daggins

Hoping Steele Walker is good just for the name

Lmao I didn't need another reason to hate Reinsdorf but there ya go

I like the trend of Eloy hitting Big Boy home runs and hope it continues indefinitely.

I definitely think the Sox can be very good next year, but it kind of depends on how much money/talent the FO expends to bring in a RF and some rotation and bullpen help over the offseason. I'm patient, whatever, but whiffing on Machado does not instill me with great confidence.

Anyhow lets not ruin a Gio victory with another argument about who should stay and who should go.

As good as the player extension and trade acquisitions have been, they have not made up for the awful free agent and draft acquisition. This might be more of an indictment of their scouting and player development, but also, who put those guys in place?

Well, except that those guys deserve it.

Back when he started doing well I thought of another tall righty who took a while to find his form. At first it seemed like hyperbole, but the more he does this the more he reminds me of... Roy Halladay.

Next year's White Sox could turn over 3/5 of the rotation and end up among the best in baseball. Just gotta get Kopech healthy and keep Cease healthy (and sign Cole lol)

Good hitter + tiring pitcher often ends this way

This is both an extreme vote of confidence in Lucas and a condemnation of the bullpen, and both are richly deserved.

Totally unsupported by fact observation, but it seems like Gio groups his K's in the first ~4-5 innings and after that relies on a lot of contact. This works great against bad teams like the Royals, but I can see better hitting teams burning him in innings 5-7. Anyways, another great outing for our all star.

Dude is K'ing under 3%, I think he's ready.

Lucas "Big Hairy Balls" Giolito

The story so dumb it refuses to die

Maybe Palka should swap with Delmonico? Dunno just an idea. And yeah I BB&T Park is basically a little league park with an incredible view. It's a testament to Cease's talent that he's kept his ERA under 4.

Similarly to how the Tigers torch White Sox pitching, it seems like the White Sox do unusual damage against Cleveland's very good rotation.

Barring injuries to Bregman or Chapman, Moncada is out. Anderson probably won't because of Bogaerts or Correa, but again, injuries. I think it'll be a reliever, and Colome has been the best of the bunch.

Boy it was scary those two days that Luis wasn't good, i'm glad he's back to complete domination.

They hit like shit everywhere else, roll into Comiskey 2, and suddenly its batting practice.

I'm not convinced the Tigers aren't stealing signs or something.

this is the dumbest Sox game in a season full of dumb shitty games, i love it

I'm not going to say I agree with it, because I don't, but if this demonstrates a degree of urgency in winning/replacing non-contributors then maybe it can end up a good thing. One thing I will say is that Jimmy Lambert has been very good in AA.

Madrigal is still a ways off. I think it's mostly Cease.

ehh, probably better never with this team