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On paper...absolutely yes. In reality, with JR and the possibility of a very long labor impasse? Reality may prove to show something else.

"If" is the biggest little word in the world. You can't ask for a better response than what the Sox did tonight but the starting pitching has almost completely flushed itself down the toilet. Burke has fallen off a cliff, Martin has gone right down the toilet, Castillo appears to be toast. I don't know what the hell they are going to do the final month. Maybe finally getting a day off, even though they have to travel to Minnesota may help. God I hope to hell so!

Correct, when you have to use openers/bullpen games seemingly every four mor five days you don't have enough pitching.

"Luck is the residue of design..." - Branch Rickey Cleveland has consistently made the playoffs over the last 10 years and they consistently seem to be able to get red hot towards the end of the season. At some point calling them "lucky" doesn't hold water. Thought for sure the Angels could give the Sox a break, but nope.

Unfortunately they'll be spending at least part of that much needed "off" day traveling to Minnesota. ☹️

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/08/25/white-sox-trade-deadline-acquisitions-huascar-brazoban-injured-list-brenton-doyle-luis-castillo-jose-urquidy-joey-bart-jake-rogers-andrew-benintendi-chris-getz-walker-mckinven

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/08/25/white-sox-shortstop-colson-montgomery-offensive-struggles-jake-burger-will-venable-derek-shomon-jacob-degrom-all-star-home-runs

That could get more and more important in the next few weeks. Looked like a sure loss for Cleveland, but no.

Cleveland doing Cleveland things.

When you've made the playoffs in seven of the last 10 seasons you never count them out until they are mathematically done.

They are taking advantage of a schedule heavily tilted in their favor.

Two factoids today: August 26, 1933 - The Sox honored one of the greatest pitchers in franchise history when Ted Lyons day was celebrated at Comiskey Park. Lyons though didn’t have his best stuff that day as he took the loss in the 10-5 decision to the Philadelphia A’s. He gave up eight runs in a little over seven innings of work. Lyons and Bill Veeck are the only individuals associated with the franchise to have two testimonial days in their honor. Lyons’ second one would come in 1940. August 26, 1971 - It was the kind of thing that could only happen to the White Sox and only in Baltimore’s “House of Horrors,” Memorial Stadium. The Sox trailed 6-0 before mounting a big comeback that saw them take a 9-8 lead in the ninth inning thanks to a home run by Mike Andrews. With two outs, torrential rain hit the area and after a wait of almost an hour and a half, the game was called. Because of rules in place at the time, the score reverted back to the last completed inning, the eighth, which saw Baltimore ahead 8-7. That’s the way the game ended...a seemingly typical result when playing the Orioles in Baltimore where odd and bizarre circumstances seemed to constantly hit the White Sox over the years.

Let's see if there is a next year first! 🙂

A wild and crazy game. You take the win of course but the Sox had an 8-1 lead and Kay couldn't go five innings? You normally have to shoot a pitcher to get him to come out...that should be an easy win for him. The Sox wind up having to use five pitchers, on a staff already stretched out and tired. Hopefully they score some runs Wednesday, you've seen what happens when the score in double-digits one night then what takes place the next game. Burke has been a hard-luck pitcher not getting a lot of support. 13 more wins for a winning season!

Assuming they get to October and assuming the left handed hitters actually hit home runs instead of striking out. We'll see how it plays out.

That plus all the injuries.

You can say the exact same thing about the Sox though can't you? The pitching is a mess and the hitters collectively have fallen off the cliff.

Cleveland has two big things going for them right now, a ridiculously easy schedule and a solid pitching staff.

A wise stance to take.

Sox Machine with a detailed look and deep dive into his issues: It's growing difficult to downplay Colson Montgomery's su...A couple weeks ago on the Sox Machine Podcast, I offered the idea that Colson Montgomery hasn’t quite been right since missing a few games for a back injury in the first half of June, which Josh helpf

Did you expect anything else? Merkin is a shill for the team.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/24/chicago-white-sox-munetaka-murakami-colson-montgomery-2/ Rangers 11, White Sox 2: Luisangel Acuña pitched - Sox Ma...Between a starting pitcher who didn’t have it from the get-go and a lineup that fell silent after the third inning, tonight was the pessimist’s case against the White Sox. They’ve lost games by bigger

I reached out to Jeff to see what kind of reaction he's been getting. Here's what he wrote back: "I have gotten resoundingly positive feedback. It's been wonderful! I've heard from people at The Score agreeing with the pipeline issue. Others say the show is doomed already. I certainly don't wish for that, but it might happen."

Fegan with the recap: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/08/24/white-sox-jose-urquidy-will-venable-colson-montgomery-erick-fedde-noah-schultz-drew-thorpe-kyle-teel-caleb-bonemer-rikuu-nishida-chris-murphy-davis-martin

I made the comment a few weeks ago, he's Adam Dunn with the ability to play shortstop.