May 31, 201312 yr QUOTE (Tex @ May 31, 2013 -> 10:18 PM) Bottom line, no October baseball in Chicago. You got to have hope Tex
May 31, 201312 yr I have no idea how much stake to put in this, but ESPN has the Sox with the worst strength of schedule so far this year: http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpi/_/sort/sos
May 31, 201312 yr QUOTE (fathom @ May 31, 2013 -> 04:51 PM) I have no idea how much stake to put in this, but ESPN has the Sox with the worst strength of schedule so far this year: http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpi/_/sort/sos Well, good thing we've traditionally played much better against good teams.
May 31, 201312 yr QUOTE (fathom @ May 31, 2013 -> 03:51 PM) I have no idea how much stake to put in this, but ESPN has the Sox with the worst strength of schedule so far this year: http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpi/_/sort/sos Does that go by when we played them (their record at that time), or where they all stand now, cumulatively, looking back? Because you've got the Nationals, Rays, Red Sox, Rangers, Indians....but a LOT of bad teams, like the Twins, Royals, Angels (when we played them), Cubs, Mariners, Marlins, etc. Right now, the Rangers and Red Sox are the only ones who look like true playoff contenders. Which should also be taken into consideration when adding or trading away players for July. Other than play a very hot team, we have a super easy schedule until the four game series at home against CLE to end the month of June. If they're still 5 or more games behind the Tigers at that time, it's almost a mathematical impossibility to expect them to go through the teeth of the most difficult schedule, the 2nd half White Sox history, the possibility of our pitchers battling the Verducci Effect, the head to head games against the Tigers at the hottest time of the year when their offense will get a bump and pitching will be under duress (not to mention the fact that their starting pitching is probably better than ours, in the end). If you line them up 1-5 or 1-6, it's hard to make a case for the White Sox. Sale Verlander Peavy Scherzer (Peavy might have the better ERA, but Scherzer has the K's and his stuff will hold up better) Quintana Sanchez Danks Fister Axelrod Porcello (once again, nobody in baseball is going to take Axelrod in that match-up, although he's pitched better SO FAR this season) Smyly Santiago (pretty even, perhaps a SLIGHT advantage to the Sox)
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