure if any Sox fans are willing to suspended disbelief about FA spending again after watching Wheeler Machado and Harper each get away.

His first eight seasons...

Thorpe and Ramos are going to get force fed into the big leagues... Still, inexplicably, have Sheets in the OF. That alone is hard to understand.

49-113 pace right now. Feels about right. That's before they dump 1/5th or as much as 1/4th of their roster at the deadline.

With Tim Anderson the most rapid descent of any Sox player in decades...he went from DQ spokesperson to soon making Blizzards.

Keller Reign of Terror will be over soon...still don't have many options left to turn to at AA and AAA beyond Thorpe and maybe Iriarte.

Elder "care" spokesperson seems even worse than even used cars...

According to officials, the race brought in more than $8.3 million in state and local tax revenues in 2023, with 52% of attendees visiting from out-of-state for the event. The broadcast was NBC's most-watched NASCAR race since 2017, and the most-streamed race in NBC's history.

That all playoff teams dream on TOR arms like Skenes for the playoff starts...not Feddes Gibsons or Flahertys. I guess.

But Gio also had two previous All Star/Cy Young vote seasons and that prospect pedigree of once having the best stuff of any prep RHP in baseball, as well as playoff experience.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/reds-phenom-elly-la-cruz-101009617.html Rumors of an Ella de la Cruz 106.9 mph throw from SS...

Younger than Remillard, lol? Well...have already crossed off Sosa Romy and Popeye. I guess some are pining for Baldwin but we have seen how often that works out? You want Stassi Perez or Hackenberg to replace Maldonado?

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40166891/angels-david-fletcher-bet-bookie Wonder if this was weighing on his performance in ST and early this season?

That would be great for the Sox because they’re (the A’s) within five games of .500 and have perhaps the most valuable closer in baseball to trade at the deadline if they go in that direction…

All the White Sox international draft pool money was just traded to the Marlins for the rights to that exclusive Sox NASCAR sponsorship for the remainder of the racing season…Miami owner apparently has F-1 as well Miami Grand Prix and NASCAR interests. ”We’re certainly hoping to reach out to a new demographic of Sox fans who aren’t responding to our traditional marketing approaches after such a tough start to the 2024 season,” offered Sox GM Chris Getz encouragingly. “We believe this will broaden our appeal as another window of unlimited financial flexibility slowly but surely opens…”

You are largely responsible for jinxing Marvel/DC...at least until Deadpool/Wolverine hits the metroplexes. At any rate, SoxTalk probably needs some more threads about how Getz Grifol and JR suck in the meantime. And more pseudo-eclectic Jeep Wrangler talk from Downtown Brown as well.

https://x.com/JeffDarlington/status/1791417323867283597?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1791417323867283597|twgr^affe2a06fcc715ba92117795fbe5832518239a21|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Fscottie-scheffler-detained-by-police-en-route-to-valhalla-golf-club-during-traffic-incident-105900861.html&mx=2 Finally some real excitement in golf lol...what a year they're already having!

"Megalopolis" will win Picture of the Year in at least one country of the world before this White Sox organization wins 60+ games at the big league level...

At the very least, someone needs to decorate an 80's or 90's Jeep Wrangler exactly like that City Connect White Sox NASCAR get up...

There's no doubt he's in a tough position, everyone can appreciate THAT much. Granted, he fought for the position and seemed to claim he ALONE would be ready, pretty much fully prepared to hit the ground running. Panicking based on last year's results...and not even being willing to give guys like Colas, Soto, Lee (until there was no choice), Popeye and Romy an opportunity, that just seemed to be a direction a majority of the fans pretty clearly disagreed with. Then the 3-22 start and freakouts ensued.

Surely JR has never even considered it even once.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jarred-kelenic/22558/stats?position=OF 0.4 fWAR Seems as if he has returned to a life of relative obscurity on a roster filled with so many studs...

Hahn and Getz had how long to come up with a legit OF candidate who could HIT and FIELD...? The idea that it's so easy to find a 2B, or RF....heck, we can't even find any CORNER players...well, that's been a popular misconception around SoxTalk for the past decade or so now, right? Of course you can find your Hunter Renfroe types, but it's going to take a lot more than DeLoach or Fletcher to move the meter in any significant way. For most teams, those difference-making players usually come out of either FA, the draft or Latin America.

All those players (minus Robert/Crochet) COMBINED have less value than Dylan Cease this past spring or ALL the trade deadline moves they made last season. You're going to be disappointed in the return if you think that you've listed some type of secret treasure chest right there. Fedde and MAYBE Pham (depending on team needs) would be the only players I'd even be considering unless I had a miracle worker of a pitching coach to get through to Kopech. DeJong would/might be fine as the final bench piece on a playoff team. But he's also the kind of player who seems like he would be totally lost without regular plate appearances. Finally, someone might consider Jimenez but not without the White Sox sending a decent amount of money along with...