13 minutes ago, almagest said:

But that's not what they were going for. They weren't looking for rentals and I don't blame them because rentals are a crap shoot - the one they did go for out of dire need broke his hand after 3 games.

It also was going to be REALLY hard to get 2 or 3 starters of any note at the deadline, plus a better outfielder, plus a catcher, without completely draining the minors. Foster Griffin is probably the guy they missed out on the hardest.

Bart isn't necessarily a rental either. He isn’t a free agent until 2028. They could obviously non-tender him but he’s arbitration eligible in the upcoming offseason.

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3 minutes ago, fathom said:

Good stuff…I will say thought that taking a step at the big picture for rest of the season, it doesn’t matter who they acquired at the deadline, if Colson, Mune, Meidroth and Antonacci continue to perform this way, they won’t make the postseason. Batting average is clearly not as important as it used to be, but they’re hitting .229 as a team since the ASB. It’s really coming into play lately with RISP.

Colson I dunno. He looks completely lost. I think the others should rebound though.

They also need to figure out what to do with bases loaded. That's been embarrassing lately. It'll probably correct itself though.

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

Good stuff…I will say thought that taking a step at the big picture for rest of the season, it doesn’t matter who they acquired at the deadline, if Colson, Mune, Meidroth and Antonacci continue to perform this way, they won’t make the postseason. Batting average is clearly not as important as it used to be, but they’re hitting .229 as a team since the ASB. It’s really coming into play lately with RISP.

Still not sure how it's an advantage in any way to have control over Castillo Brazoban Bart and Doyle.

Rentals would have been better with Bonemer and Cholowsky on the way.

Could have turned B.Smith/M.Adams/Vielma into a better option than Castillo.

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4 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Still not sure how it's an advantage in any way to have control over Castillo Brazoban Bart and Doyle.

Rentals would have been better with Bonemer and Cholowsky on the way.

Could have B.Smith/M.Adams/Vielma into a better option than Castillo.

Great point.

1 hour ago, BigHurt3515 said:

Cleveland has won 5 of 6 getting to play the best of the best; SF, COL, LAA. Only 2.5 games up now and Cleveland still has 2 more with LAA then play KC at home

They have now won five in a row.

Fegan with the recap:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/08/24/white-sox-jose-urquidy-will-venable-colson-montgomery-erick-fedde-noah-schultz-drew-thorpe-kyle-teel-caleb-bonemer-rikuu-nishida-chris-murphy-davis-martin

2 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Ozzie still loves Alex Cintron. Hitting coach for the Rangers. Ozzie thinks he had the scouting report for Urquidy since his days with the Astros.

Pretty simple scouting report: “Don’t swing.”

Just gotta take care of business the next two games with Kay and Burke while hoping the Halos can bring one down.

Then operation SWEEP THE CENTRAL resumes.

We really need to get our rotation straightened out because it’s embarrassing to coin toss at best having a chance to be competitive in 3 of every 5 games.

They should be rolling with Kay / Burke / Castillo / Fedde / Thorpe for the next five to see if that gives us more stability.

Then next time through, depending on results, they’ll have to plug Martin in for Castillo or Thorpe.

Getting the rotation back in order will be the key factor in if they’re able to complete the mission at hand and will also tell us if they’ll even be an actual threat in the playoffs or not.

Of course, if good ol Getzy had gotten another starter - we wouldn’t be up against a wall with such limited options.

Oh well… onward we go!

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/24/chicago-white-sox-munetaka-murakami-colson-montgomery-2/

Rangers 11, White Sox 2: Luisangel Acuña pitched - Sox Ma...

Between a starting pitcher who didn’t have it from the get-go and a lineup that fell silent after the third inning, tonight was the pessimist’s case against the White Sox. They’ve lost games by bigger

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1 hour ago, almagest said:

Colson I dunno. He looks completely lost. I think the others should rebound though.

They also need to figure out what to do with bases loaded. That's been embarrassing lately. It'll probably correct itself though.

