FoxForce2 Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 No. But who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Ready to call it. Hard to see it all “coming together” for this team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiks12 Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 With TA going down this looks like a lost season for sure now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankchifan Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I have a little more hope today. Just watched Twins Tigers game today. Tigers win 7-5. Twins didn’t look that good. Sox have a chance at the division, but cannot punt any more games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saufley Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, hankchifan said: I have a little more hope today. Just watched Twins Tigers game today. Tigers win 7-5. Twins didn’t look that good. Sox have a chance at the division, but cannot punt any more games. Going to be tough with you know who making out the lineup everyday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kids Can Play Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Yes, but only if Hahn makes some more huge changes on offense. He needs to DFA Harrison, McGuire and bring up Yolbert and Perez. Depending how serious TA's injury is and how long he'll be out, I might give Sosa a call up too. Our pitching is strong enough to get us into the playoffs, but not without some major improved offense. The defense also needs to clean up their mistakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 10 minutes ago, hankchifan said: I have a little more hope today. Just watched Twins Tigers game today. Tigers win 7-5. Twins didn’t look that good. Sox have a chance at the division, but cannot punt any more games. This about sums it up. The White Sox have a chance because the division is so bad. That isn't really saying much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlSoxfan Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I'd like to say yes because we have a lot of talent on this team but it's not looking so good right now. I don't believe even if we make the playoffs we're not going to the WS...So I'll say No in the hopes it'll be a wakeup call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Mite Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I originally said yes but now we lost our best player for who knows how long so now it has to be no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 On 5/29/2022 at 2:18 PM, reiks12 said: With TA going down this looks like a lost season for sure now. Was the season not punted when they decided they were fine putting a more expensive but worse team on the field in 2022? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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35thstreetswarm Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 On 5/28/2022 at 5:37 PM, 35thstreetswarm said: Yes, as a division winner. Recalculating... Honestly, post-TA injury, and with the continued refusal to play the regulars we do have available, I have no idea. I mean, I have no idea who the "Chicago White Sox" even are at this point. The question is really: "Do the White Sox make the playoffs [plus or minus 5-6 of their best players]?" How does one even answer that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 3 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: So the odds are 10.6% not accounting for additional playoff teams included and a historically mediocre division. Feels like closer to 15-20% maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominikk85 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 I think they can reach the playoffs but the core hitters (abreu, moncada, eloy, grandal, robert, Anderson) will need to both perform and be mostly healthy in the second half. Those hitters (and vaughn who has been good) should do well but the 8th to 14th (sheets, burger,mcguire, leury, engel, mendick, pollock) best hitters of this team are basically quad A level and you can't lean on them too much. If two of those are in the lineup that is fine but if 5 of them are in the lineup team is in trouble and the offense is very bad especially if several of the core players who are actually healthy are underperforming too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Somehow, Fangraphs still has the Sox as a healthy favorite to win the central 49.4% vs 41.4% for the Twins. This somehow improved from 47.7%/45.7%, respectively, yesterday. Perhaps the TA news? Seems like a strange swing in one day. 64.4% chance to make the playoffs included a 14.9% chance at a WC. https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Pasqua Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 We all know how this is going to go down. We keep playing IR and below .500 baseball and then catch fire down the stretch as the team playing the best baseball but miss playoffs by a couple games. Then we say woulda coulda shoulda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35thstreetswarm Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 31 minutes ago, Dan Pasqua said: We all know how this is going to go down. We keep playing IR and below .500 baseball and then catch fire down the stretch as the team playing the best baseball but miss playoffs by a couple games. Then we say woulda coulda shoulda. I'm not sure any team in the Central is going to play well enough to hold off a Sox team that "catches fire." That's the thing that gives me hope. To me the risk is that we just never really get healthy and keep seeing what we've seen to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 This team should win the division considering everything. However. the Sox just don't play fundamentally sound baseball. In addition, they have a manager half asleep in the dugout. I see mismanagement everywhere. What they should do, and what they will do, can be two totally different things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spumoni Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Not going to opine one way or the other here, just wanted to share a story from back in March. When the lockout ended and opening day hit, I tried to use some of my season ticket account credits to purchase tickets to Opening Day, only to be told that they were unavailable (some weird issue with them being separated from potential credits generated by lost games due to the lockout). Frustrating enough needless to say, and I communicated that frustration and was met with the following: I completely understand the frustration! If I could utilize your credit for that, I certainly would for you. But please know that the previous credits that you had can also be used for playoffs so it won’t go to waste! In short, my opinion is fuck this organization and their hubris that goes from the top all the way on down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colome's Hat Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 The Twins starting pitching is already beginning to fall apart. And considering many of these guys are on innings limits, the team is due for a lot of regression. I think the Sox will make it but it may almost be by default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shago Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 AL Central absolutely blows, Sox are ~.500 with all their injury problems, Twins are going to fade ... this team will be in the playoffs (despite TLRs best efforts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Colome's Hat said: The Twins starting pitching is already beginning to fall apart. And considering many of these guys are on innings limits, the team is due for a lot of regression. I think the Sox will make it but it may almost be by default. Well, they are down four starters, counting Paddack. They are clearly in .500/survival mode for at least the next month. Waiting on healthy Correa Buxton R.Lewis Kiriloff Sano, etc. A lot depends on the health of Ryan and Gray, adding one more piece like Montas and then Maeda returning from surgery the last 4-6 weeks of the season. Edited June 1, 2022 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcq Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 On 5/31/2022 at 10:53 AM, southsider2k5 said: Sox have so many divisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, pcq said: Sox have so many divisions. Royals not leading in either of their WS seasons. But then leading the Indians in 2016, who eventually went on to face the Cubs and Heyward's motivational speech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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