Jake

50% strikeout rate in that game. More important metric to me. Especially since that homer was a real softie, per Statcast.

My crazy idea is to just not play Jake Amaya.

Outman could only be considered as 40-man roster depth. He might give you some production, but he also may not, and even if he does you know he's basically already in his prime year so it wouldn't last long.

I kind of assumed the Sun-Times was going to mostly get out of the covering-the-Sox business. If they decided to bring in a new beat writer, that's good news.

Not clear to me that this represents new information rather than sloppy reporting. I assume they're using Ishbia's recent purchases as justification for the valuation, is all.

Happy for Chase although the speech from Sergio Santos is a little funny given that he's managed him for ~10 games and he's talking to Chase like it's his son

Well they didn't just think it, they put him out there! Which is probably most relevant for the current discussion, lol

Sox have three regulars with an xwOBA above league average: Vaughn, Thaiss, and Sosa. Sending the only young player of that trio to the minors for a sidegrade would be crazy.

I recall hearing Getz on a TV broadcast arguing that Meidroth can handle SS defensively.

I'll admit there might be a contradiction in "to prevent injury, make a guy run fast when he already played a game earlier and then got on a plane and missed out on proper warmups"

I'm finding it not that obvious who leaves the 40-man to make room for Jankowski. If it were me, I'd just cut bait with Clevinger...but I don't think that's what will happen. Maybe things are far enough along with Varland's elbow that he could go to the 60-day? Not sure...

Seems like nobody bothered asking Venable post-game about whether he thought Tauchman was playing at less than 100%, whether he considered a pinch runner, etc.

I'd say you have to send him if he had even 30% chance of scoring. If you have any shot at a run there you go for it rather than bank on this team producing another hit.

Honestly, I don't really blame him for not going back. He was going to be pretty far from the base by the time he realized what was going on and you were going to need to deal with the other runner going back too. Basically by that point you're toast and just hoping the throw goes to the backstop

Right now, I don't really see the point in talking about Getz being fired. On the terms of his hire, he basically cannot be evaluated (of course we can litigate his hiring but it's pissing in the wind). All that being said, I do wonder under what conditions might Getz be fired? I don't see any realistic way he gets heat this season, even if another record gets set. Could he be allowed to let the team be just as bad next season? It might be hard to avoid if you stipulate that the Sox be a bottom 3 payroll. For now, it feels like all he has to do for at least the next couple years is not have all his acquisitions completely and utterly flame out in the minors and avoid any serious drama in the clubhouse etc.