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8 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Who started this white Sox account ??

 

 

@Hank Chinaskiwouldn't shut up about the Lee trade last year.  Maybe he's not as dumb as he looks.   Also- amazeballs to see Maldy continue to be the worst player in baseball and get way more time than he deserves blocking a younger and much better player.  Of course- it's the worst organization in baseball and maybe the second dumbesst (I think Colorado is likely the dumbest) so it doesn't exactly scream good things about us that we did the same last year. 

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4 minutes ago, texashorne said:

This team needs a long 10+ game win streak to get back in it. 

It’s kind of a testament to our weird faith in the team that we’re all still hopeful on an outcome that’s only happened 3 times in the history of MLB.

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Because there is not a reason for this team to have as many losses as it does. Still hoping (expecting) to get all of the crap out of the way now and start winning substantially all of the games we should.

our expected W/L is 16-21. 5 games under is a whole lot different than 11 games under.  

Only the Red Sox have an expected win/ loss that’s 3 games better than their actual record right now. 

 

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1 hour ago, UTexasFight said:

Because there is not a reason for this team to have as many losses as it does. Still hoping (expecting) to get all of the crap out of the way now and start winning substantially all of the games we should.

our expected W/L is 16-21. 5 games under is a whole lot different than 11 games under.  

Only the Red Sox have an expected win/ loss that’s 3 games better than their actual record right now. 

 

The biggest driver is the luck can't stay bad forever and we are quickly approaching the time where we can have 1 Arrighetti or Brown start every other week if we don't act like pussies and just go to a 4 man rotation every time there is an off day. 

This team would be just fine if the clown squad only started 1 game every other week in total.  Once Javier and Urquidy are back we don't have to start them ever again.  Garcia and LMJ are both throwing off mound.  Urquidy going to be in Corpus so 3putt can go see him down there and report back- get some luck and get rid of the horrific pitching that doesn't give you a chance and that's most of the battle.  Mix in a couple series against teams under 500 (all but 5 games have been against teams over 500- and no- that's not b/c they've all beaten up on the Astros- even taking our series with them out of their record that would still be true), stop being on pace to be the worst team by 100 runs not scored with a 110 wrc+ in 3 decades (that's mostly dumb ass shit luck) and this team is above average. If the back end of the bullpen can start pitching like the back of their baseball cards again this team fucks.

That's a lot of if's I guess but none of them are improbable.

1) Schedule will get easier- 100%

2) Enough pitchers getting healthy where we have few starts by scrubs- 85%

3)  Better luck/runs scored matching how well we hit overall- 80% (if it's luck- slight chance that our guys- who have been to 7 LCS+ in a row are actually closet chokers but I'd bet no)

4) Back end of the bullpen being shut down like we thought- 50%

That's it- that's the recipe.  Might be too late. But that's the case for optimism.  

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2 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

And yet- gave up the booty a couple times in the worst possible time. 

1 of the runs was the homer yesterday that didn't hurt us.  But the other 2 were in the same game when Abreu and Hader conspired to give away the rubber game against Seattle.  Abreu due to a hbp and a fucking balk.

 

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Nice come from behind win.

I don't really get burning Abreu and Hader both with a 3 run lead after both went 1 1/3 yesterday and now both will be unavailable tomorrow.  Javier will also probably be on a low pitch count.  Whatever, score 10 in the 1st tomorrow and hopefully it won't matter.

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