Red Sox (Tolle) vs White Sox (Schultz): 7/7/26, 7:40pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Red Sox are poised to crawl out of the cellar in the next few days. The White Sox are a decent team, but probably a bit over their skis. Meanwhile, the Orioles are facing the much-better-than-them Cubs.

	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TOT
Tyron Guerrero	0	0	0	26	0	26
Ryan Watson	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Slaten	0	0	0	18	0	18
Jovani Morán	0	0	13	0	0	13
Greg Weissert	0	0	12	18	0	30
Garrett Whitlock	0	2	0	10	0	12
Danny Coulombe	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aroldis Chapman	0	13	0	13	0	26

 

[moonslav59]

7 AL teams have less losses than the Sox and 7 have the same or more losses, including 4 teams ahead of us in the standings.

You gotta figure the Yanks(50-40) and Rays (52-36) are in. SEA (47-44) will likely win the est, but it's not a given. The rest is pretty much a free-for-all, including the CWS at 47-42 and the 3rd best record in the AL.

47-42 CWS & 47-44 CLE: One will win the division, so we need to pass the other one.

47-44 SEA & 45-45 TEX: One will win the ALW, so the same applies.

Texas is the 3rd WC, now at 45-45. I'm assuming we need to pass them or CWS/CLE, plus all these others...

45-48 HOU

44-47 MIN

42-49 TOR 

42-49 BAL

41-49 A's

40-48 BOS (+1 in loss column vs 3 above teams, equal to HOU and -1 to MIN.) 

DET at 40-50 cannot be counted out, either.

Here are the pre-deadline (6 pm AUG 3rd, this year) schedules of each contender:

BOS: 3 at CWS, 3 at NYM, 4 v TBR, 3 v BAL, 3 v TOR, 4 at A's & 3 at LAD

BAL: 3 v CHC, 3 v KCR, 3 at HOU, 3 at BOS, 3 v ATL, 3 at DET, 3 v PHI

TOR: 3 at SFG, 3 at SDP, 3 v CWS, 4 v TBR, 3 at BOS, 3 at WSH, 3 v STL

MIN: 3 v CLE, 3 v LAA, 3 at CHC, 4 at CLE, 3 v A's, 3 v KCR, 3 at SEA

HOU: 3 at WSH, 3 at TEX, 3 v BAL, 3 v MIA, 3 at CWS, 3 at LAA, 3 v TEX

A's: 3 at DET, 3 at CWS, 3 v WSH, 3 at AZ, 3 at MIN, 4 v BOS, 3 v DET

CWS: 3 v BOS, 3 vs A's, 3 at TOR, 3 at TEX, 3 at HOU, 4 v NYY, 3 at TBR

CLE: 3 at MIN, 3 at MIA, 3 v PIT, 4 v MIN, 3 at TBR, 3 at CIN, 3 v AZ

TEX: 3 v LAA, 3 v HOU, 3 at A's, 3 v CWS, 4 v SEA, 3 at TBR, 3 at HOU

Lots to unravel here, but it's amazing how many of these teams play each other, so if we keep winning, someone is losing, and we gain ground.

CWS play 5 contenders plus NYY & TBR, so big ouch to them.

TEX plays 5 contenders plus TBR- another big ouchie!

 

MIN plays 4 contenders plus the Cubs

HOU plays 4 plus WSH and MIA

BAL plays 3 contenders plus the Phillies, Braves & Cubs

TOR plays 2 contenders plus SDP, TBR & WSH

The A's play 3 plus WSH & AZ (DET twice)

The Sox play 4 contenders plus the LAD, so no easy month ahead.

 

[moonslav59]

Wow, we have a line-up with 6 guys over .758!

.871 Seagler

.763 Rafaela

.759 Abreu

.920 Contreras

.850 Romy

.670 Durbin

.620 Duran

.624 Monasterio

.767 Wong

Best bench bat: .696 Yoshida

[notin]

49 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Wow, we have a line-up with 6 guys over .758!

.871 Seager

.763 Rafaela

.759 Abreu

.920 Contreras

.850 Romy

.670 Durbin

.620 Duran

.624 Monasterio

.767 Wong

Best bench bat: .696 Yoshida

And Corey Seager!!

[moonslav59]

3 minutes ago, notin said:

And Corey Seager!!

Seigler is better!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Opportunity blown.

[vegasbob]

I thought Romy's special skill was hitting LH'ers.

Shows how long it takes to come back.  Beware the other Roman.

[moonslav59]

8 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

I thought Romy's special skill was hitting LH'ers.

Shows how long it takes to come back.  Beware the other Roman.

He's at .810 after that K. That was a pretty quick come back.

[vegasbob]

1 minute ago, moonslav59 said:

He's at .810 after that K. That was a pretty quick come back.

SSS. He chased and left bases loaded in a key situation.

Let's see what he does the rest of the game.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That was Duran's 106th K of the season.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Mono! Stereo!

[vegasbob]

But I'll take Romy G over Duran swinging at a pitch close to hitting his head.

Where is the deadline when you need it (8/3/'26)

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Getting the White Sox feed. Steve Stone is just as vomit inducing as ever.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Raffy continues to make good contact.

[vegasbob]

Now Mono and Cedanne picking up the team . 

Tolle getting some help

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

That was Duran's 106th K of the season.

That's ridiculous for a guy who's not a HR hitter.

[notin]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

Seigler is better!

Certainly healthier…

[notin]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

That's ridiculous for a guy who's not a HR hitter.

Duran’s season has been a huge part of the Sox’ offensive struggles…

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Tolle has induced only 1 DP behind him this season.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Good shut down inning.

[vegasbob]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Tolle has induced only 1 DP behind him this season.

Ground ball inducing pitchers last a long while. Flyballers don't.

Our young LH'ers seem to have difficulty holding runners close at 1B.

They need to give Wong & Narvaez a chance.

[vegasbob]

21 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

SSS. He chased and left bases loaded in a key situation.

Let's see what he does the rest of the game.  

K looking on a 3-2 count

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Cavalli's suspension was reduced to 5 games.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Cavalli's suspension was reduced to 5 games.

This may be Contrares last game before the suspension kicks in. Hopefully, his will be reduced to 5 games. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

13 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

This may be Contrares last game before the suspension kicks in. Hopefully, his will be reduced to 5 games. 

Not having his bat in this line-up will be tough. Imagine how bad the Yankems offense would be without Judge in their line-up.

[illinoisredsox]

12 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Cavalli's suspension was reduced to 5 games.

Which essentially means he misses no games.  He pitched Sunday, and the Nats have an off day on Thursday.  His next start probably would normally have been on Saturday, he’ll just pitch Sunday instead.

[illinoisredsox]

39 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

That's ridiculous for a guy who's not a HR hitter.

It’s ridiculous for any current hitter not named Schwarber.  He gets a pass because he not only hits homers but also has a tremendous OBP.

[notin]

7 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

It’s ridiculous for any current hitter not named Schwarber.  He gets a pass because he not only hits homers but also has a tremendous OBP.

Schwarber is a legitimate TTO player. Lately  Duran is looking like a legitimate AAAA player…

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

19 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Which essentially means he misses no games.  He pitched Sunday, and the Nats have an off day on Thursday.  His next start probably would normally have been on Saturday, he’ll just pitch Sunday instead.

Obviously, these suspensions are defined by the league as a financial penalty.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

MonoStereo is playing some good tunes tonight.