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2006 Verlander was fun...except for the White Sox. (Liriano was even more of a beast that year...combined with Santana.) Last rookie pitchers like that were Doc Gooden, Fernando Mania and Mark Fidrych.

Gil??

Shouldn't have dumped Verlander from fantasy lol. One week too soon.

Coolest name... Verlander 0 Toussaint 1 Most googled wife or g/f... Verlander 1 Toussaint 0 Basically even.

"The State of the Sox union is strong...Not!" (Can only be done in Kazakh Borat voice.)

Really miss Rooney and Wayne Hagin...probably my favourite radio pairing of all time. I think the worst possible combination to drive away fans would be Chris Rongey and Beckham.

Any time a prospect has an issue related to his back, it's hard to know how things will end up. The next Corey Seager, the next Crede...or Yoan Moncada.

And at least two of those teams lost...make it three.

200+ pitches by Sox staff

Another reminder of failure. The Derek Jeter of the White Sox lol.

Lopez with a sub 2 ERA his last 20+ outings...

Send Banks back down to add innings as a starter in preparation for next year's debacle of a season...

Quantum of Colace

Kimbrel about to be 16/16 in save conversions unless the jinx is in lol. 17/17 counting ASG.

Anderson passing Colas and Zavala in OPS. The fact that Seby remains one of the top fWAR players on the team is astounding...even with the catching adjustment.

Part of the disappointment related to the fact fans couldn't even enjoy the 2020 playoff fade in person. That and the fact that they had such a unique opportunity to make it by primarily beating up on their own division.

Alvarez has (quietly) been one of the best rookies in baseball the last six weeks or so.. .

26th/29th ranked farm system...especially AA/AAA. Not sure it would matter if they only drafted pitchers every year.

Shortest outing of season for Lucas. Well rested for next start with another team at least.

They need to keep Giolito's ERA under 4 at least....

If you look at the two biggest Central acquisitions, both Baez and Correa have been awful. But we're well behind the division in farm system rankings, too. It would be beyond ridiculous if the Guardians won again with McKenzie and now Bieber out with injuries.

Yeah, at least if you cancel out the disappointing 1B, the Tigers at least have Mize and Greene over Nick Madrigal/Crochet/Burger.

Javy Baez basically benches self despite being better than Anderson on offense and clearly defense.... "The 30-year-old, whose defense at shortstop ranks in the 99th percentile for outs above average this season, is hitting .220 with six home runs, 13 walks and 84 strikeouts in 88 games, posting a career-worst .321 slugging percentage. His 57 wRC+ ranks second-to-last — ahead of only Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson — among 150 qualified position players." "Two years ago, Báez launched 31 home runs with an .494 slugging percentage in 502 at-bats for the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets. Since joining the Tigers, Báez has 23 home runs with a .365 slugging percentage in 901 at-bats." https://www.yahoo.com/sports/first-time-detroit-tigers-javier-101609926.html

65-70% on the other side of the ledger seems about right.

Or some other turn of phrase like essentially or basically or roughly if you want to be a bit more generous.