Our ace on the mound and odds like us 60/40 or so in this one. We're probably a mediocre team but good teams win these type of games to separate from .500 in late spring.

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2 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Our ace on the mound and odds like us 60/40 or so in this one. We're probably a mediocre team but good teams win these type of games to separate from .500 in late spring.

Our #2*. Sandlin is our ace going forward.

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Rojas is a stuff over command left. Hopefully the guys are patient.

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1 minute ago, Lukakke Appling said:

Rojas is a stuff over command left. Hopefully the guy are patient.

We're good at that now.

DSNB!

Right now our top 3 pitchers are Martin, Burke and Sandlin. Kay not far behind.

Looking at the Sox schedule for June and damn its tough. You have at Minn for 3, at Philly for 3, Braves for 3, Dodgers for 3, at Yanks for 3, at Det for 3, Clev for 3, and KC for 3. Were going to know by July 1st if this team is a contender or pretender.

32 minutes ago, brijames1957 said:

Looking at the Sox schedule for June and damn its tough. You have at Minn for 3, at Philly for 3, Braves for 3, Dodgers for 3, at Yanks for 3, at Det for 3, Clev for 3, and KC for 3. Were going to know by July 1st if this team is a contender or pretender.

5.8% Central

11.8% WC

0.2% WS

only Royals 11.2% and Angels with lower odds still

1 hour ago, brijames1957 said:

Looking at the Sox schedule for June and damn its tough. You have at Minn for 3, at Philly for 3, Braves for 3, Dodgers for 3, at Yanks for 3, at Det for 3, Clev for 3, and KC for 3. Were going to know by July 1st if this team is a contender or pretender.

this team hasn't seemed to play up or down to competition, they have just been steady across the board. I think that month isn't as daunting as you think. Philly is up and down. and the Braves, dodgers and yanks all have injuries. Detroit is a cakewalk and KC and Minny have been proven beatable. IF they come out of June still hovering around .500 they are clearly in the WC chase.

13 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said:

this team hasn't seemed to play up or down to competition, they have just been steady across the board. I think that month isn't as daunting as you think. Philly is up and down. and the Braves, dodgers and yanks all have injuries. Detroit is a cakewalk and KC and Minny have been proven beatable. IF they come out of June still hovering around .500 they are clearly in the WC chase.

This seems to be a big difference from previous years' teams. Of course, they were almost always playing teams better than them, but they seemed to lose more games to crappy teams and occasionally play well against good teams. The 2026 Sox have been steadily decent to good and are for the most part beating bad teams.

If the team keeps playing like this, they have a chance to play .500ish ball in June and be near the top of the (bad) devision.

Lets win the series today!!!

The Sox are -157 which has to be a season high. That scares me.

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54 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said:

this team hasn't seemed to play up or down to competition, they have just been steady across the board. I think that month isn't as daunting as you think. Philly is up and down. and the Braves, dodgers and yanks all have injuries. Detroit is a cakewalk and KC and Minny have been proven beatable. IF they come out of June still hovering around .500 they are clearly in the WC chase.

When it comes to divisional games, the Tigers will still have their pride and fight for their season.

And the Sox are not much more than 6-7 weeks removed from the team being considered an automatic cakewalk on the schedule for most teams.

That underdog/US against the world thing they have going for them is part of the reason for their success...just like it is with MIL TB CLE.

7 minutes ago, Green Line said:

The Sox are -157 which has to be a season high. That scares me.

I'm not even sure what that means. Big odds on the Twins to win?

1 minute ago, WestEddy said:

I'm not even sure what that means. Big odds on the Twins to win?

The opposite. White Sox are such favorites it looks like a sucker bet as Martin's probably due for a clunker.

And Mune can't keep this up forever, either.

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1 minute ago, WestEddy said:

I'm not even sure what that means. Big odds on the Twins to win?

Implied odds on a line like that (bet 157 to win 100 or so minus the vig) would have the Sox something like 65% to win or so.

Davis Martin pitching should mean a victory. The only thing that concerns me is when a team explodes like the Sox did last night, the next day, offense is many times hard to come by.

1 minute ago, Dick Allen said:

Davis Martin pitching should mean a victory. The only thing that concerns me is when a team explodes like the Sox did last night, the next day, offense is many times hard to come by.

I think we scratch out 5 and take it 5-4 today. Davis goes 5 gives up 2 runs but pitches around trouble and has to leave early. Seranthony gives up a bomb late but we hold on.

2 hours ago, oldsox said:

Right now our top 3 pitchers are Martin, Burke and Sandlin. Kay not far behind.

Burke improving his walk rate over last season is impressive. Good job on him.

Early to jump on Sandlin this quick - lets see what happens when he gets a few more starts under his belt. Great first outing though and if he can be even a middle of the rotation guy, that would be great value / great get for picking up Hicks contract.

7 minutes ago, Chisoxfn said:

Early to jump on Sandlin this quick - lets see what happens when he gets a few more starts under his belt. Great first outing though and if he can be even a middle of the rotation guy, that would be great value / great get for picking up Hicks contract.

What a stupid ass trade by the Red Sox. Glad we were on the right end of getting an older prospect but still one with some growth potential for basically spare parts and some cash.

2 hours ago, brijames1957 said:

Looking at the Sox schedule for June and damn its tough. You have at Minn for 3, at Philly for 3, Braves for 3, Dodgers for 3, at Yanks for 3, at Det for 3, Clev for 3, and KC for 3. Were going to know by July 1st if this team is a contender or pretender.

True dat. Some positive spin would be that Teel somehow comes back in 2-3 weeks and really improves the bottom of the line-up. Also, Sox Park will provide some advantage to HR hitting teams in the summer. Bombs away. Lock and load the fireworks displays. GET OUUUUUT! Mune with his 25th bomb. Boom----ba boom boom boom.

44 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said:

If he’s not leading off, SamAnt should bat 9th and be the second lead off hitter. Acuna and Hill should never bat higher than 7th and 8th, otherwise I have no issue with the lineup.