22 hours ago22 hr 2 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:Since the deadline the Sox are 4th in position player WAR and 5th in wRC+ in all of baseball.Meanwhile they're 22nd and 20th in pitching WAR and ERA.They blew it because the Sox acquired no real starters at the deadline when it was a desperate need.The pitching is terrible, and is the primary reason as to why they are doubted in the post season.
22 hours ago22 hr 28 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:Since the deadline the Sox are 4th in position player WAR and 5th in wRC+ in all of baseball.Meanwhile they're 22nd and 20th in pitching WAR and ERA.They blew it because the Sox acquired no real starters at the deadline when it was a desperate need.Yeah they needed Colson and Mune to hit with that crappy pitching.Not sure there was anyone worth prioritizing at the deadline except Mahle who the Braves had an inside track on. Definitely shouldn't have picked up Castillo. Also with how Martin and Burke fell apart not sure they could've gotten enough help to make much of a difference. Bullpen was going to be stretched no matter what.
21 hours ago21 hr Also I do not give a s%*# how advanced stats say Doyle is doing. We're in "ride the performance aberration" territory now. I'll worry about those advanced stats next year and see if his approach changes bear fruit.
21 hours ago21 hr 44 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said:There are many reasons we are playing in a wildcard series. The main reason is Mune and Colson falling off a cliff.There's also Tristan Peters putting up a .271 OPS in the 15 games after the All-Star game that made Getz look for a Plan B in CF. The whole team actually turned into a pumpkin in early June, which probably made the FO a bit more risk averse when it came to supplementing this team at the expense of the farm.
21 hours ago21 hr 21 minutes ago, WestEddy said:There's also Tristan Peters putting up a .271 OPS in the 15 games after the All-Star game that made Getz look for a Plan B in CF. The whole team actually turned into a pumpkin in early June, which probably made the FO a bit more risk averse when it came to supplementing this team at the expense of the farm.But but but they were in first place for most of July and the June schedule was arguably more daunting...that and fact nobody even knows the fate of the 2027 season Edited 21 hours ago21 hr by caulfield12
21 hours ago21 hr 15 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:But but but they were in first place for most of July and the June schedule was arguably more daunting...that and fact nobody even knows the fate of the 2027 seasonThey played slightly above .500 ball from June 1 on. Not sure what you're doing.
20 hours ago20 hr The average division lead the last nine days of July was 1.83 games up...They were hardly dead in the water, more looking forward to 2027, unless you're talking about missing Murakami's bat.
19 hours ago19 hr 40 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:The average division lead the last nine days of July was 1.83 games up...They were hardly dead in the water, more looking forward to 2027, unless you're talking about missing Murakami's bat.No, they weren't "dead in the water", but they just didn't have a 5th gear. Then they came out of the ASB flat (Vargas slashed .197/.264/.409 ASB-TDL).By the way, ASB->TDL also means flying from airports in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan to Tindil, Argentina. So now, Ashgabat to Tindil will mean All-Star Break to the trade deadline. ...and 21 positions from the Kama Sutra performed in a weekend.
19 hours ago19 hr 13 minutes ago, WestEddy said:No, they weren't "dead in the water", but they just didn't have a 5th gear. Then they came out of the ASB flat (Vargas slashed .197/.264/.409 ASB-TDL).By the way, ASB->TDL also means flying from airports in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan to Tindil, Argentina. So now, Ashgabat to Tindil will mean All-Star Break to the trade deadline....and 21 positions from the Kama Sutra performed in a weekend.you've been off your game recentlythis new board truce is throwing your normal bravado off loland then everything circling back to sex allusions for unknown reasons Edited 19 hours ago19 hr by caulfield12
19 hours ago19 hr 9 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:you've been off your game recentlythis new board truce is throwing your normal bravado off loland then everything circling back to sex allusions for unknown reasonsBeing right about everything has me thinking I'm walking around in a twilight zone nightmare. But you know the reasons, Holden. Vargas/Colson/Mune. FMK!!!
19 hours ago19 hr 17 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:you've been off your game recentlythis new board truce is throwing your normal bravado off loland then everything circling back to sex allusions for unknown reasonsAnd really weird ones at that.
18 hours ago18 hr 30 minutes ago, WestEddy said:I'm walking around in a twilight zone nightmare.But you know the reasons, Holden. Vargas/Colson/Mune. FMK!!!30 minutes ago, WestEddy said:Being right about everything has me thinkingluckily GEtz has less of an ego than KW Hahn and WestEddyyou'te really going to melt down when Preller wins NL Executive of the Year!ps is FMK related to Machine Gun Kelly? Edited 18 hours ago18 hr by caulfield12
8 hours ago8 hr Somebody is doing something right in this Organization Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by Falstaff
2 hours ago2 hr All of the folk who are not on the Doyle train will be come 2028 or prior. Same types of number based criticisms Could have been made about Vargas before he broke out this year.Doyle rules. You all will see.Even if he looks like a fucking douche bag mobility challenged giraffe while rounding the bases after hitting nukes. Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by hi8is
2 hours ago2 hr Author On 9/28/2026 at 2:00 PM, Look at Ray Ray Run said:Doyle has a .235 xwOBA since joining the Sox, yet here we are talking about how the White Sox have transformed Doyle and he's now a win of the trade deadline. He has that despite the majority of his at bats coming against lefties with the Sox, who he's historically hit much better than righties, but with the Sox he has a .278 xwOBA against lefties which is absolutely terrible.Yes, let's celebrate Getz for acquiring a DFA candidate with his 0 walks and 33% K-Rate in nearly 100 AB's with the Sox.There wasn't a single good move at the deadline and it's why we're now playing a wildcard series.So you're doing nothing to differentiate his first week with the team to his last week with the team which is quite literally the only way to evaluate the improvement being cited in the thread.
52 minutes ago52 min When Doyle is running around the bases, my first though is always, "Boy, if only he had just walked."
47 minutes ago47 min On 9/28/2026 at 11:55 AM, Jake said:I'll sadly note that Doyle's xwOBA is actually lower with the Sox than with the Rox this season. Expected stats pick up the improvement in the past little while, but the expected stats seem to think he didn't improve that much and just got some lucky outcomes. He's had a couple infield singles and seeing eye ground ball singles that are probably propping him up a bit — plus I bet a couple of those homers could have just as easily been doubles. He needs to keep working.His K rate spiked this year and I'm not totally sure why. His chase rate went up a bit but not by a ton. Makes contact in the zone reasonably well. Might just be getting really free-swinging with two strikes.Diving for balls is not worth an injury.
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