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"Joe McEwing is a late scratch from the game. Leury Garcia will act as the third base coach."

Is it too much to ask for another 7 run lead before the 3rd inning?

Keuchel day ?

There was harm tonite. Games like this against teams in our really weak division are games we need to win and when we start Keuchel, who shouldn’t be starting, and still have a lead in the sixth, this is something we need to put in the bank. We have a pretty tough stretch coming up and we were starting to build a little momentum, so why crush it?

Absolutely. We have one of the most dominating bullpens in the league, and TLR Leaves our least dominating pitcher with close to 100 pitch count to pitch the 6 th with a one run lead. This loss is on TLR. You have to manage the games to win with your best weapons. TLR does not have the sense-of urgency to go for the HFA.

I'm sure the clubhouse would be shattered, if the guy who blames the rest of the team for EVERY problem he has in an outing, gets a tighter leash.

For all the early season bitching about "lack of depth", those AAA players are the reason the Sox are in position to roll now that the upgrades have taken hold.

It is a shame. Break through infections are everywhere. The government was too premature in stating that vaccinated individuals could go without a mask. This virus and its variants are too novel and it is better to err on the side of caution.

It’s nice being back to having the most talent in the league

Madrigal has a higher wRC+ than Tim Anderson and until a week ago it was higher than Jose Abreu's as well. The Sox lineup is filled with hitters that fall in the ~110-120 wRC+ range and no one struggles to see why most of those guys are valuable, but for some reason with Madrigal people fixate on the lack of power when the end result for him is still a well above-average hitter.

That's fine but I'm having some 2nd thoughts on using Madrigal to acquire a guy who is going to pitch maybe 10 innings in the playoffs and maybe 60 overall in Chicago. I'm not sure that's the best use of a trade chip. I'm excited about using Kimbrel in the playoffs, but I'm not thrilled that's all Chicago could turn Madrigal into.

And that's going to wrap it up for you. Bye bye

Welcome to Soxtalk troll!

It is inexcusable to have Keuchel pitching in the 6 th with a 100pitch count with a man on and a one run lead , and with our vaunted bullpen not even warming up. This one is on TLR.

Everyone cites the division lead, but the Sox are like 1.5 games out of the #1 seed. You can't be giving games away just so Keuchel feels better about himself.

You can smell a crack sometimes.

Just an idiot that has access to a keyboard

Lol the white sox literally just stole that from fangraphs.

Got to give some credit to Yermin for help keeping us afloat at the beginning of the season, along with our strong starters.

It's OK people Dr Tray is on the case.

They could put the games places where people without cable can see them without blacking them out from the other people who also don't have cable.

Assuming Cole and Montgomery can't come back by Thursday from the COVID list, this game is going to be started by Andrew Heaney for the Yankees.

So far this year, 44.4% of his thrown pitches have been in the strike zone. In 2019 for comparison, 46.8% of his pitches were in the strike zone. 2020 was 41.9%, 2018 was 44.8%. What's different from 2019 and other years in his career is where people are swinging. In 2019, players were swinging at 71.1% of the balls he threw in the zone and 28.9% of balls he threw out of the zone. Other recent seasons look similar. This year so far, players are swinging at 66.7% of balls that he throws in the zone and 34.4% of balls he throws out of the zone. He's therefore not exactly throwing more strikes (with the exception of 2020), but players aren't picking up on them as well, so they are swinging more often at balls out of the zone and swinging less often at things in the zone that will be called strikes.

