Chicago White Sox

I love they went after power in this draft. Always found it remarkable that the Sox never had any corner guys in the system that were semi interesting outside of the big time prospects under Hahn.

Detmers incoming

I love Ron but not when he’s costing us games. He went too far today and needs to be made an example of.

36 plate appearances but glad you are celebrating

honestly, f*** Ron. This loss is 100% on him.

Probably just wanted to ensure they kept it that way.

Honestly can’t ask for a betting pitching performance than what we got today. Offense needs to wake the f*** up ASAP and get two runs in the 8th, because Baker will be waiting in the 9th.

JFC

Rare early good White Sox challenge!

Yup

It’s definitely good the Angels are open to selling their controllable guys. That option will help keep rental prices in check to some extent. A couple more teams deciding to sell would be swell too. I know the idea is “every team needs SP” but there will certainly be teams who prioritize other needs over it and a few teams on the fringes who will neither buy or sell. Given there are quite a few SP options, there is zero reason to think Getz won’t be able to land an upgrade.

I’m kind of shocked they are sticking with Schultz in the rotation today. Hoping for the best though…glad they are using an opener.

What is Jacob Thome’s ceiling?

f*** it, now I want Detmers again.

Teel might be back this season. And his latest injury was a complete fluke. You are jumping to conclusions here. What was his injury history prior to this year?

Why do you think this?

I vote in favor of your proposal!

Guaranteed loss incoming…no need to even watch today

What did he put out?

We are now less than two 1/2 days from the trade deadline. One thing to think about ahead of the deadline is what is the rotation plan is for 2027. At the moment, you have Burke & Martin as locks and Kay as a solid back of the rotation option. Then there is a massive group of arms who could be in the mix for the other two spots between Schultz, McDougal, H. Smith, Sandlin, S. Smith, Adams, & Thorpe. This latter group includes a former All Star and four former Top 100 prospects, but all of them come with question marks. Theoretically, we should feel awesome about this group with the breakthroughs of Burke & Martin. Obviously that really isn’t the case as many of these guys have gone backwards this year and the others haven’t had a chance to prove themselves at the majors due to injury recoveries or other factors. I would NOT feel good about starting the 2027 season with two of these guys in my rotation and even moreso not when that would make Kay my effective #3 SP. As such, one rotation upgrade is an absolute must and two is probably ideal if we’re really going for it. We should have cash to burn this offseason and adding a pricey free agent SP should the priority. No doubt Skubal is who we should target, but obviously that’s super unlikely and not worth planning around. The other best free agent SPs are Gray, Gausman, Ray, Peralta, Woodruff, Holmes, Mize, Singer, Flaherty, Boyd, Martinez, May, Rogers, Ryan, Griffin, & Bubic. King & Burnes also have opt-outs. That’s an incredibly deep free agent class and at our single biggest area need. Ultimately, I bring all this up for two reasons. First, many of these guys will be available at the deadline (by my estimate, 11 of the 19 guys above). If you really like one of them and plan to pursue them aggressively in FA, why not spend a bit more now at the deadline to bring them into the fold and give yourself an extended sales pitch window. Second, does the depth of this market change the thinking on adding a controllable SP this deadline? If a salary floor were to be implemented, adding a second pricy SP would be the best way to solve it. In conclusion, I love me some Reid Detmers and think he would slot in perfectly between Burke & Martin, but am now leaning towards going the rental route at the deadline. If I could get him for a pitching heavy package (guys in the group of seven listed way above), I’d certainly do it. But if it requires Carlson, then I think I probably pass for now and save that chip for later. I’d still try to add two rentals SPs this deadline and make sure one of them is a free agent priority.

All that recent Bannister hate motivated him to fix Oppor finally!

Kremer put up 2.6 fWAR last year. He’s 30 years old and has made seven total starts this year due to a quad injury. His stuff appears to be very similar to last year and his K rate is way up due to increased usage of his splitter. In this very small sample size, he’s given up a fuckton of HRs…that’s what has done him in. Candidly, if you think there’s an obvious fix to the long ball problem, then this isn’t really a bad trade. The 2025 version of Kremer with 1 1/3 years of team control would command more than a 40 FV prospect, especially so in a seller’s market. It’s a gamble no doubt, but potentially a savvy one if SSS stats coming off of an injury are lowering his value.

Always be buying is a better motto if you like winning

Maybe they plan to trade Rutchman?

I’d like one tomorrow, one Sunday, & two on Monday preferably.