Chicago White Sox

First off, we need to find a way to win the division and get a first round buy. If we do, the ALDS has days off between games 1 & 2, between games 2 & 3, and between games 4 & 5. Those days off would be make a huge difference for us as they let us empty the pen more frequently. The bye also let us give our staff a few days of much needed rest before we play October ball. In terms of how you attack this, Burke & Davis are the only two guys you treat as true SPs and even then you probably limit them to five. Hagen & Newcomb should go multiple innings every other game. Piggyback Kay with Sandlin and Fedde & Schultz and them each through the order once. Taylor pitches the 9th every game. Empty the rest of the bullpen to fill in any gaps.

Fucking f***

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White Sox’s website shows Fedde on Wednesday and TBD on Thursday.

Guardians throw a would be base stealer at 2nd. Still up 1-0 heading into the bottom of 7th unfortunately.

A’s get a baserunner and immediately picked off at 1B…FML

Cleveland already up one.

Awesome!

Blue Jays up 4-2 now with a chance for more. Would be huge for us if they can squeeze out the win.

They are talking about a $170M payroll floor in the CBA negotiations and our revenue is way up. There will be money to work with, even if Castillo absorbs a much larger chunk of it than any of us would like.

Due to a .636 BABIP…every other stat is bad to terrible.

He has a 60% groundball rate since Sep 1st.

Yes, and those are much more predictive of future success than BABIP unfortunately. I love the defense and he does hit the ball hard, so maybe there is a chance he can figure s%*# out with an off season program. But so far, there is nothing to be arrogant about with his acquisition.

And to be clear, I don’t think Getz should be fired for the deadline. I was very, very angry about last night’s loss and Getz holds a lot blame for our shortfalls since the deadline. I overreacted a bit no doubt. However, his stock has taken a big hit IMO and he’s got to prove he‘s the dude now. This offseason will be a huge test for him because a lot of pieces are in place but there are still a bunch of holes & weaknesses that need to be addressed. If he fails to make us a legit contender next year, then he really needs to start being on the hot seat IMO.

What part has been better other than BABIP?

What part did they fix? The 0% BB rate? The 35% K rate? The ISO that is still well below his one good season with the Rockies. I’m hope that the. 636 BABIP in September isn’t what you’re citing when you claim the Sox “fixed” him. And even if we want pretend that’s sustainable or a somehow an indicator of success to come, that’s paired with 0 walks, 10 K’s, & 0 HR’s in 21 PA’s.

You just cited one stat that has a low correlation to total offensive value and is fueled by an unsustainable BABIP while ignoring his K rate & BB rate (which are both atrocious) along with his mediocre ISO. His xwOBA coming into today was .204 which is 47 points below the lowest qualified hitter in baseball out of 246 players. It’s also 48 points worse than it was with the Rockies this year. The fact you’re applauding the Sox for being arrogant for acquiring one of the worst hitters in baseball and somehow making him worse is why no one can take you seriously when it comes to Chris Getz.

Huge win. Need the Guardians, Rangers, & Astros to lose now.

I liked the Brazoban move and won’t criticize with the benefit of hindsight. I also liked the Bart move after the better catching options were deemed too expensive or unavailable. But there was no excuse to ignore our SP needs (I stand by us needing two SPs) and there were numerous options superior to Castillo. Trading for an old, broken, expensive SP with a +5.00 ERA who got to benefit from one of the pitcher friendly home stadiums in baseball will never make sense to me. The odds of him coming over to the Sox, figuring his s%*# out, and making a positive impact down the stretch was slim and we gave up a legit prospect and took on $12M next season (if you view Dominguez as being valueless) for that privilege. If I did something so stupid at work, I’d be fired in a heartbeat. There is no doubt Chris has done a lot of good, but he clearly panicked at the trade deadline. He didn’t want to give up his high end prospects, but clearly got nervous about “asking prices” and settled on Castillo. Had he been more patient, he would have quickly found out that starting points in negotiations are always inflated and better deals would become available as sellers become as desperate as buyers to get a deal done. Throw in the Doyle trade and you have a GM not understanding the urgency of trade deadline moves. We could have Mason Adams right now and one of Hays or Pereira and would be better. And if you hated the idea of Everson being you backup CF and needed someone like Doyle, then why the f*** is Acuna on this roster still at least? Again, just a lot of questionable moves these two months and ones that are extremely hard to ignore right now as we watch a golden opportunity wither away.

Disagree. The Castillo is one of the worst trades I have ever seen on paper in my 42 years on this planet. Made no sense at the time and it might cost us a playoff spot. Doing nothing would have been better than adding him. I have been a staunch Getz defender all season, but last night was my breaking point. Watching a team in desperate need of SP wither & die after an early 8-2 lead while Castillo was nowhere to be found was the nail in the coffin. There is no question he failed this team at the deadline and has weakened them going into 2027. I’m glad he held onto Bonemer and didn’t go “all in”, but I can’t otherwise comprehend his set of moves. Thinking you can fix broken players mid season while in the middle of a playoff push reeks of arrogance or stupidity. Just too hard for me to ignore how mind boggling the Castillo & Doyle moves were.

I was telling my kids something this as we drove home from the game and I was ridiculing Getz & Venable. Feels like instead of burning your entire tired bullpen in one game, you could have used your main trade deadline addition to get you five innings. But nope, he’s so bad he wasn’t even an option tonight to protect a depleted bullpen.

I have officially decided that Getz should be fired. His deadline reeks of either stupidity or arrogance and either way it should not be tolerated. How the f*** did we blow a 6 run lead tonight and somehow use 7 pitchers, none of whom were deadline additions. Honestly, it speaks volume to how bad of a job Getz did at the deadline. Chris should be charged with negligence for failing us so epically these last two months.

Toronto all day. We don’t want Texas catching the Astros as Houston has the tie breaker over us.

I mean, there is zero reason not to give him an offseason to work on changes and hope he can provide some value next year. While he has been god awful, his pure stuff is much better than what James Shields had when we acquired him. Not suggesting he isn’t cooked, but if you eat the contract you might as well do so next year.