White Sox Season in Jeopardy

[UMFan83]

On 4/18/2024 at 5:39 PM, JHBulls said:

Not sure if you’re still interested in reading this article but the following link removes the paywall 

https://archive.md/Mai0o 

And the next link removes paywalls of most articles I have found from around the world. Just copy a paywalled articles URL and post it where it says “My URL is alive and I want to archive its content” and hit Save and just wait for the article to load.

https://archive.md

 

Yep, I’ve been using that for a while now and it works the large majority of the time. 

[Bertz]

Apparently despite all of this the highest the Sox can pick next year is 10th because of the CBA's anti tanking measures.

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Teams that receive revenue-sharing payouts can't receive a lottery pick for more than two years in a row and those that don't can't get a top-six choice in consecutive Drafts. Furthermore, a club that's ineligible for the lottery can't select higher than 10th overall.

lol

[Andy]

5 hours ago, Bertz said:

Apparently despite all of this the highest the Sox can pick next year is 10th because of the CBA's anti tanking measures.

lol

I'm sure you aren't disagreeing but that's a good thing. Neutering those crazy high picks is about the only available mechanism available to stop from embarrassments like what the Astros and Orioles (and Cubs, to be fair) did last decade.

[Tryptamine]

3 Innings until peak hilarity

[soccer10k]

The good news: the White Sox scored 5 runs today!

The bad news: they all game in the 9th inning of a game they were down 9-0.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

14 hours ago, Bertz said:

Apparently despite all of this the highest the Sox can pick next year is 10th because of the CBA's anti tanking measures.

lol

What makes this even funnier is they got jumped by a 76 win team and an 82 win team in the 2024 lottery. They’re going to lose 220 games over a two year span and wind up with the #5 and #10 picks to show for it.

[Bertz]

19 hours ago, Andy said:

I'm sure you aren't disagreeing but that's a good thing. Neutering those crazy high picks is about the only available mechanism available to stop from embarrassments like what the Astros and Orioles (and Cubs, to be fair) did last decade.

Oh I'm a very strong agree with this

[PackLandVA]

Well, the offensive explosion the Sox had in the 9th inning last night has carried over into today's game. Three batters in and the Sox have a 2-0 lead. "Glass Joe" Jimenez with a 2-run shot off A-Aron Nola.

[Derwood]

Sox have four players in their lineup today whose SLG is under .200

[soccer10k]

8 hours ago, PackLandVA said:

Well, the offensive explosion the Sox had in the 9th inning last night has carried over into today's game. Three batters in and the Sox have a 2-0 lead. "Glass Joe" Jimenez with a 2-run shot off A-Aron Nola.

Lol and they didn’t score again today.

[soccer10k]

Koyie Hill career: .207/.266/.287/.553

2024 White Sox: .188/.264/.288/.552

[Rob]

2 minutes ago, soccer10k said:

Koyie Hill career: .207/.266/.287/.553

2024 White Sox: .188/.264/.288/.552

At first, I thought this post was saying that 45 year old Koyie Hill was playing for the 2024 White Sox, after about a decade of retirement.

And my first thought was "yeah, I guess that makes sense."

Yikes.

[I owned a Suzuki]

My wife is a Phillies fan so I was subjected to a couple of White Sox games this weekend....I am not blaming Grifol for this, but how is he not fired yet, or something.  I get they have no talent, but what a bad bunch of baseball players on top of it.

[PackLandVA]

7 hours ago, I owned a Suzuki said:

...I am not blaming Grifol for this, but how is he not fired yet, or something.  

Because that would require Reinsdorf to continue to pay Grifol plus pay a new manager. And that seems like a very Un-Jerry thing to do.

Edited April 23, 2024 by PackLandVA

[Derwood]

Stop me if you've heard this before: White Sox are being shut out through 8 innings

[Derwood]

And the game is over. Sox set an MLB record by being shut out 8 times in the first 22 games

[Transmogrified Tiger]

If the White Sox play at a 90 win pace for the rest of the season, they will finish below .500.

[PackLandVA]

I wonder how the White Sox lineup would fair against 3-4 innings of the Cubs bullpen. Or April Hendricks.

I wonder how the Cubs bullpen (or Hendricks) would fair against the White Sox lineup.

[UMFan83]

lol Fangraphs projected record for the White Sox based on Season-to-Date stats is 46-116.

On a side note, part of me feels like Reinsdorf is gearing up to move to Nashville.  There's no reason for them to be this bad, there's no reason to keep Grifol, the stadium is even more empty than usual and now he's making this big fuss about a new glamorous expensive stadium on premium land and having the state pay for it. 

I mean I'm sure he would be happy to stay in Chicago if the public actually buys him a new stadium but he knows that it would be the 2nd stadium in 35 years he's asking the state to build for him and that the Bears are also currently seeking public funds for a stadium and they will always be a higher priority.  On top of that, taxes are sky high and the state is still broke.  It's the absolute worst time and situation to be asking for public money for 1 stadium, much less 2, and he knows that.

[soccer10k]

This is the 8th series the White Sox have played this year. They've been shut out once in all 8 series.

[CubinNY]

10 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

lol Fangraphs projected record for the White Sox based on Season-to-Date stats is 46-116.

On a side note, part of me feels like Reinsdorf is gearing up to move to Nashville.  There's no reason for them to be this bad, there's no reason to keep Grifol, the stadium is even more empty than usual and now he's making this big fuss about a new glamorous expensive stadium on premium land and having the state pay for it. 

I mean I'm sure he would be happy to stay in Chicago if the public actually buys him a new stadium but he knows that it would be the 2nd stadium in 35 years he's asking the state to build for him and that the Bears are also currently seeking public funds for a stadium and they will always be a higher priority.  On top of that, taxes are sky high and the state is still broke.  It's the absolute worst time and situation to be asking for public money for 1 stadium, much less 2, and he knows that.

I doubt they will move but I also doubt the state will give in. I still don't know why the Bears and WS can't get together and fund some kind of campus project that will draw people throughout the year. 

[PackLandVA]

White Sox break out the lumber. Have scored 3, count ‘em, 3 runs thru six innings in Minnesota.

[Derwood]

They blew the save in the 9th, tied 5-5

 

[Derwood]

Twins walk it off. Sox lose again.

[soccer10k]

14 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Twins walk it off. Sox lose again.

And that ballgame is ova.