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They'd have to be really really bad to blow this one now.

Time will tell. The Debate still raging on about Burger for Eder.

I feel like soon I'll be saying it was nice while it lasted.

Throwing a baseball at this level and getting a good teams hitters out is not just luck. He's making pitches that get the best hitters in the world out. He's kept the Sox in this game. Not sure he's going to be out there next inning though.

Thorpe seemed ready. He did come in a set a White Sox record and pitch 4 straight games going 6 innings and giving up 3 hits or less. Then gets bombed 2 outings in a row and it's 2nd time facing same guys and he's useless forever. Turns out he's hurt or arm weary which could account for the beatings. We got lots of time to figure it out. It's not always worst case scenario just because he doesn't throw hard.

He's hanging in there nicely but Yanks close to big innings constanting.Somehow has given up just one.

You can't assume the same result when the situation would've been different. They could've intentionally walked him to set up a DP or pitched him differently hoping he'd get himself out.

Yup last AB need to at least tie it up. I get that Lopez had 3 hits already and was facing a RHP but counting on another hit from him was pushing it. Get both runners in scoring position and u got a guy very capable of hitting extra base hits or hitting a deep fly to get a run across. I don't care how bad he's slumping. He's still their best power hitter , If they walk him then based loaded 1 out and maybe a pitching change is forced or you face Beni, the hottest hitter, with the RHP.

Wondering why if that was supposed to be a sac bunt by Baldwin why wouldn't you sac bunt with Lopez ? I d take 2nd and 3rd with 1 out with Robert and Beni coming up.

Close to the time the Sox BP implodes.

4 HRs last 3 games.

With that mustache I feel like Fletcher name should be pronounced the French way "Fletchay".

The only thing we heard was the Dodgers wouldn't even offer Dalton Rushing.

Theoretically can work in either any direction. Theoretically he should be tired already . Theoretically he may be doing more harm than good by continuing to pitch as a starter with a 75 pitch limit or by pitching at all. No one really knows. But some people will be right because we are pretty much offering every type of opinion.

A bunch of bums and often injured players playing like bums and piling up injuries and trading any player they could trade at last year's deadline and the off season and slashing payroll and getting 20 games worse doesn't seem really really hard to me. Was a historically bad team predictable ? Probably not but predicting a 100 win team to win 120 isn't all that predictable either. What was predictable was the Sox were going to be just as bad if not worse after everything I described above. Has Getz contributed to further erosion of future Sox teams ? Absolutely. But maybe not to degree that has so many people up in arms . I will agree that Getz has not shown the ability to maximize major trades. But even then position player prospects hoarding has become widespread and opposing GMs are aware that Getz is under the gun by JR to dump salary. They treat the Sox like they should be grateful they are making any offers.

I'm not sure that's a criteria for a team to be good or even to show progress. Think about what you said. You cannot CLEARLY STATE very few players in any franchise will be starting for the same organization they are in now in 2028. We'd like to say Schultz and Smith but realistically one cannot CLEARLY STATE it. One man's opinion is different than another's so clearly stating anything is ambiguous enough to sound like a clever thing to say but what does it mean? Does it mean accurately predict or just have a strong opinion about it ? When you take into account Free Agency trades ,regression, injuries, maybe only the teams with the best young player talent or stars locked up long term you can do that. Rutschman ,Henderson Holliday , Westburg ,Cowser, Kjerstad, Basallo, Mayo, Urias. Those are the Orioles top young players and prospects. I'm probably missing 1 or 2 but do you think you can name 3 that will be in the O's starting lineup in 2028? Does starting mean start over 50 % of games. I would assume starting pitching counts too. Is there any one O's pitcher you can clearly state will be a mainstay in the rotation ? This should be the easy team to do it with because they are a top team with the best young talent. But 2028 is a long time from now. s%*# happens. Try doing the same thing with teams hovering around .500 with a bunch of guys who are eligible for Free Agency in 2025,26 and 27. How are Judge,Freeman and Betts going to be in 2028 ? Not trying to be a dick but you can't really be challenged on it because its 3 years down the line so no one's going to keep track of it.

It's time but it's Reinsdorf who doesn't like playing in the system in the Dominican Republic. Too much talent there is based on handshake agreements before they are 17. And in general he's never committed a lot of resources to scouting and PD.

Crystal ballsy . Don't know how you came to that conclusion 1-18 since the break. Predicting alternate outcomes based on 19 games with a new manager when you have the same players is odd. How many more wins do you think a managerial change would've meant ?

That's 6 guys and whoever etc. is. Who are u replacing them with ?

DM making it look easy.

A few minutes after securing the win the World shook in So Cal. 5.7 Earthquake. I felt a good jolt. Not sure if it was felt in Oakland.

Sox win and minutes later earthquake in So Cal.

A loss now would be epic.

They will and easily but I can't root for it when I want so many of the youngsters to do well.