Monday, June 24, 2024

Games 80-82 Thread: June 24-26 @ White Sox

Garrett Crochet and family

Mon 6.24: TBD vs. Crochet
Tue 6.25: TBD vs. Flexen
Wed 6.26: TBD vs. Fedde
All games 5p

With the White Sox comfortably positioned as the worst team in the majors all season long (the White Sox start Monday 30 games out of first place in the AL Central), there has been a lot of talk about Garrett Crochet (6-6 in 16 starts with a 3.25 ERA, 124 Ks and a 0.95 WHIP) as being prime trade bait. I'm not here to spin that yarn, but I am thinking that these three games at old Comiskey Park might be the perfect place for Chicago to start Flexen their power with a series win over the Dodgers (who haven't even named starting pitchers as of Monday morning).

Ready? Fedde? Go.

109 comments:

Steve Sax said...

GAME 1 (game 7 without Mookie)

Ohtani DH
Smith C
Freeman 1B
Pages CF
Rojas SS
Vargas LF
K Hernandez 3B
Taylor 2B
Heyward RF

Paxton LHP

Steve Sax said...

Teo gets another day of rest. And we have Kiké (batting .197) and Taylor (batting .139) in the 7-8 slots. Yikes.

I have a feeling this is put up or shut up time for Pages, with Outman doing pretty well in AAA.

spank said...

put up or shut up for Pages? i think Saxy's on a big hate. Pages has one of the better batting averages on the team. cant replace him with a below .200 batter. get off the haterade dude.

karen said...

GAME 7 WITHOUT MOOKIE

spank said...

stanley cup finals game 7. brazil and costa rica playing at sofi in the copa americana. Dodgers baseball. today makes up for the weak sports day yesterday

Steve Sax said...

@spank: ha! I'm pro-Pages, I just see him striking out too much on the down-and-away pitch (sort of like Matt Kemp). But you're right, he's not the worst one in the lineup by far.

I don't think he's a cleanup hitter. But he can prove me wrong today!

Steve Sax said...

Crochet is second behind Glasnow in MLB strikeouts

karen said...

Here we go! Let's get fat and happy with this weak team from the southside.

Steve Sax said...

Ohtani Ks.

karen said...

@Saxy....You talking about my boy Matty?? That low and outside pitch was his Kryptonite!!

Steve Sax said...

Freeman single!

Steve Sax said...

Freddie legs it out on an infield hit.

Steve Sax said...

@karen: Yeah, that down and away pitch killed Kempy. Sad

karen said...

Freddie beats it by a toe!

Steve Sax said...

Freeman sort of stubs his toe passing the first base bag there.

Steve Sax said...

Chicago wearing their City Connect jerseys (which don't have the Mother's Animal Cookies sprinkles)

Steve Sax said...

Freddie is gonna be called out here on the challenge.

karen said...

@Saxy...I think I could have probably hit that pitch better than my guy!

Steve Sax said...

Nope! Chicago loses its challenge early!

Steve Sax said...

Pages with a nice single there, shutting Saxy up :)

Steve Sax said...

That's two infield singles for Freddie and Andy. Two out for Rojas. Hmm....

karen said...

I hate to say it but I'm always a little down when it's Big Maple's turn to pitch. He just doesn't have the excitement attached to him that the rest do.

Steve Sax said...

Ok I'm back. What's going on here party peoples

Steve Sax said...

That's three walks for Paxton and we're only in the third. He gets Eloy Jiménez on a strikeout, so that's two.

Steve Sax said...

That's five Ks for Paxton. Two more for some free meat

Steve Sax said...

Paxton gets DeJong for his sixth K!

0-0 through three full.

Steve Sax said...

Ok gotta go for a run now. Be back in a bit.

Steve Sax said...

Paxton's top is very sweaty. It's like he's wearing a two-toned uniform out there.

karen said...

Miggy got a hit so we'll be winning this one

Steve Sax said...

Rojas leads off the fourth with a single, so we're destined to win this game.

Steve Sax said...

dammit!

Steve Sax said...

karen beats me to the same comment :)

karen said...

Paxton's got 6 K's. One more and we eat!

Steve Sax said...

Kike Hernandez is so bad

spank said...

pathetic Ohtani

Steve Sax said...

Well, at least Crochet is out.

spank said...

kiki coming.through. nice hustle

Steve Sax said...

Kike with a RBI double! Man, he is so good 😜

karen said...

Finally Dodgers get a run on Kiki's double. 1-0 top of seven

spank said...

2-0 LA on.that sox error

Steve Sax said...

ChiSox gift the Dodgers, and CT3, another run

Steve Sax said...

@spank: how bad was the DeJong throw? Listening as I run

Steve Sax said...

(All this scoring has given me some highly-appreciated pauses. Man it is hot out)

karen said...

Raining in Chicago. Game delayed

spank said...

damn. thats crazy rain action

spank said...

saxy...it was way off.

karen said...

Game back on. 2-0 at the stretch

Steve Sax said...

@karen what’s up Dodger fan?

karen said...

What a catch by Pages.

Steve Sax said...

