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Dead in the water if Mune and Colson don’t get going again…

There’s still 31 games. White Sox lead the majors or at least Top 3-5 in bullpen innings. Just can’t burn through entire pen this early…turn the DP and inning’s over but Duran runs well.

So wildly inconsistent, but that’s what you get with rookies in a pennant race…

Demoralizing…just sucks the energy right out of the team/defense and fans as well.

Berrios would be kind of outside the box, but at best he’s a 3/4 guy now and has had bad injury luck after being a workhorse.

Why would they push him into CF instead of an easier position like LF where he could focus more on his hitting?

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league Tatis is now 14th in fWAR and has blown by Ohtani...meanwhile, Miguel Vargas clinging to his Top Ten spot.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance/_/sort/homeTotal Already around 50,000 ahead of last year's final attendance (27th) with another 16-17 home games remaining.... Right there with the Guardians.

Times with 30+ points and 10+ assists in a single game...C.Clark with five now, has happened only four other times in the rest of league history (30 years) NAME GP PTS AST MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG MIN REB STL BLK TOV PF +/- 1 C. Clark 5 177 52 34.3 35.4 4.0 10.4 1.6 0.6 10.0 20.4 49.0 5.4 10.8 50.0 10.0 10.8 92.6 70.4 0.6 3.4 4.2 172 20 8 3 21 14 +93 2 S. Diggins 1 32 10 47.9 32.0 6.0 10.0 3.0 2.0 11.0 28.0 39.3 2.0 7.0 28.6 8.0 11.0 72.7 48.7 5.0 1.0 1.0 48 6 3 2 1 5 -3 3 S. Ionescu 1 31 10 36.2 31.0 13.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 13.0 76.9 7.0 8.0 87.5 4.0 4.0 100.0 105.0 2.0 11.0 0.0 36 13 0 0 0 3 +16 4 D. Taurasi 1 35 11 35.3 35.0 3.0 11.0 2.0 0.0 12.0 19.0 63.2 3.0 6.0 50.0 8.0 8.0 100.0 77.7 1.0 2.0 6.0 35 3 2 0 6 5 +3 5 J. Perkins 1 39 10 48.6

Maybe the A's, since there's still a lot of questions about LV cost overruns and whether they can finish it on time as well. Miami...maybe? but more franchise viability related Nationals Park, but certainly not a critical situation, but more for 10-15 years down the road LAA stadium definitely needs to be replaced

Only Mahle was available at that price lol...

When Crochet signed his six-year, $170 million extension with Boston, the contract included a player opt-out following the 2030 season. However, there was also a protection clause for the Red Sox if Crochet missed at least 120 consecutive days because of an arm injury. That clause has now been triggered. Crochet's 2030 opt-out is voided, meaning he can no longer choose to leave Boston after that season. Instead, the Red Sox now control an additional year of his contract and have gained a $15 million club option for 2032. In other words, what has been a nightmare season for Crochet has created a significant benefit for Boston from a contract standpoint. Yahoo sports Of course 2030 calls for $28 million and 2031 $30 million… Also, Crochet is back to throwing from 90-120 feet in recent days.

The White Sox/Reinsdorf traded paying off $150-175 million in accrued debts largely caused by the 2020/Covid year, attendance collapse in 2022-23, bloated payrolls and broadcasting revenue shortfalls for an undisclosed percentage of minority shares in the team. https://nypost.com/2026/08/23/sports/fan-leaps-down-to-stomp-fellow-spectator-in-wild-brawl-during-mets-white-sox-game/

https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/ops-for-dh-by-team 7th by ops

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/white-sox-outfielder-tristan-peters-174921688.html&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjam7qCjbiWAxW3PDQIHarsFKYQFnoECAQQAg&usg=AOvVaw22NXie7I1X0FKWNO-ml5SC

https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-fernando-tatis-jr-is-once-again-one-of-the-best-players-in-baseball-r3451/

Four decades is a long time… https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/23/mike-mulligan-the-score-firing/ Seems Payton is a done deal

Seems to be more about cost-cutting AND Mully “having lost a step or two” with age. Harder and harder for those in their 50s and 60s to keep up. Already have a handful of different threads on this topic.

2/3rd's were more upset about Boston Smith Keith Law hyping him as a potential All Star is what got people frustrated 30 Homers 2 more his last 4 MiLB.comBoston Smith Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantas...Boston Smith Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News

Civil War battle...Ofc they used to be the Intimidators when Earn hard to Enterprises owned them.

Could probably use McDougal ... but haven't followed his results since going back down. Also have S.Smith and Sandlin to look at. Schultz seems like a real long shot at this point.

No point to do that unless he's playing in nearly every game.

Not sure moving Mune to DH makes him likelier to sign an extension...need to have that conversation. And whether Colson even remains your starting SS...

That would have been the icing on the cake had he scored the go ahead run. Not in the cards for him or Moncada to have those great instincts and work ethic needed to be stars. Too much $$$ too early in their careers.

@ LAA then KCR at home and they have the much better rotation and Smith at back end