Colson is one of the strangest young dudes I’ve seen. He is either on point and dangerous or is an automatic strikeout that looks like a shell.

And it seems like he is really fragile in falling back into the “lost” category even when he finds it.

Recent example: He clicked and for a 7 game stretch was hitting something like .330 / .385 / .560 and then BAM - after one at bat he seemed to completely lose all confidence in himself and his approach.

I do think that the offense is feeling the weight of the team only having basically two reliable starters. It’s taxing not only the pen but also our hitters.

Think of it - imagine knowing that to win 3 of 5 games, you’ll have to likely score 7+ runs and are likely to need to come from behind multiple times each game.

There’s enough pressure as it is for a young club contending down the stretch as it is - add in a factor like this and I can see why they may be choking in big RISP spots.

This is another reason why I think it is vital that they get the rotation stabilized during this upcoming stretch because in doing so, I think it will help ease the pressure on the rest of the team as a whole.

It’s also why I’m pissed at Getz for not getting us another SP.

Pretty telling that Merkin’s article covering today’s game had no mention of our starting pitching concerns.

https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-lose-in-blowout-to-rangers

28 minutes ago, hi8is said:

Pretty telling that Merkin’s article covering today’s game had no mention of our starting pitching concerns.

https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-lose-in-blowout-to-rangers

Did you expect anything else? Merkin is a shill for the team.

1 hour ago, hi8is said:

It’s also why I’m pissed at Getz for not getting us another SP.

Who could he have acquired and what prospect(s) would have been required?

2 hours ago, hi8is said:

Pretty simple scouting report: “Don’t swing.”

Just gotta take care of business the next two games with Kay and Burke while hoping the Halos can bring one down.

Then operation SWEEP THE CENTRAL resumes.

We really need to get our rotation straightened out because it’s embarrassing to coin toss at best having a chance to be competitive in 3 of every 5 games.

They should be rolling with Kay / Burke / Castillo / Fedde / Thorpe for the next five to see if that gives us more stability.

Then next time through, depending on results, they’ll have to plug Martin in for Castillo or Thorpe.

Getting the rotation back in order will be the key factor in if they’re able to complete the mission at hand and will also tell us if they’ll even be an actual threat in the playoffs or not.

Of course, if good ol Getzy had gotten another starter - we wouldn’t be up against a wall with such limited options.

Oh well… onward we go!

They're not going to pull Castillo from the rotation with all that money still due in 2027.

21 hours ago, Kyyle23 said:

Doesn’t really seem like it

I can't hear you.

I'm trying to stay positive, but relying on magic and miracles is not a winning strategy.

I'm seeing Antonacci and Miedroth trying to slug instead of just being contact hitters that they are.

What to do with Mune and Colson? Bring Bonemer up and move Vargas to first? Send Colson to AZ. for another tutoring session? Something has got to give with them. This is a legit pennant race now, not just a fun turnaround year.

1 hour ago, oldsox said:

I can't hear you.

I know, anecdotes make you pretty ignorant

Uriquidy looked a bit like Sweaty Freddy in the first inning, sweat pouring down his face.

The Sox have been resilient all season, they will put this loss behind and move on, that's what they do.

Let's see if the guy's slumping can start to snap out of it in tonight's game.

Glad I went to be early on this one, seems I missed nothing new.

Kolson now at 178 K's, 0 for 13 with 9 K's in his last 3 games
Mune now at 142 K's, 2 for 12 with 9 K's in his last 3 games.

8 hours ago, BigHurt3515 said:

Cleveland got to play two bottom dweller teams back to back who have nothing to play for, we keep running into teams who are hot and still in contention. I have a feeling Guardians are going to go on one of their end of the season runs

Actually getting a little tired of the schedule excuse. Maybe don’t lose a home series to the reds then?

If you want to be a playoff team, sorry, sometimes you have to play well against good teams.

That game sucked!