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another former ALMOST White Sox

 

NEW YORK -- Reliever Ron Marinaccio was claimed by the Chicago White Sox off waivers from the New York Yankees on Monday and optioned to Double-A Birmingham.

 

On the Padres now...

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Nearing the end of pool play on Monday, the top of the 2026 World Baseball Classic odds board looked identical to the way it did when the tournament began: The three favorites -- USA (-115), Dominican Republic (+350) and Japan (+400) -- had the exact same odds as they did entering the tournament.

How the last WBC helped Team USA assemble its best pitching staff ever

The next three teams also maintained their respective positions on the board, though Venezuela (+700), Puerto Rico (18-1) and Mexico (20-1) have all seen their odds shorten by +200 each.

 

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That error by Sox was costly. I didn’t realize tie breaker is purely runs allowed against teams you tied against. So let’s get 2 runs here and than they are pretty much set right? If they lose by 1 but Mexico beats Italy by 1 - than us would win tie breaker against Italy due to run differential right? 
 

let’s just score 4 here but 2 makes the tie breaker scenario far better. 

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17 minutes ago, Chisoxfn said:

Dang - we’ll go Italy unless you lose - in which case I hope Mexico scores a ton of runs. 

US will advance if Italy wins or if Mexico wins while scoring 6 or more. If Mexico scores 5 runs and wins, keep your fingers crossed they are earned runs, as that is the next tiebreaker. 

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