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To add insult to injury...Rockies managing to get swept by Cubs hurts both draft position and puts them closer to making the postseason.

Had to look 2-3 times to see that the Dolphins/Broncos score wasn't a misprint. Wow. 1966 wow. Payton picked the wrong team and QB to raise from the dead. Well except for the check I guess.

Trying to get 20-20 and losing him for half of 2024 would be pretty on brand for how these last two seasons have gone. Sad. Obviously it might be precautionary and he will end up being fine as well...but this year has been a total disaster since Hendriks and Clevinger in the spring. Robert was the one shining light. It's the Sox equivalent of Miami losing Tua.

Reds just managed to blow a 9-0 lead to the Pirates.

Jake the Rake 34, 79 RBIs Three run bomb the only scoring in the game so far against MIL.

Everyone keeps forgetting about how losing Hendriks impacted the Sox just like Edwin Diaz with the Mets.

https://sports.yahoo.com/craig-counsell-might-be-the-hottest-mlb-free-agent-not-named-shohei-ohtani-what-makes-the-brewers-manager-so-special-053146528.html Craig Counsell one of the hottest FA commodities (Mets?) as a super-manager

Well that and not having a healthy and confident Hendriks at the back end affected every single member of the bullpen...

He can replace GR as stadium naming rights sponsor. Or just the name of the field itself. Pepto Bismol?

Quero is the real key. He's at least another half year away. In the end, they will run Toukki Scholtens Patino and a couple of Tier B/C FA pitchers out there and roll the dude on holding onto Cease/Kopech. Likely looking at another 90 loss season regardless. Now if Montgomery doesn't become a stud or stay healthy...the Sox are really in trouble.

Vaughn 20 homers Abreu 17

Mariners and Rangers meeting with identical 84-68 records....Dunning at 10-6, 3.78 ERA on the bump.

Getting crushed. But Braves and Brewers don't have exactly have the look of teams coasting down the stretch either.

Dan Fabian has essentially been their analytics top guy for over a decade. https://www.southsidesox.com/2012/2/28/2831454/sss-meets-dan-fabian-chicago-white-sox-director-of-baseball-operations Wonder how or what changes there? ND/local roots guy.

https://www.mlb.com/news/josh-barfield-finds-success-in-d-backs-front-office https://www.amazon.com/MVP-Machine-Baseballs-Nonconformists-Players/dp/1541698940 The MVP Machine (book by Travis Sawchik and Ben Lindbergh) has a chapter dedicated to Brian Bannister’s work combining analytics and on field player development. So I’m actually excited about this hire. Also highly recommend the book. "For too long, stat geeks like me ignored the 'development' side of 'scouting and development.' The MVP Machine is the book that's going to change that. Travis Sawchik and Ben Lindbergh persuasively and entertainingly demonstrate that a baseball player's success is less about God-given talent and more about innovation, hard work, and the willingness to take a more scientific approach to the game. Read it, and you won't think about baseball in quite the same way again."―Nate Silver, founder and editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight

Tommy Pham calls out Mets position players for lack of work ethic https://sports.yahoo.com/mets-manager-buck-showalter-shrugs-off-tommy-pham-blasting-teams-work-ethic-235435076.html

https://www.mlb.com/standings/wild-card/2023-09-21 Going to be tied with the Marlins and 1/2 game ahead of the Reds coming down to the final week Assuming a 4 run Pirates' lead holds up.

With the Padres and Reds (likely) eliminated....Burger is the last really interesting case study of inept Sox front office work. Madrigal will never actively cheer for, certainly while he's on the Cubs.

How the Rays' bullpen went from worst to one of the best ever Tampa Bay relievers having best single-month K-rate since 1969 https://www.mlb.com/news/rays-bullpen-improvement-in-2023

Dealing with quad tightness Burger left Wednesday's game against the Mets early due to right quad tightness, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports. Advice: Burger was pulled after making an error on a throw home during the third inning. No details regarding the severity of Burger's injury were provided, but with an extra day between games for Miami, there's a chance Burger returns without missing any time.

Seems more logical to hire the coach/es who made Perez great rather than trying to turn him into a coach/mentor. That would have never worked with AJ. Maybe Perez and Quero...but isn't the goal also not to keep creating more cliques in the locker room?

Uh oh center cut fastball 95 mph 8-6 Pirates had to start Keller for fantasy playoffs lol pitcher win in jeopardy too sigh

Looks like he just made his 9th error at third and also got pulled from the game for Edwards/Berti combo.

The Marlins/Burger are right there on the cusp of haunting the Sox throughout the playoffs as well...at least it would be nice to have a rooting interest in the postseason. Somehow the idea of rooting for Abreu and the Astros just falls completely flat.

Might as well just name Perez the player/manager/catching coach and kill three birds with one stone...