3rd time this year the Sox trailed going into the 7th inning or later and won.

But they never make it easy do they?

When you have a bad bullpen and mediocre fielding/defense that is what you get.

Also Kay isn't doing himself any favors for future employment.

I'll take the W.

Needed this one with Soriano on deck, he's been unhittable and goes deep enough into games to not guarantee a good chance against the Angels' weak pen like they capitalized on tonight.

Nice to get win #12 on April 28th, after it came on May 11th in both 2024 and 2025.

Those teams diverged by 19 wins in their final records, and this year's got even longer to go.

3 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

3rd time this year the Sox trailed going into the 7th inning or later and won.

But they never make it easy do they?

When you have a bad bullpen and mediocre fielding/defense that is what you get.

Also Kay isn't doing himself any favors for future employment.

No, he isn't. Depending on how Shane Smith and Tanner McDougal do in the next few outings, Kay may be looking at a bullpen role. Bryan Hudson has certainly come around.

And just to clarify, Polak, in Polish, is Polish man. Polka is Polish woman. Jesus, I want some sausage, and Tyskie. In case anybody cares, I made gołąbki tonight. Golabki (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls) Recipe I used choriso as one of my meats.

Great freakin win. Take the series tomorrow.

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by WestEddy

6 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

And just to clarify, Polak, in Polish, is Polish man. Polka is Polish woman. Jesus, I want some sausage, and Tyskie.

Great freakin win. Take the series tomorrow.

Yes, great win. Cześć!

25 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

I really don't mean to troll. He just doesn't do all that well in high-leverage situations.

The perfect White Sox

4 minutes ago, SouthChicagoBorn said:

Yes, great win. Cześć!

Nas drowie!!

Decent defense all around , especially Tristan Peters, but several balls just beyond the reach of Antonacci, Vargas, and Montgomery. A lot of luck in this game for both sides but HRs erased another terrible start by Kay and a shaky bullpen. If/when Teel comes back, our line-up is gonna hit a lot of 'em.

Beautiful doggers out there tonight. Thank you to all the Sox fans who brought their little pals out.

16 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

3rd time this year the Sox trailed going into the 7th inning or later and won.

But they never make it easy do they?

When you have a bad bullpen and mediocre fielding/defense that is what you get.

Also Kay isn't doing himself any favors for future employment.

for 2 months of White Sox baseball that is good

I didn't bother watching after 4......nice to see them score late

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by kitekrazy

24 minutes ago, fathom said:

I would love for them to trade him for a haul. I don’t think there’s a chance in hell he will ever be a legit starter. Send him to the Pirates for some highly ranked guys.

this can only be treated as sarcasm

One month.

2 minutes ago, tray said:

Decent defense all around , especially Tristan Peters, but several balls just beyond the reach of Antonacci, Vargas, and Montgomery. A lot of luck in this game for both sides but HRs erased another terrible start by Kay and a shaky bullpen. If/when Teel comes back, our line-up is gonna hit a lot of 'em.

Beautiful doggers out there tonight. Thank you to all the Sox fans who brought their little pals out.

Yeah, Kay better synch it pretty soon. Davitt, Sandlin, Shane Smith, Hagen Smith, and Tanner McDougal are all jockeying. I have a feeling next one up is going to settle like Noah Schultz. He could quickly be a LOOGY.

28 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

No, he isn't. Depending on how Shane Smith and Tanner McDougal do in the next few outings, Kay may be looking at a bullpen role. Bryan Hudson has certainly come around.

Well I just saw this in the Sun-Times regarding Shane Smith:

"In three starts with the Knights, Smith is 1-0 with a 6.17 ERA. In 11⅔ innings, he has allowed eight runs and eight hits with six walks and 15 strikeouts. He also has hit five batters."

Story said the Sox are saying they have no timetable for Smith's return.

17 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Well I just saw this in the Sun-Times regarding Shane Smith:

"In three starts with the Knights, Smith is 1-0 with a 6.17 ERA. In 11⅔ innings, he has allowed eight runs and eight hits with six walks and 15 strikeouts. He also has hit five batters."

Story said the Sox are saying they have no timetable for Smith's return.

Interesting how quickly things can change with pitchers. Yankees just optioned Luis Gil. He looked like a star after his 2024 ROY season but has started this year season a 6+ ERA. I bet Smith is still an MLB caliber pitcher but I've generally preferred Burke's potential as a top of a rotation arm. If all goes well with Schultz, Smith and McDougal (and eventually Oppor) Smith is redundant anyway.

1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said:

3rd time this year the Sox trailed going into the 7th inning or later and won.

But they never make it easy do they?

When you have a bad bullpen and mediocre fielding/defense that is what you get.

Also Kay isn't doing himself any favors for future employment.

I don’t think that really matters much for Kay anymore. In his 5 seasons in the MLB before he went to Japan, he earned just over $2 million total. I’m not sure what he earned in his 2 seasons in Japan but Getz gave him $12 million guaranteed over the next 2 seasons. Kay will be nearing 33 years old when he is a free agent again. Getz pretty much set him up for life with this contract. Even if he never pitches for another team after the White Sox, around $15 million in total career earnings for a bad pitcher is pretty amazing.

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by WhiteSox2023

That Murakami homer has to be one of the highest launch angle homers I've ever seen. 48 degrees launch angle and only 96 MPH EV and it still traveled 380+ feet.

Wow, fell asleep expecting a loss. Nice to see the W!

4 hours ago, fathom said:

I would love for them to trade him for a haul. I don’t think there’s a chance in hell he will ever be a legit starter. Send him to the Pirates for some highly ranked guys.

Trying to reunite him with Skenes?

Oh cool they won

5 hours ago, WestEddy said:

Yeah, Kay better synch it pretty soon. Davitt, Sandlin, Shane Smith, Hagen Smith, and Tanner McDougal are all jockeying. I have a feeling next one up is going to settle like Noah Schultz. He could quickly be a LOOGY.

None of those guys are anywhere near Noah Schultz.

5 hours ago, fathom said:

I would love for them to trade him for a haul. I don’t think there’s a chance in hell he will ever be a legit starter. Send him to the Pirates for some highly ranked guys.

I said the same last year. He hasn't been great when he has to sit down and get up either.

I like Taylor a lot, but I'm not a fan at all of what the Sox are doing to develop him and think he's being broken by using him as a reliever for this long. I'd move him while his peripherals are ungodly and call it a day.

Taylor always struggles after his first inning. They wont get much for him.

2 hours ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Wow, fell asleep expecting a loss. Nice to see the W!

lol I fell asleep expecting a call off