Sox just outsmarted themselves with this opener.
Hicks had a good month. Now he's back to form, sadly.

Why is Tyler Gilbert doing on the 26 man? Do they really need another lefty who tops out at 92?

1 minute ago, GreenSox said:

Sox just outsmarted themselves with this opener.
Hicks had a good month. Now he's back to form, sadly.

Why is Tyler Gilbert doing on the 26 man? Do they really need another lefty who tops out at 92?

I must say I was surprised to turn on the radio and have Len say his name.....for a quick moment I thought "Oh good, is he on the Twins now?"

1 minute ago, GreenSox said:

Sox just outsmarted themselves with this opener.
Hicks had a good month. Now he's back to form, sadly.

Why is Tyler Gilbert doing on the 26 man? Do they really need another lefty who tops out at 92?

Hicks had a clean inning if Colson turns the DP. Gilbert is only up as a fill in for Schweitzer going on the paternity list (congrats to him), probably doesn't even see the end of this road trip.

3 minutes ago, WBWSF said:

Colson Montgomery, Mune and Braden Montgomery haven't been hitting. Perhaps its time to move Peters up in the lineup.

Braden at least gives you good ABs even though he's struggling lately, Colson swings at terrible pitches and watches pitches right down the middle too often but Mune is just scuffling big time right now.

If I were Getz, I would definitely hold off on that extension.

1 minute ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Hicks had a clean inning if Colson turns the DP. Gilbert is only up as a fill in for Schweitzer going on the paternity list (congrats to him), probably doesn't even see the end of this road trip.

On the radio feed, DJ put that on Hicks not getting it out of his glove and disrupting the flow of the play. But I was listening and not watching so do not have my own opinion. And yes, that was a big play which could have led to Hicks going another inning and with a closer game things might have been different.

7 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Hicks had a clean inning if Colson turns the DP. Gilbert is only up as a fill in for Schweitzer going on the paternity list (congrats to him), probably doesn't even see the end of this road trip.

They also turn the double play if Hicks doesn't take forever to throw the ball to Colson. Then when he did, it was in a bad spot. Not making excuses for Colson, but they both share some blame on that play.

Watching the Astros Mets game and I have a question...what the hell does it mean when they get on base and the player sticks out his hand and with the other wiggles his fingers towards their team's dugout?

Colson hasn't been so great in the L7/15/30 at all, minus the occasional HR:

Mune hasn't been any better:

22 minutes ago, MexSoxFan#1 said:

Braden at least gives you good ABs even though he's struggling lately, Colson swings at terrible pitches and watches pitches right down the middle too often but Mune is just scuffling big time right now.

If I were Getz, I would definitely hold off on that extension.

no way I even consider extending him until next year, not unless he takes a massive discount which I doubt his agent would do that nor should he

1 hour ago, Jake said:

As regards Mune, this is by any metric his worst month but also his first negative-luck month so (IMO) not as big of a dropoff in play as it may appear. Of course he had a spell in August when he got real hot and now he's in a deep trough so it's not like the month of August has been a single thing for him. His K rate is up this month but his whiff rate is the same as it has been all along. Most of the components I'd look at are basically the same for him — bat speed, swing length, angle of the bat both up/down and sideways, etc. So for now I'm just looking at it as probably normal variation in his level of play. FWIW, wOBA vs. xwOBA by month for him below (top is the Mar/April, then May, then June, then July at bottom).

I would be more interested in August, as it seems that's when he really fell off...

1 minute ago, WBWSF said:

Colson Montgomery, Mune and Braden Montgomery haven't been hitting. Perhaps its time to move Peters up in the lineup.

7 minutes ago, Bill The Boy said:

Kind of a shame. A small thing, I guess, but I always thought it was the gentlemanly thing to do.

There still are a few p

17 minutes ago, Capn12 said:

Colson hasn't been so great in the L7/15/30 at all, minus the occasional HR:

Mune hasn't been any better:

Pathetic.

Today is why starting pitching gets even more important down the stretch.

That the Sox don't have five guys they can rely on to work in the last five weeks says a lot.

As far as the hitting, especially since the break, 'the big three' has had their issues overall.

Another important series starts Monday, four games in Houston.

Would love to see a split.

12 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Today is why starting pitching gets even more important down the stretch.

That the Sox don't have five guys they can rely on to work in the last five weeks says a lot.

As far as the hitting, especially since the break, 'the big three' has had their issues overall.

Another important series starts Monday, four games in Houston.

Would love to see a split.

Yet they keep winning series.

4 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:

Yet they keep winning series.

So far.

Division hasn't been won yet though and that doesn't change the fact that long term for the Sox, a franchise that has had a history of pitching going back to their roots can't find five serviceable starters to me is telling.

And by long term I don't just mean the last month but also next year, assuming their is a season.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/08/30/colson-montgomery-munetaka-murakami-white-sox-offense

The Sox finish August 14-13.

They've been a model of consistency going back to May. They've finished every month 1 game above .500 since. Unfortunately, it will be impossible for them to do that in September given that they play an even number of games (26). The Sox have been .500 outside the month of May, where they went 18-10. .500 the rest of the way gets them to 85 wins.

Edit: I just realized that September 1st is Tuesday and the Sox play Monday. But I think the general point of this post still stands.

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