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When Ishbia pays for top pitching talent on the open market.

I don't know if he's all the way back yet he did walk four guys (although that was MUCH better than his last outing!) Hicks on the other hand...don't know what's happened to him the last month. OK they got one, now let's see if they can grab another and guarantee themselves a split. Pitching matchups favor Toronto next few games so maybe they can help the Sox out.

Can you link a source to this rumor please?

Just another example right? 😉

If he does for the Angels what he's done for the Rams and Nuggets, the Dodgers are going to start having some real competition in the market.

Nothing wrong with having quality "extra guys." Good depth matters a ton.

I had high hopes for him myself but even when he was healthy the past few years he just wasn't very good.

With all due respect I need to see a few years of solid play out of Peters before I am convinced he's for real.

What do you mean? He's not going anywhere.

This is the comment from the story that gives me the impression he's going to test the waters, as well as the fact the Sox have never given out a nine figure deal: "On Murakami's side, he wouldn't have settled for a two-year deal if he weren't intent on testing the open market after proving himself, or at least using impending free agency to command something close to market prices."

Fegan had this notation in his Sun-Times story today. Jordan Leasure apparently had Tommy John surgery on August 17. He was put on the 60 day IL a few months ago after reporting arm issues. Guessing he won't be back next season until very late in it, assuming they are playing although he may miss it completely given how late this year he had the operation.

He reverted back to what he appears to be a rule 5 type player.

Good look at his situation by Sox Machine. Reading it my impression is that he will eventually test the free agent market. It's OK if a Munetaka Murakami extension isn't imminent -...Chatter about a potential Munetaka Murakami extension is always on the periphery, and it perked up late last week due to a Chris Getz appearance on the New York Post’s baseball podcast with Jon Heyman

Maybe although I suspect some wouldn't even go that far. LOL.

Four factoids today... September 1, 1970 - With the Sox about to end their worst season in franchise history to that time, G.M. Ed Short was fired after nine years on the job. Short would make brilliant off season deals in the mid-1960’s to net the club players like Hoyt Wilhelm, Pete Ward, Ron Hansen, Tommy John, Wilbur Wood and Tommy Agee but starting in 1968 his moves backfired and lost the club players like Agee, Tommy McCraw, Don Buford and Bob Locker without getting anything back of substance in return. Sox owner John Allyn, who bought the team from his brother the year before, also fired field manager Don Gutteridge, scouts and other front office personnel in a massive house cleaning. Short actually began his White Sox career in 1950 when he was hired to serve as publicity director and then later as traveling secretary. September 1, 1998 - Albert Belle hit his 42nd home run of the season in Baltimore. In the same game he got his 337th total base of the season. Both milestones set the franchise record in their respective categories in the Sox 9-5 win. Belle ended the year with 49 home runs, 152 RBI’s, a .328 batting average, 42 doubles, 200 hits and 399 total bases. Later he’d say, with some truth, that he had a better year than the much-publicized duo of Mark McGwire and former Sox outfielder Sammy Sosa. September 1, 2008 – It was the type of injury that could only happen to the White Sox. It wasn’t the only time Carlos Quentin would have his temper bite him, but it cost both him and the White Sox most dearly in this game, when after fouling off a pitch during his last at-bat against the Indians Cliff Lee, the slugger slapped his bat barrel in frustration. Quentin ended up nicking his wrist, fracturing it. He opted for surgery to insert a screw into the wrist a few days later, in hopes for returning before season’s end and finishing off what was shaping up to be an M.V.P. year. However, he did not heal quickly and failed to see any action in the remaining regular season or playoffs. Quentin ended his season with 36 home runs and 100 RBIs in just 130 games. He finished fifth in M.V.P. voting despite missing all of September. Not having his bat in the middle of the lineup hurt as the Sox fell to Tampa in the playoffs that October. 2008 was also the high point of his career. September 1, 2024 – It was a record setting day for the White Sox and not in a good way. The Mets shut out the Sox 2-0 at Guaranteed Rate Field and handed the South Siders their 107th loss of the season breaking the franchise record of 106 losses set in 1970. In addition the loss was the 10th straight marking three times the team produced double-digit losing streaks that year. They lost 14 in a row from May 22 through June 6 and they lost 21 straight from July 10 through August 5. The 61' Senators, the 62' Mets and the 65' Mets are the only teams to have had three double-digit losing streaks in a season. They also went 0-10 on the homestand, the first time in franchise history that ever happened.

That's certainly possible, thought the same thing myself.

The "big three" all hitting under .250 now with two of them hitting .217 or worse. Home runs are nice, not knocking them but solo home runs don't do a lot of good and with those low batting averages a lot of scoring chances are being wasted.

That's the risk you take if you have to rely or hope that someone else can help you out. Who you play, when you play them and what the circumstances are all come intro play and it can work against you. There's a way to avoid all this...win games yourself.

1-8 RISP is a big reason why.

Well, Houston is a tough place to play and they still have a decent team. That makes three of four against the White Sox and the lead is down to three games. This division isn't close to being won yet. The "big guns" are now hitting .217, .249, .214 That's not a recipe for success.

And Colson.

Sure hope you are right.

Sox Machine with an in depth look at this: White Sox spring an August surprise with Tommy Pham reuni...When the dust settled from the flurry of end-of-August waiver activity, there was always the possibility of the White Sox reuniting with a right-handed outfielder who was more likely to remind fans of

That's because you were obsessing about why JR never answered your request to interview for the G.M. position along with counting down the days until the team moved to Nashville.

Could an outfielder be hurt?