Jose Abreu

Cleveland might do some weird stuff Game 3 with their season on the line. Parker Messick on short rest, Cade Smith for 3 innings, etc. I'm expecting a lower scoring game but I still like our chances

It's objectively smart and I believe Tampa/Houston's R&D departments discovered this awhile ago. The problem is it's not really sustainable without all these off days. Sox are doing a great job of taking advantage though

I feel weirdly confident. I think Kay and Burke both match up quite well, and we've gotten to Williams this year in a way Cleveland hasn't gotten to Kay/Burke

IMO, whoever gets the 2 seed goes to the ALCS (at minimum)

They don't, but it's a bit more nuanced. He tinkers with his stance/setup a lot. His Opening Day stance that everyone is using as a benchmark was markedly different from his stance even 2 weeks afterward

I see it the other way. Smith historically really falls off after the first couple innings (stuff and location). I believe Taylor has a better chance for success as a starter and could very well be one of the best in baseball. He's at 80 innings so you'd think 140ish would be reasonable next year

Not sure I understand this comment. They do play him at shortstop — Meidroth has played shortstop 16 times this season, and he has graded out fine if not slightly above average. I've thought he looks good there as well

I thought he looked much better against Detroit than his stats showed. Granted, I didn't think he looked this good...

If that's true, that's actually pretty bad? Why would Getz make a major trade for a starting pitcher without consulting the top pitching mind in the org?

I like/respect the analysis but I don't know if it's worth the energy to go this deep on what the future bench might look like. I think it's more likely that 0 of Acuña/Peters/Doyle are on the White Sox roster in 2029 than all 3 of them (going off your "next three years" comment). Even though his bat has bounced back, I'm still not sure I'm comfortable going into next season with Peters penciled in as the everyday CF

I'd like to try and steal another inning with Urquidy now so you don't have to burn so many good relievers. Have one warming of course. I don't think this will be the case though, they're probably going to Brazoban

I still have nightmares about Yoan Moncada's 408 foot flyout with the bases loaded and 2 outs against Boston in April of 2021... in a game we ended up losing by 3 runs

I don't think he should have been made a reliever. They said they didn't want to return him as a starter because he wouldn't be stretched out and ready for MLB until mid-August. Well, guess when he debuted... Sure, he hasn't looked great recently, but he was very impressive as a starter in AAA and I wouldn't be surprised if his command would've been better had he been stretched out rather than pitching for the first time in 10+ days

I know he isn't getting enough innings for it, but I still think the plan is for Grant Taylor to be a starter next season

I actually kind of like the move for 2027 and beyond, but I don't like it for 2026. Doesn't offer enough as a hitter to PH late in games. That said, a Peters-Doyle-Montgomery outfield in 9th innings with a lead is pretty dynamite

I agree in a general sense, but not in the context of this team. The 2014-2017 White Sox would do that at like, 7 of the 9 positions, whereas this team is just doing it at catcher

I couldn't disagree with this more. It goes from a .492 OPS auto-out to a .680 OPS, which is basically in between Derek Hill and Braden Montgomery. It's not great, but at least it's a real MLB hitter

His wRC+ is like 40-50 points higher than both of our catchers and we gave up a guy we DFA'd anyway. Not sure how it's supposedly a bad move

I kind of agree but I have no idea who it is. Trevor Rogers?

I wonder if Getz is planning to trade a reliever or two? Now, you have these as your high leverage options: Taylor Newcomb Brazoban Hicks Hudson And some combination of these as more of your middle relief and/or mop-up types: Murphy Richards Fedde Schweitzer One of these has to go (probably Schweitzer for now), but you'd think McDougal and/or H. Smith will also be up at some point in August. It could make sense to try and flip Murphy

This is actually quite good. He's 36, but under control for 3 more years (debuted at 32). Solid numbers and great underlying data. Soft contact machine with tons of grounders

Honestly, I hope the Cubs trade for Mason Miller. It's hard to think of a worse way to spend all your top prospects. (He's phenomenal but ultimately only impacts 1-3 innings per week)

I noticed this too but he seemed to run normally on that groundout

It was pretty absurd in those Astros and Yankees series. I definitely haven't missed it

I'm fine with trading Carlson but I hope it's not Detmers. He's probably not enough for Hunter Greene or perhaps even Kirby, but I like both of them better