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One game behind the Guardians... percentage points ahead of the Tigers. And Detroit is at Philly. CLE hosting Boston.

That's the most shocking part... at home, no less. Like Keith Law suddenly praising the Sox in every single article.

That one that was like a frame by frame advancement made it seem a lot closer than the original replay.

31-24 "run"

Two miracles.

Uh oh.

Wow... escaped that inning somehow. 3 games back miraculously.

Sigh. Let's not have a Stanton GS.

Thankfully Torres can't bunt.

Sigh. Let the pressure get to him.

Haha. First time in ages that thread title etiquette was actually important.

With Reyno, it's the 4 walks in his last five appearances. Looks like they're going to Graveman over Hendriks. Interesting.

Maybe the worm is turning. Reynaldo ight even get his confidence back out of the closer's role. And never in a million years thought don't trade Joe Kelly would be a legit thing.

Why not Graveman here? Or Hendriks? You have to win this game.

Romy needs to at least be in that .675 ops range to retain his starting job. And it's not like they are going to bench TA for Andrus...

Five losses in a row. Rays definitely helped put Sox and Twins into tailspins...

Ummm...

Pretty sure highest salary per year or very close to it.

Didn't see it very constantly? Gordon you have a long journey remaining.

sure just like NCAA bb and fb top 25 polls... gets people talking

as potential trade chips they have gotten hot. Conforto there as well as he can opt out at end of this season with 350+ at bats. https://www.mlb.com/news/top-trade-pieces-getting-hot-before-mlb-trade-deadline

LoL. My school has had between 15-20 students for Oxford/Cambridge accepted for each of the last two years, and roughly twenty for the Top 20 US universities, as ranked by US News & World Report. The average IB score is between 38 and 39. But thanks for condemning every single person who works outside the US, lol. You do realize that not EVERYONE is a "digit nomad" working in Thailand, Indonesia/Bali or the Philippines, right? Try to come up with a more inventive attack at least. And stay off Yahoo News and those ChatGPT-generated articles about traveling or living abroad. I mean, it would be really, absolutely terrible if the White Sox had a nearly Gold Glove caliber RF (OAA 95th percentile, jumps 98 percentile, arm strength 99th percentile) on pace for 37 homers despite missing the first 20 games of the season at a salary of only $7 million, lol...

Twins have now lost 4 games in a row, first time all season at .500. Sox just four games back. Have to be worried about Correa and now Buxton seems to be out again. Just not getting enough clutch hitting outside of Kiriloff, Polanco and Lewis again tonight. While Lopez has improved their rotation, Arraez's .400 BA being out of that line-up has really hurt the offensive output.

I rode him for fantasy after that initial burst but he's on the borderline of moving on from in the next week or two. Elly de la Cruz is the new flavor of the month, haha. I guess the only thing you can say from watching prospects for so long is that the normal progression is a really strong rookie season...followed by the sophomore slump as pitchers make adjustments. Now with all the video and technology, players will go through multiple streaks and then readjustments within a single season. Seems like the biggest thing with Kelenic is to stay consistent with his approach and to stop doubting himself (easier said than done) and attempting to make mechanical changes from game to game and at-bat to at-bat. Same thing with James Outman, who was the flavor of the month in the early going before hitting a prolonged slump.

Robin Ventura and Alex Gordon both made tons of mistakes at 3B before ending up as Gold Glove caliber players at that spot as well as in LF through the assistance and mentoring of former Sox player Rusty Kuntz. Burger has obviously done a better job THIS year before Moncada returned than any stretch of play in 2022. It's the same kind of thinking that got the likes of Narvaez and Semien pushed out of the organization...either "we can't coach them up" or "they are what they are," but we know from numerous examples that players can make adjustments if they get full coaching support and just someone to believe in them, which sounds simplistic but has a lot of validity. The Dodgers with Max Muncy having played pretty much every infield position but SS are the prime example of a player who profiles similarly to Burger from a physical standpoint. He might never be a "plus" defender, but he can at least be pretty close to league average and his bat can carry his value at a position other than 1B/DH.