Chicago White Sox

Please use this one! #fuckron Let’s fucking go!!!

He fucked us all over big time. If this game gets played, it’s going to be an auto loss. Ron went from the king of predictions to the destroyer of winning streaks!

Was just about to do so, but looks like Ron wanted to jinx the streak!

I really think we should prioritize a rental SP over a controllable one. IMO, this is an area where we should spend some real money on in the offseason so we can avoid using our best prospects via trade. As such, focusing on rental SPs at the deadline would be the preferable approach, especially ones who may have sizable salaries and would come a bit cheaper in terms of prospect cost. One name that comes to mind is Sonny Gray. Boston is a disaster this season and Gray is in the last year of his deal. He’s effectively owed $21M if you factor in his buyout for next year and the money the Cardinals are paying. Unless the Red Sox were to eat money, you’re looking at $7M of salary to take on. Would Reinsdorf absorb this amount of money? I’d hope so with attendance likely above expectations. Is Gray the right level of impact and fit? I’d need to do more diligence on why his K rate is down so much and what kind of teammate he is, but conceptually he’s exactly what I’d be looking for in a rotation upgrade.

The challenge for those two and Pallette is going to be the roster crunch. The Sox are going to be very carful not to add more guys to the 40 man if they have to potentially DFA them a few weeks / months later. At some point, one of them could force the issue, but my guess is they will go through all other options already on the 40 man before doing so.

I said it in another thread, but I view the bullpen as being five deep at the moment in Taylor, Dominguez, Hudson, Newcomb, & Davis. After that, it’s a complete crapshoot. Given Hicks’ salary, once healthy, he’ll probably be given a chance until the trade deadline, but if that BB rate doesn’t improve drastically, then he needs to be DFA’d and replaced. Leasure is also hurt and I don’t think we can rely on him even if he comes back healthy at some point. And I have little faith in the lefty trio of Eisert, Gilbert, & Murphy to deliver right now. I didn’t mention Richard, but I think he gets replaced with Fedde or maybe Kay long-term once some of our SPs come back from injury. I actually think Kay as a swingman eventually could work well for us. If so, that’s two middle relief that would need to be filled if everyone else stays healthy. Internally, there are some options potentially, but none of them are high confidence. If Gonzalez can ever get healthy again (no idea his status), he may be one of two exceptions as he was pitching his ass off before injury and has the stuff to match it. Sandlin is the other if we’re willing to forgo him as SP depth. If not, I really think we have to go outside the org to fill these holes.

Ugly game for Bonemer…0/5 with 4 K’s

Third best record in the AL…tied for 7th overall in baseball now

Chase!!!!

One more out! Let’s get this motherfucker closed out!

After seeing the same United commercial over and over again, I could go for some Howard Ankin

Hill is playing LF tonight, so would have been Antonacci out there as both the pinch hitter and defensive replacement. Peters would still be in CF.

Venable prioritized outfield defense in the 9th vs. a shot at the insurance run

He can’t hit RHP…probably should have pinched hit there, although that would have weakened the defense in the 9th

Is United Airlines our only sponsor?

An insurance run would sure be swell

Holy f*** these bunts

Damn Braden is a fucking stud

JFC that was too close for comfort

Tonight’s lineup against LHP (wRC+) Meidroth, 2B (167) Grichuk, DH (278) Vargas, 3B (226) Quero, CA (30) Montgomery, RF (N/A) Hill, LF (119) Gonzalez, 1B (107) Acuna, SS (6) Peters, CF (-29)

Not sure, but I’d still expect Lackey to spend the bulk of 2027 in the minors at minimum. As such, you still would enter 2027 with Teel as your primary catcher and I’d expect by then it’s going to be very hard to move on from him.

Good luck! Hope they play tonight!

Lackey will take some time…don’t think you worry shout this until 2028 at the earliest.

Pereira with the start today in RF for Charlotte and went 1/4 with a BB and 2 K. He’s getting closer and closer to being back.

To be clear, I’m not suggesting break-out age is the end-all be-all. Maybe it matters much less in the MLB than the NFL, but I do think it’s something to consider and it does play into prospect fatigue. I mean, we’re talking about a kid who is now a Golden Spikes finalist for two years in a row…his baseline production was among the best the sport. Even with some fall-off, he’s still amongst the best in the sport with four really impressive tools. I’m 100% open to arguments that Lackey is better prospect or who we should take at 1.01, but I think the way you have framed up Roch is biased due to him having an awesome sophomore season and not fully replicating as Junior.