1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Pass me that vape, I'm ready to get lit too.

"Mis" kind of makes a big difference...when you have the clear best pitcher in baseball.

Cleveland is best described as a solid rotation and pen and an offense starting to find itself gsin versus lesser competition.

52 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

"Mis" kind of makes a big difference...when you have the clear best pitcher in baseball.

Cleveland is best described as a solid rotation and pen and an offense starting to find itself gsin versus lesser competition.

Miz is their Haaland. It's like having a cheat code.

I reiterate this but anybody who thought the cubs would catch the brewers this year were out of their minds. You cannot drop multiple games in a row and expect to catch a team like that this is so well drilled and basically working from muscle memory about what they have to do down the stretch.

6 hours ago, Colome's Hat said:

Miz is their Haaland. It's like having a cheat code.

Brewers should have paid up for Skubal and gave themselves a lockdown 1-2 punch in the playoffs.

2 hours ago, HoosierSox said:

Brewers should have paid up for Skubal and gave themselves a lockdown 1-2 punch in the playoffs.

Weren't willing to part with Jesus Made or their other talented MI prospect..

I sure hope so. I don't know which to choose. I'll say yes very hesitantly because I don't think any of the Wild Card contenders (excluding Cleveland) are any good. I guess the most likely option of the three is they take the last wild card spot, but I wouldn't be shocked if they fell out of the playoffs. The starting rotation is as bad right now as Ive ever seen it. Blowing a 4.5 game lead in a month is hard to do but not THAT hard. The Sox have done it before.

Edited Friday at 03:17 PM2 days by Green Line

Guardians pulling away from the pack with the wild card is probably a good thing for our overall playoff chances.

2 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said:

Guardians pulling away from the pack with the wild card is probably a good thing for our overall playoff chances.

yes we're up to near 80 percent now on FG. we just need to get to 84 and we're likely in.

4 hours ago, HoosierSox said:

Brewers should have paid up for Skubal and gave themselves a lockdown 1-2 punch in the playoffs.

Yeah, that's definitely what I was hoping for.

On 8/25/2026 at 4:17 PM, ron883 said:

I'd be slightly angry because Getz made the team worse at the deadline. He went for players that are under control vs rentals who are good. The disastrous deadline would make it a harder pill to swallow.

Worse how ? What metric are you using to come to this conclusion ? At the trade deadline the Sox had a 3 game lead. It's 2.5 now while Cleveland has won 7 in a row against 2 of the worst teams in baseball.

Davis Martin hasn't got a single win since the TDL with an ERA of 14.63 in 3 starts

21 games since the TDL Murakami is hitting .141, 280 OBP and .372 slg. Colson Montgomery .566 OPS since TDL

Burke in 5 games is 4.74 ERA and 5.60 FIP . Castillo 4 games 5.89 ERA but a FIP of 5.37 so while none of that is good the FIP is slightly better than Burke and much better than Martin

Right after the TDL the Sox went 0-4 but since then 11-7 so maybe your early impression after the TDL skewed your thinking.

So .500 since the TDL while their 2 best starting pitchers and their best HR hitter and 3rd best HR hitter all have slumped.

Also Sox 1st reached 7 games above .500 July 21st and are still 7 games above .500 but they've basically been a .500 team for 3 months.

They've done what they have done all year which is pick each other up. Highly doubt any of the acquisitions have made enough contributions for anyone to prove they are a worse or better team now .

They were 18-10 in May. Since then 36-35.

7 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Worse how ? What metric are you using to come to this conclusion ? At the trade deadline the Sox had a 3 game lead. It's 2.5 now while Cleveland has won 7 in a row against 2 of the worst teams in baseball.

Davis Martin hasn't got a single win since the TDL with an ERA of 14.63 in 3 starts

21 games since the TDL Murakami is hitting .141, 280 OBP and .372 slg. Colson Montgomery .566 OPS since TDL

Burke in 5 games is 4.74 ERA and 5.60 FIP . Castillo 4 games 5.89 ERA but a FIP of 5.37 so while none of that is good the FIP is slightly better than Burke and much better than Martin

Right after the TDL the Sox went 0-4 but since then 11-7 so maybe your early impression after the TDL skewed your thinking.

