Kay vs. Lynch

6 games to go. Don't count on Boston. Just keep winning.

Lineups TBD

Is GameThread

Let's Go White Sox !!!

Kay needs to get his s%*# together and give us a good 5+ innings today........No excuses.

You should have a rested pen...

Hudson, Newcomb, Hicks have not pitched in 3 days.

Lynch IV is in line for his VI loss of the season.

Kay pitched well last time out and was pulled too early.

I would respectfully propose the Sox win today, Guardians lose, and we are in first place with five games to go.

Can the White Sox hold on?

The Chicago White Sox have been one of baseball's best stories in 2026, but as the season winds down, they're clearly running out of gas.

The Sox looked to be in full control of the AL Central going into the trade deadline and had a 5 1/2-game lead on Aug. 16. But the White Sox's biggest weakness, their starting pitching, has crushed them over the past two months. After failing to address the issue in a meaningful way — other than adding right-hander Luis Castillo, who has been a disaster — their season now hangs in the balance.

The Guardians enter Tuesday leading the AL Central by a game after taking two of three from the Sox in Cleveland last week. Chicago has fallen from the No. 2 seed to the No. 6 seed and could still be knocked out of the postseason picture completely this weekend. 

They hope to finish their season strong against the Royals and Rockies to close the season, while the Guardians will face the Red Sox and Royals. 

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-series-to-watch-week-of-sept-21-2026

White Sox at Royals

The White Sox will head to their division rivals on Tuesday in hopes of completing their remarkable turnaround, from 100 losses in three straight seasons to the postseason in 2026. Chicago, like Cleveland, could clinch as early as Wednesday if things break the right way. But the South Siders will be looking to retake the division crown -- and the up-for-grabs bye -- with a strong week. They’ll need their bats to heat back up after posting a .672 OPS in September thus far, 25th in MLB.

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by caulfield12

First place 11 hours from now. Speak it into existence.

1 minute ago, Bonemer, I Hardly Know Her said:

First place 11 hours from now. Speak it into existence.

Sox win the division by 2 games and don't even need the tiebreaker.

Fingers crossed...good luck.

I don't feel like these guys understand what pressure is, they basically had to take 3 of 4 from Detroit and controlled all 4 games into the 6th inning or later, and an over managed bullpen cost them game 2, I'm optimistic they handle KC (Series wins: @KC 2-2, @CHI 3-0, @CHI 2-1)

Kay, Fedde, and Martin have all lost a game to KC this year, 2 of those games were SHO 2-0 losses to Bubic, and Wacha. Bubic was traded to LAD, however Wacha last pitched on the 20th, so KC could bump him up to the 25th if they decided to wanna put their thumb on the scale and honestly that wouldn't shock me

edit: the 3rd loss was a game that Avila started, and he gave up 4 ER/6 H/3 BB in 4 IP, but Kay gave up 5 R (3 ER) in 3.2IP, so the Kay start will be the game to watch IMO

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by joejoesox

1 minute ago, joejoesox said:

I don't feel like these guys understand what pressure is, they basically had to take 3 of 4 from Detroit and controlled all 4 games into the 6th inning or later, and an over managed bullpen cost them game 2, I'm optimistic they handle KC (Series wins: @KC 2-2, @CHI 3-0, @CHI 2-1)

Kay, Fedde, and Martin have all lost a game to KC this year, 2 of those games were SHO 2-0 losses to Bubic, and Wacha. Bubic was traded to LAD, however Wacha last pitched on the 20th, so KC could bump him up to the 25th if they decided to wanna put their thumb on the scale and honestly that wouldn't shock me

They will put their thumb on the scale wherever they decide to pitch Wacha - just a matter of which side they want their thumb to go

4 minutes ago, 35thstreetswarm said:

They will put their thumb on the scale wherever they decide to pitch Wacha - just a matter of which side they want their thumb to go

He’s currently slated to pitched Saturday vs Cleveland.

3 minutes ago, JTB said:

He’s currently slated to pitched Saturday vs Cleveland.

Wacha has flat out dominated Cleveland this year

3-0 (3 starts), 7.0/1 er, 7.0/2 er, 8.0/0 er

22.0 IP, 3 ER (1.23 era)

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by joejoesox

Wacha vs Sox

8.0/0 er, 7.2/1 er

15.2 IP, 1 ER (0.57 era)

LETS FUCKING GO!!!!!

Boston -130 tonight and -142 tomorrow.

Sox -118 tonight, no line for tomorrow yet.

Watch out for both Cags and Pasqui. Witt always dangerous. Perez too.

Chase hitting 5th, Colson 8th, Braden 9th.

Peters still sore? Or is this more righty/lefty matchup stuff?

2 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said:

Peters still sore? Or is this more righty/lefty matchup stuff?

probably a little of both I would think

5 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

Can the White Sox hold on?

The Chicago White Sox have been one of baseball's best stories in 2026, but as the season winds down, they're clearly running out of gas.

The Sox looked to be in full control of the AL Central going into the trade deadline and had a 5 1/2-game lead on Aug. 16. But the White Sox's biggest weakness, their starting pitching, has crushed them over the past two months. After failing to address the issue in a meaningful way — other than adding right-hander Luis Castillo, who has been a disaster — their season now hangs in the balance.

The Guardians enter Tuesday leading the AL Central by a game after taking two of three from the Sox in Cleveland last week. Chicago has fallen from the No. 2 seed to the No. 6 seed and could still be knocked out of the postseason picture completely this weekend. 

They hope to finish their season strong against the Royals and Rockies to close the season, while the Guardians will face the Red Sox and Royals. 

White Sox play at KC and home to Rockies. Indians play at Boston and at KC. I think White Sox finish 4-2 and Indians finish 2-4. Who has the Champagne ready to go???