If there's ever any time when doing this won't create a jinx, it's after a 3 game sweep of the Cubs, before a series with Minnesota, and with a 10+ game lead over the division. If things get tighter, will close this thread and open one for the division. This will also be significantly more fun than the draft position trackers, and I will like having all this in one place. The playoff seeding rules are: Seeds 1, 2, and 3 in each league go to the 3 division winners. Team 4 is determined by a 1-game playoff between the 4th and 5th teams, held at the ballpark of the #4 seed. Additional one game playoffs, if necessary, are used to determine: a.) the division champion if 2 teams have the same record b.) the second wild card if 2 teams have the same record Aside from those play-in scenarios, the rules for seeding and home field advantage are as follows: In the Division Series, home field advantage goes to the 1 and 2 seeds. In the League Championship Series, home field advantage goes to the team which had the better record, unless that team is a wild card seed - the wild card seed cannot have home field advantage in the LCS. In the World Series, home field advantage goes to the team with the best record - regardless of whether or not they are a wild card team. The tiebreakers for seeding: 1. Head to head record 2. Record against your own division 3. Interleague Record 4. The team with the best record in the 2nd half of the season, excluding interleague games 5. The team with the best record in the final 82 games of the season, excluding interleague games. Continue counting backwards/adding games until one team has a better record. Current seeding AL 1. Tampa Bay 75-47 2. Houston 71-50 3.5 GB 3. CHICAGO 70-51 5 GB WC1: Yankees 70 52 5 gb in division WC2: Oakland 69-53 2.5 gb in division Last team out: Boston Red Sox 69-54 0.5 gb in Wild Card Current seeding NL: 1. San Francisco 78-43 2. Milwaukee 74-48 4.5 gb 3. Atlanta Braves 65-56 13 GB WC1: LA Dodgers 76-46 2.5 gb in division WC2: SD Padres 67-56 12 gb in division Last team out: Cincinnati Reds 65-57, 1.5 GB in wild card Other notes: Philadelphia is 4 games behind Atlanta, NY Mets are 5 behind Atlanta. Updated 8/20/21 These teams hold the tiebreaker over the White Sox based on head to head records: Houston Milwaukee NY Yankees White Sox hold tiebreaker over these teams based on head to head records: Tampa Bay* Oakland* * = upcoming series. To be determined: Boston. Records in division play for teams where it might matter: Tampa Bay 39-18 Chicago White Sox 37-25 4.5 gb Boston 34-26 6.5 gb Oakland A's 29-26 9 gb NL team records in division play: San Francisco 36-18 0 gb Cincinnati Reds: 35-20 1.5 gb LA Dodgers 32-20 3 gb San Diego Padres 28-26 8 gb Atlanta Braves 36-28 5 gb Philadelphia Phillies 34-27 5 gb NY Mets: They're also below .500 against their division As of now, the White Sox have lost the tiebreakers against the NY Yankees, Houston, and Milwaukee, and thus would be on the road against either of those teams if they finished with the same record, and as of this post all 3 teams have the exact same record. Upcoming series against Oakland, Boston, Tampa Bay could matter for tiebreakers. Winning a series against Boston, winning a series against Tampa Bay would clinch those tiebreakers for the White Sox, winning 2 more games against Oakland would clinch that tiebreaker. White Sox need to make up ground to avoid going to San Francisco in a potential World Series matchup. White Sox are also behind Cincinnati, San Francisco for the division record tiebreakers and are 0.5 games ahead of the Dodgers, so winning games against the AL Central down the stretch could also be very important for a World Series tiebreaker. OK, what did I screw up? And, anyone who wants to update any part of this as the season goes on, please feel free to do so, just adding the league records and gb would be nice. References: https://registration.mlbpa.org/pdf/majorleaguerules.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_tie-breaking_procedures https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-playoffs-home-field-matchups-explained-c256992372

Yeah, I really don’t like him behind the plate. Seems like a nice enough kid, though. I’m really surprised how little action he’s got back there. Zavala isn’t exactly setting the bar high. I’d say he’s below average on D and awful on O.

He looked great last year and looks even better this year (and coming off injury too). Hell of a late bloomer.

Would you stop this bullshit already

Probably no Lynn then

Imagine if we signed Harper, Springer, Scherzer, Ruth, Cobb, Trout…

For sure the best lineup we can put out right now, at least player wise.

yea what a great find. Feels like we robbed the Guardians.

That's not baseball fever that's spreading through the Yankees.

Hamilton is on the IL.

Keuchel pitched pretty well last time out. If Engel doesn't fuck up on that ball in the 1st, its likely a scoreless outing.

See, sex work pays well

We went through this with Rodon. We went through this with Giolito. We went through this with Cease. This is why pitchers with electric arms get many chances. You can't teach ceiling.

Compare Eloy (lots of power), Abreu (soul of the team), Robert (covers lots of space in the outfield), Anderson (trying to change the reality of baseball), Liam (has an insane mind), and Giolito (switches up pitch speeds like time) with the infinity stones.

Clubhouse seems to be off the charts right now. They've really put together an amazing group of guys, and Abreu really does seem to serve as player/coach at this point.

It's a lot easier to pitch when there are zero expectations

Swing... And a miss!

First year up here in the states. Young guy. Hopefully that is all that is wrong. Yolbert, who is quite a bit older, went from decent in DSL to doing very well in the states this year, but he is quite a bit older than Bailey. Gives me hope yet for Bailey.

We would have scored 13 if Vaughn was in the lineup

Wes Kath's HR had a 105 exit velo, per FutureSox. That is elite raw power for a 19 year old, wow.

Yeah, the Cubs sucking is part of what makes it fun. I had the supposed decade long Cub dynasty shoved down my throat for years. They implode and what, we’re supposed to be upset about that? I’ll never get the whole “i wish we wouldn’t beat the Cubs’ asses so badly” point of view.

Ew.

More than some were saying it about Liam Hendriks back in the day. There is no question Lopez has an electric arm. Maybe accepting his fate as a reliever is what it takes. It would be nice to get something from him. He has the talent. Of course he is still one bad outing from being a gas can again, but I certainly like him better on the mound than one Ryan Burr.