So .500 since the TDL while their 2 best starting pitchers and their best HR hitter and 3rd best HR hitter all have slumped.

Also Sox 1st reached 7 games above .500 July 21st and are still 7 games above .500 but they've basically been a .500 team for 3 months.

They've done what they have done all year which is pick each other up. Highly doubt any of the acquisitions have made enough contributions for anyone to prove they are a worse or better team now .

They were 18-10 in May. Since then 36-35.

Cali, come on man. He is riling you up. Just ignore it. This is just “Abreu is bad” while the guy is carrying the team. Same thing

58 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

Cali, come on man. He is riling you up. Just ignore it. This is just “Abreu is bad” while the guy is carrying the team. Same thing

Doyle and Castillo are carrying the team? 😂

I think they'll hold on to win the division just based on how bad all the teams are in it.

Ending the season with 3 home games against the worst team in baseball is probably going to be huge.

1 minute ago, T R U said:

I think they'll hold on to win the division just based on how bad all the teams are in it.

Ending the season with 3 home games against the worst team in baseball is probably going to be huge.

I hope the last three games won't be a factor and the Sox will have a chance to line up their pitching the way they want it.

Remember how 2008 turned out?

3 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

I hope the last three games won't be a factor and the Sox will have a chance to line up their pitching the way they want it.

Remember how 2008 turned out?

They were dead as soon as Quentin went out...playing in that dome.

Just now, Lip Man 1 said:

I hope the last three games won't be a factor and the Sox will have a chance to line up their pitching the way they want it.

Remember how 2008 turned out?

Honestly, I don't think it matters who they have pitching for them. I think there is zero chance they could beat the Rays, Yankees, or Red Sox in a 7 game series if they even got past their first series.

37 minutes ago, T R U said:

Honestly, I don't think it matters who they have pitching for them. I think there is zero chance they could beat the Rays, Yankees, or Red Sox in a 7 game series if they even got past their first series.

Yeah, but its not guaranteed the Yankees and/or Red Sox will win their Wild Card series. That's what Id be banking on. The Red Sox are a nightmare for us but not necessarily teams with better pitching.

4 minutes ago, Green Line said:

Yeah, but its not guaranteed the Yankees and/or Red Sox will win their Wild Card series. That's what Id be banking on. The Red Sox are a nightmare for us but not necessarily teams with better pitching.

Yankees have that pitching that I would not want to go up against in the playoffs (assuming everyone is healthy of course)

1 hour ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Yankees have that pitching that I would not want to go up against in the playoffs (assuming everyone is healthy of course)

They are the only team in the AL I'd think we wouldn't have more than a 40/60 chance against. The top of their rotation in a short series will be hard to beat. I'd say we'd be heavy dogs, like +400 or something to win the series whereas maybe +150, 175 against Rays or Boston. At least in my odds.

1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said:

They are the only team in the AL I'd think we wouldn't have more than a 40/60 chance against. The top of their rotation in a short series will be hard to beat. I'd say we'd be heavy dogs, like +400 or something to win the series whereas maybe +150, 175 against Rays or Boston. At least in my odds.

Yeah but the offense isn't great. Boston is the team that scares me. Yankees offense and their bullpen issues as well as their defensive lapses make them vulnerable. Those vulnerabilities were on display against us.

While we might not think they have that great of a chance, the amazing thing is, they believe they can win. With nothing to back it, I'm believing they win a playoff series.

I also believe this could be our 1969.

10 hours ago, Kyyle23 said:

Cali, come on man. He is riling you up. Just ignore it. This is just “Abreu is bad” while the guy is carrying the team. Same thing

I'm not at all riled up. It's just a rebuttal. Hard to know if he actually believes what he says most of the time.

I'm not going to say we are a lock to make the playoffs but I think a historic and unprecedented collapse would have to happen to prevent us from making it. We are 72-63. 27 games left. If we go 14-13, very likely given the schedule, we will be at 86-76. I actually think there is a very realistic path to 90 wins.

On 8/28/2026 at 1:53 PM, Green Line said:

Yeah, but it’s not guaranteed the Yankees and/or Red Sox will win their Wild Card series. That's what Id be banking on. The Red Sox are a nightmare for us but not necessarily teams with better pitching.

One of them will because they’re going to be playing each other more than likely. Then the winner gets the Rays.