23 minutes ago, fathom said:

Vaughn got an 89 mph fastball right down the plate, and he hits a lazy fly ball to RF.

Vaughn 100% needs to go after this season.  Zero reason to commit more time on him at this point.

3 minutes ago, cuban_sammiches said:

If Biden can step aside so can Pedro!

Plot twist, he's dropping out to replace Pedro

2 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Plot twist, he's dropping out to replace Pedro

Pedro is unfit for office.

Top of the order, 5 pitch inning. It’s unreal how fast the offensive innings are.

Inspiring at bats. 

5 minutes ago, fathom said:

Top of the order, 5 pitch inning. It’s unreal how fast the offensive innings are.

These bums have flat out quit, no pride at all, f*** them and shame on them.

Edited July 21, 20241 yr by The Mighty Mite

M&M guy took his act on the road!

These Sox at bats are anemic. This game will be over by 2:30...

8 minutes ago, The Mighty Mite said:

These bums have flat out quit, no pride at all, f*** them and shame on them.

Eloy flat out looks like he’s trying to hit grounders.  I just don’t get what the coaches and staff teach these guys.  Baldwin’s long swing is never going to work at this level.  Probably explains why Montgomery can’t hit a fastball.

At least Brooks Baldwin put a ball in play. Maybe it'll spark some muscle memory. 

Thorpe looks good. Wonder what we’ll get for him in 3 years.

Thorpe is so good.  Absolutely love to watch this guy pitch.  

There's your run, Thorpe. We'll get some champagne on ice while you hold 'em. 

One run should be plenty. 

Awesome job by Thorpe

Thorpe doing this straight out of AA is pretty incredible. 

This is the worse Eloy has ever looked. He’s just punching at the ball.

Does Thrope still have rookie eligibility for next year? I would love to see him win the award

4 minutes ago, reiks12 said:

Does Thrope still have rookie eligibility for next year? I would love to see him win the award

Isn’t the rookie threshold 50 innings?

3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Isn’t the rookie threshold 50 innings?

A player shall be considered a rookie unless he has exceeded any of the following thresholds in a previous season (or seasons):

• 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues.
• 45 total days on an active Major League roster during the Championship Season (excluding time on the Injured List).

What a choke by the Royals if they allow one run per game in a series and only take two of three. I think they ran their Sunday lineup today rather than getting greedy and taking all 3.

How did Anderson ever become a late inning guy for the Sox?  

35 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

Thorpe looks good. Wonder what we’ll get for him in 3 years.

That's a great subliminal post. Fans of lousy franchises can't root for their own players very much. They root for what they can get for them in trades cause of their cheap owners.

Being a Sox fan is so bittersweet.  On one hand, I truly believe in Bannister and feel like we could have a quality, home-grown rotation within two years behind Schultz, Smith, Thorpe, Cannon, and one of many other options.  And while our bullpen is mostly garbage at the moment, I do think we have enough pitching depth in the minors to build a decent pen pretty quickly.  While injuries could derail it all, there are legit reasons to be optimistic on this side of the ball.

At the same time, I have little confidence in Getz, Barfield, & Watson to build an entire offense from basically scratch.  Montgomery’s struggles against velocity are concerning and if he’s just a guy and not a star that creates a big roadblock for us.  And just not a ton after him that you can feel super confident in at the moment other than Quero and to a lesser extent Baldwin.  With our latest draft unlikely to provide help anytime soon, it really comes down to trades and free agency.  If Getz can kill this trade deadline then the path to competitiveness suddenly becomes much easier, but it’s very hard to trust the evaluators who recommended giving up actual talent for guys like Fletcher & DeLoach.

We should know a lot more nine days from now.

Sure seems like outside of Thorpe, our pitchers throw way too many fastballs to Witt