By the way, on rain delay DodgerTalk, David Vassegh was such a jerk to the callers. He was sarcastic and rude when the first two callers inquired about how bad Austin Barnes and Chris Taylor have been, which are totally legitimate points. Don’t understand why Vassegh was so curt, especially to Dodger fans. And for him to say Barnes is a solid defensive catcher, when he can’t throw anyone out and gets called for catchers interference all the time, is just absurd.

karen said...

@Saxy...How in the world do you go for a run in this heat??

Steve Sax said...

Lux with a single in the eighth!

Steve Sax said...

@laren: today was frickin brutal out there. So slow. It was like swimming, but on land

Steve Sax said...

^karen

See, I am delirious

karen said...

@Saxy...I always thought DV was a nice guy. If he's being crappy to Dodger fans I wonder how much longer he'll be there

karen said...

3-0 LA top of nine

Steve Sax said...

CT with a single and insurance run!

Steve Sax said...

@karen: yeah today was the first time I had seen that degree of dark side from Vassegh. Not sure who shit in his oatmeal, but whatever.

Steve Sax said...

Panthers win Stanley Cup.

Tennessee Volunteers win MCWS

karen said...

WE WIN!!!!

Steve Sax said...

WIN

Steve Sax said...

Who is up for a run this evening? 🤣

Steve Sax said...

GAME 2 (game 8 without Mookie)

Ohtani DH
Smith C
Freeman 1B
Pages CF
Herward RF
Rojas SS
Lux 2B
Vargas LF
Biggio 3B

Miller RHP

karen said...

8TH GAME WITHOUT THE MOOKSTER

karen said...

Shohei leads us off with a homer

karen said...

Bobby needs 37 pitches in the first

spank said...

3-1 ChSox with 2 on and 2 out in the second

spank said...

Frederick!!

karen said...

Freddie ties us up. 3-3

Steve Sax said...

Freeeeeeeeman!!! (Stops run again)

spank said...

2 run homer for Freeman

3-3

spank said...

i saw the replay of Ohtani' s homerun. wtf? why wasn't he hustling if he wasnt sure it was a homerun. he was just trotting looking at the ball all unsure like. the fuckers been pissing me off with his bullshit strikeouts and horrible baserunning

karen said...

Another one that Biggio can't handle at third.

spank said...

Biggio sucks

spank said...

ohtani singles in Luxy before i had a chance to place a bet he strikes out

Steve Sax said...

Shohei gives us the lead!

4-3 LA

Steve Sax said...

(Stops run again)

Steve Sax said...

Banda escapes the jam! Well done

spank said...

Cavan Insta-Out

spank said...

4-3 LA bottom of 9th

spank said...

that's a wrap

4-3 LA

Steve Sax said...

WIN

I’m beat.

Steve Sax said...

@spank: just reading last night’s comments late. Are you seriously hating on Shohei?! If not for him, we are toast without Mookie in the lineup. If he keeps hitting home runs, he can carry that bat as far as he wants on the basepaths.

Steve Sax said...

Shohei is 16 for 18 on SB this year

Steve Sax said...

And, a Dodgers franchise record nine consecutive games with at least one RBI

Steve Sax said...

BTW, I think Ray Grimes has the record for most consecutive games with an RBI (17), from June 27 to July 23 (he took off nine games in the middle of that streak).

Steve Sax said...

GAME 3 (Game 9 without Mookie)

Ohtani DH
T Hernandez LF
Freeman 1B
Heyward RF
Pages CF
Lux 2B
Rojas SS
K Hernandez 3B
Barnes C

Stone RHP

Steve Sax said...

Austin Barnes gets the nod, which may make sense as Slappy hasn't been as potent in this series.

That said, Barnes' woeful .511 OPS (49 OPS+, which means he is 51% worse than an average player) makes everyone nauseous except David Vassegh.

karen said...

I can't believe we are already halfway through the season.

karen said...

GAME 9 WITHOUT MOOKIE :(

spank said...

Ohtani!!!

karen said...

SHOHEI DOES IT AGAIN!!!! 1-0 LA

Steve Sax said...

Shohei!!!

Spank, how ya doing?!

spank said...

this game is the white sox first sellout of season. the power of the Doyers

spank said...

sup,saxy. doing good

spank said...

bases juiced for Teo

spank said...

Freddie double

4-0 LA

Steve Sax said...

Tonight in Chicago was also Mexican Heritage night, with a free Aztec-inspired jersey for the first 10k fans.

spank said...

top of 8th still 4-0

spank said...

Gavin Stone taking care of business. strong performance. complete game on the horizon

spank said...

9th inning. bring it on home,Stone

karen said...

Good grief I fell asleep again

Steve Sax said...

Karen: me too!

Looks like they’re letting Stone go for the complete game…

Steve Sax said...

Falling asleep is preventing me from a run, but I want to hear Gavin do it

Steve Sax said...

Let’s go Gavin

spank said...

good job Stone!

Steve Sax said...

103 pitch complete game shutout for Gavin Stone!

WIN

SWEEP

spank said...

back to the soccer match. gnite folks

Steve Sax said...

I’m psyched for Stone, but boy he had better be ok or our rotation is toast