If we bid on Dylan Bundy this offseason, let's try to not let him pitch against the Guardians like ever, lol...
Like the Joe Kelly not pitching back to back days provision.
4-0 Guardians over the Twins in the first.
Gonzalez if he figures out how to hit 18-24 homers per season looks a lot like the next Michael Brantley.
OFC, White Sox never score like this off Dylan Bundy.
Fine, a dreaded list.
Hideki Matsui
Kaz Matsui
Seiya Suzuki
Kenji Johjima
Kosuke Fukudome
Shogo Akiyama
Nori Aoki
So Taguchi
Akinori Iwamura
Granted, the majority of studs have been pitchers.
https://www.mlb.com/news/best-japanese-baseball-players-of-all-time-c262514038
Royals final six consecutive games against the Royals dictates cheering for the Twins.
Then, of course, the White Sox need to take care of the Twins.
Padres might still need to beat the White Sox the final week, whereas the Rays (the other final three games for the Guardians outside KC) might have already locked up their Wild Card spot...in fact, they'd have an incentive to lose, because that would mean facing #3CLE/CHW/MIN instead of #4/5 Toronto OR Seattle.
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White Sox now in 2nd place behind Guardians but ahead of the Twins
Also, now 22nd or 23 in MLB homers, depending if you go by actual numbers of home runs or pace of homers per game (behind Rays).
Guardians are currently dead last.
The Twins have the Yankees in their heads to much that you almost feel sad for the AL Central.
CLE has the look and feel of a team like the 2012 White Sox down the stretch drive. Plus those two starters down.
And Marcus Semien's prolonged slump to begin this season is now a relic. Consider this:
Semien's first 42 games: 181/.236/.241, 0 HR, 10 RBI, 14 runs scored, 36 wRC+
Semien's next 91 games: .270/.331/.495, 21 HR, 57 RBI, 67 runs scored, 134 wRC+
Like a good Gleyber, Torres is there/here.
Yankees' crew just eviscerating Baldelli for pulling rookie pitcher simply because he had to face the line-up the third time through.
Eye test. Not knee jerk.
Kid was really pitching excellently, got yanked and now they're in danger of losing yet another game to the Yankees.
Most exciting player in MLB today?
Aaron Judge
Mookie Betts
Byron Buxton
Bryce Harper
Manny Machado
Jazz Chisholm
Rafael Devers
Juan Soto
Max Scherzer
Jacob deGrom
Trea Turner
Shohei Ohtani
Fernando Acuna, Jr.
Luis Robert
Julio Rodriguez
Wander Franco
O'Neil Cruz