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Good start. Glad we’re the top run scoring offense in the AL cuz we’re gonna need it

Gross man

This is painful

Well that one wasn’t robbed at least

God damn Colson he just threw you that exact pitch a couple pitches ago and you took it for a ball. Quit being a random number generator up there and have a a plan

Yea he’s got a tell or something on the change up because they’re just taking it no problem. Might have to start catching the bottom of the zone with it

Man one of those gsmes

That was not a good challenge

Heck of a try by Colson there

Well that sucked. Tie game right there if not for an amazing catch

Definitely needed an opener

Well, can’t expect to get out of this without giving up a couple I guess. Don’t walk/hbp the bases loaded.

Dang. Almost.

Most of the guys I mentioned they can probably get for around that or less per year, at least based on some of the projected AAV numbers I've seen

He'd better not be. Skubal is almost certainly staying with the Dodgers (unless they can't afford him given their recent money and legal woes), but even if not I doubt the Sox would pay him 50+ mil/yr or whatever he'll get. The second tier has some guys worth considering though, like Michael King (opt out), Jose Berrios, Casey Mize and Shota Imanaga. Then grab a reclamation project or two and I'd feel pretty good.

Yeah, if anything that's what I take issue with on the Sox. Maybe it's hard to be good at both (Cleveland is obviously amazing at pitching development and pretty awful at hitting), but Oppor cratering, McDougal and Schultz looking awful in the majors plus Hagen Smith's control issues really hurts the pitching depth. I'd expect them to be aggressive in FA and trades this offseason to get more pitching. Hopefully Castillo doesn't limit their budget here. Lord knows they SHOULD have payroll room given how they cleaned house this offseason.

Someone here said buying at the deadline is a sucker's bet and I think that's true. There's too much variance in ~60 games to bet on rentals unless they're absolute studs like Skubal. And even then if he has a couple bad starts it looks like a bad move. I can see the vision behind buying "low" at the deadline on guys with control and having a full offseason with them. It's what they did with Vargas. Not that Doyle is gonna turn into him all of a sudden, but I do want to see what they can do with him after working with him for that long. Castillo I'm less enthused about. I think he is what he is at this point. I think with him they had some financial flexibility, wanted to get rid of Dominguez, and didn't value Boston Smith that highly internally. Maybe he dead cat bounces and they get a couple more serviceable starts out of him - I'd bet on that being more likely than Mason Adams doing the same. I also think it's a clear sign that the Sox want to be cautious to not over index on this year being an all in opportunity. Trading guys they felt had a good shot to be integral pieces in the future would be a mistake to them, and I can't blame them for that approach. The minor league system needs a talent infusion to continue to be competitive, and the guys they'd have to trade to acquire true impact talent - likely one or more of Bonemer, Carlson, Hagen Smith, Noah Schultz or Braden Montgomery - seems too expensive for a team in their position. They also don't have the quality of mid-ranked farm talent (besides Smith and Adams) that teams wanted at this deadline.

https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/american-league/runs Sox at the top. 6th in baseball overall. Should tell you they have a good approach.

You completely missed the point about small sample sizes

Why didn't the White Sox trade for each guy who has a hot streak post deadline, but only while that hot streak is happening? Are they stupid?

Pereira is hurt again - not his fault necessarily (hit on the hand), but still. I'm not going to bemoan the loss of a guy who can't stay healthy and has only been able to play in 38 of 130 games.

Man, BIG run left out there. That pitcher is nasty. Oh well. Hope for an easy inning for Taylor.

Aced. Got to swing at that though. Too close to take.

That sweeper was right there to crush. Must be hard to see or something because the swings at those today have been bad

Let's get that 2nd run in now