Wrong predictions only.

Edited July 15, 20241 yr by JoeC
Corrected thread title

Prediction 1:
Gracious mods of this forum correct my stupid thread title to be "second half predictions"

3 minutes ago, JoeC said:

Wrong predictions only.

White Sox make the playoffs!

White Sox hit .500

White Sox fire Pedro Griffol

Jerry Reinsdorf sells White Sox

Ah hell, now I am depressed.

American Standard listed as the official flush valve partner of the Chicago White Sox

Does the push to .490 baseball begin?

51 minutes ago, JoeC said:

Prediction 1:
Gracious mods of this forum correct my stupid thread title to be "second half predictions"

You can edit your own thread title fyi

9 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

You can edit your own thread title fyi

Thanks.

see? Prediction #1 is already wrong.

Jimenez feels soreness in his hamstring in the first series after the break but decides to play through the pain.  When running to 1st base a few days later, his leg literally falls off.

Toward the end of July, after a night of drinking, Getz finds a loophole in his contract and trades himself to the Miami Marlins.  The Sox receive Billy the Martin in return.

After a barrage of trades, the Sox are desperate for warm bodies and sign Abreu and TA.  Jose actually plays well but TA promptly gets into a brawl with Josh Naylor.  Naylor absorbs TA like the blob.

The Sox, looking to increase attendance, have a half-off campfire milkshake night.  The park sells out, but they run out of ice cream in the fourth inning.

JR, looking for more money, installs tolls booths at each restroom.  The Sox have a new slogan: White Sox Baseball - Bring Quarters, Bitches!

2003 Tigers were 26-72 after 98 games (+1.0GB of the 2024 Sox)

They finished the season 43-119

My bold prediction is that the Sox will finish the season with fewer than 40 wins.  

39-123

Grifol turns it all around, wins the manager of the year award as foretold on this site in this very forum

57 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Does the push to .490 baseball begin?

There was actually a typo in the original post.  It was .049.

Martin Maldonado finishes with a lower OPS than team winning percentage.

Edited July 15, 20241 yr by JoeC

21 minutes ago, JoeC said:

Martin Maldonado finishes with a lower OPS than team winning percentage.

I thought it was supposed to be wrong predictions!

1 hour ago, joejoesox said:

2003 Tigers were 26-72 after 98 games (+1.0GB of the 2024 Sox)

They finished the season 43-119

My bold prediction is that the Sox will finish the season with fewer than 40 wins.  

39-123

Even with how bad this team has been and is, I find it hard to imagine they only win 12 games the rest of the season.

Pedro wins more then he loses.

32 minutes ago, T R U said:

Even with how bad this team has been and is, I find it hard to imagine they only win 12 games the rest of the season.

as opposed to what, 16? there's only 64 games left.  you think they're gonna win at the same clip with their best players all moved?

if they don't trade Crochet and Robert, I'll give them 1 more win.  That's fair

3 hours ago, JoeC said:

Wrong predictions only.

 

Just now, WhiteSox2023 said:

Come on man, read the thread!

32 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

as opposed to what, 16? there's only 64 games left.  you think they're gonna win at the same clip with their best players all moved?

if they don't trade Crochet and Robert, I'll give them 1 more win.  That's fair

Just because its baseball, it's incredibly difficult to be as bad as this team has been. Eventually, they'll win a few they really shouldn't have. It seems like we have had been on the wrong side of the majority of those situations so far.

My guess is they win 20 and finish 47 - 115

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

Come on man, read the thread!

DOH, I was lazy and just read the title.  

Martin Maldonado serves as the Designated Hitter in a game….

or is this also too realistic?

With all the justified criticism of Maldonado I think people have overlooked how bad  Michael Soroka has  been. He's 0-10 with no saves and has a ERA 5.23 They keep pitching him and he can't get anybody out.  Looks to me like they  will continue pitching him. I actually think its possible he might finish with 20 losses. I've touched on this before but I actually feel that management doesn't care if this team keeps losing.

52 minutes ago, WBWSF said:

With all the justified criticism of Maldonado I think people have overlooked how bad  Michael Soroka has  been. He's 0-10 with no saves and has a ERA 5.23 They keep pitching him and he can't get anybody out.  Looks to me like they  will continue pitching him. I actually think its possible he might finish with 20 losses. I've touched on this before but I actually feel that management doesn't care if this team keeps losing.

Have you seen our bullpen?  It's a dumpster fire. It isn't like we are hiding good relievers or something. The minors aren't any better, hence this team being awful.

1 hour ago, WBWSF said:

With all the justified criticism of Maldonado I think people have overlooked how bad  Michael Soroka has  been. He's 0-10 with no saves and has a ERA 5.23 They keep pitching him and he can't get anybody out.  Looks to me like they  will continue pitching him. I actually think its possible he might finish with 20 losses. I've touched on this before but I actually feel that management doesn't care if this team keeps losing.

You don't need to worry about him losing 20 games. 

The right-handed hurler replaced opener Jared Shuster with two outs in the third and recorded the final out during what was scheduled as a bullpen day on Sunday in the team's first-half finale against the Pirates. He threw one pitch out of the zone to Jack Suwinski to start the third and signaled for the training staff. Soroka left with right shoulder soreness and will undergo further evaluations, per the White Sox. 

Pedro’s firing brings harmony and unity to Soxtalk.