June 8, 20232 yr Sox 20-14 Det 16-17 Cle 15-19 Min 15-19 KCR 11-23 Sox have gained 3.5 on Detroit, 5 on Minnesota and Cleveland each in just 34 games. God, this division just sucks. 79 games might win it.
June 8, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Greg Hibbard said: Sox 20-14 Det 16-17 Cle 15-19 Min 15-19 KCR 11-23 Sox have gained 3.5 on Detroit, 5 on Minnesota and Cleveland each in just 34 games. God, this division just sucks. 79 games might win it. Unfortunately the season started on March 30.
June 8, 20232 yr This division has never been great, but this is pathetic. The fourth place Sox should win it. After all, it won't take much.
June 8, 20232 yr Sox have a .668 team OPS over the last 30 days. Continuing to rely on strong starting pitching, a nearly-perfect bullpen and a couple hot hitters is not sustainable. If multiple hitters don't start reverting to their career averages, the winning won't continue.
June 8, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said: Unfortunately the season started on March 30. You can't win a championship in April, but you sure can lose one in April....
June 8, 20232 yr Author 8 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said: Unfortunately the season started on March 30. And there are nearly 3 more 34 game stretches left in the schedule where the Sox have the ability to make up 5 games at a time while not even playing close to their best baseball.
June 8, 20232 yr I feel incredibly dirty being excited about the Sox chances in this terrible division. Both Central's are awful. When the league expands to 32 teams I pray they go to 4 divisons of 8 and just get rid of both Central divisons. But the Sox are in the thick of this race now.
June 8, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, WilliamTell said: I feel incredibly dirty being excited about the Sox chances in this terrible division. Both Central's are awful. When the league expands to 32 teams I pray they go to 4 divisons of 8 and just get rid of both Central divisons. But the Sox are in the thick of this race now. Amen. I can’t believe they’ve actually said they’ll go to 8 divisions of 4 teams, but that’s Manfred for you. Hopefully they’ll come to their senses before that happens. The smart thing is 16 teams in the Eastern time zone. 8 Central. 8 mtn/pac. Realignment. 4 division winners. 8 wildcards. But I bet they’ll go to 14 postseason teams because they can’t help themselves.
June 8, 20232 yr I’d hate to see this front office get some sort of redemption out of winning a division on 79 wins, to be honest
June 8, 20232 yr 31 minutes ago, flavum said: Amen. I can’t believe they’ve actually said they’ll go to 8 divisions of 4 teams, but that’s Manfred for you. Hopefully they’ll come to their senses before that happens. The smart thing is 16 teams in the Eastern time zone. 8 Central. 8 mtn/pac. Realignment. 4 division winners. 8 wildcards. But I bet they’ll go to 14 postseason teams because they can’t help themselves. If they do 8 divisions of 4, would the Sox division include Cubs, Brewers, and...STL?
June 8, 20232 yr 13 hours ago, Greg Hibbard said: Sox 20-14 Det 16-17 Cle 15-19 Min 15-19 KCR 11-23 Sox have gained 3.5 on Detroit, 5 on Minnesota and Cleveland each in just 34 games. God, this division just sucks. 79 games might win it. I don’t think there’s anybody alive that thinks this team can play .600, let alone .500, the rest of the way.
June 8, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, JoeC said: You can't win a championship in April, but you sure can lose one in April.... The 1984 Tigers beg to differ.
June 8, 20232 yr Author 5 minutes ago, FloydBannister1983 said: I don’t think there’s anybody alive that thinks this team can play .600, let alone .500, the rest of the way. It's an laughably absurd to posit that anybody alive doesn't believe this team isn't capable of winning 77 games out of 162. Walk away from the edge.
June 8, 20232 yr Twins/Rays scoreless after 3. Could be under .500 before the Sox game starts. (Correa homer 1-0) Edited June 8, 20232 yr by flavum
June 8, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, flavum said: Amen. I can’t believe they’ve actually said they’ll go to 8 divisions of 4 teams, but that’s Manfred for you. Hopefully they’ll come to their senses before that happens. The smart thing is 16 teams in the Eastern time zone. 8 Central. 8 mtn/pac. Realignment. 4 division winners. 8 wildcards. But I bet they’ll go to 14 postseason teams because they can’t help themselves. I completely agree. I know it won't go this way but say Montreal and Nashville get expansion teams, if you wanted to keep American and National Leagues, which I assume because there's nearly 125 and 150 years invested in each league. AL East) New York, Boston, Baltimore, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland, NASHVILLE AL West) Chicago, Kansas City, Minnesota, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle, Houston, Texas NL East) New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Miami, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, MONTREAL NL West) Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Arizona, Colorado Now if expansion teams go to Salt Lake City, Portland, or any team west of the Mississippi, this won't work. Either way it's fun to imagine and wait and see how they'll screw it up in a few years.
June 8, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Greg Hibbard said: It's an laughably absurd to posit that anybody alive doesn't believe this team isn't capable of winning 77 games out of 162. Walk away from the edge. It’s not being doomsday. It’s based in Realville.
June 8, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, FloydBannister1983 said: I don’t think there’s anybody alive that thinks this team can play .600, let alone .500, the rest of the way. Who said anything about .600? Sox would need a .520 percentage to finish at 79 wins
June 8, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, WilliamTell said: I completely agree. I know it won't go this way but say Montreal and Nashville get expansion teams, if you wanted to keep American and National Leagues, which I assume because there's nearly 125 and 150 years invested in each league. AL East) New York, Boston, Baltimore, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland, NASHVILLE AL West) Chicago, Kansas City, Minnesota, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle, Houston, Texas NL East) New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Miami, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, MONTREAL NL West) Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Arizona, Colorado Now if expansion teams go to Salt Lake City, Portland, or any team west of the Mississippi, this won't work. Either way it's fun to imagine and wait and see how they'll screw it up in a few years. JR and other owners of teams in the Central time zone fought for years to get out of divisions with west coast teams. They aren't going to go back. It will end up being 8 divisions of 4, just like the NFL.
June 8, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, CentralChamps21 said: JR and other owners of teams in the Central time zone fought for years to get out of divisions with west coast teams. They aren't going to go back. It will end up being 8 divisions of 4, just like the NFL. Gotta have more participation trophies! Yay we won the AL South! White Sox obviously won't be in that divison but you get what I'm saying.
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