go White Sox

Seattle could be just a game and a half back by first pitch in New York on Friday

2-4 road trip so far

Top of the 8th was the opportunity. Didn't get it done.

however regardless of what the Mariners do...

plan on 3 Dubon starts in New York

Altuve gets Friday off. Correa Saturday off. And Walker Sunday off

they need rest.....I guess

I can't wait til Umps get ear-holed by the Strike-O-Matic 1000 ABS system,

it's not Dubon's fault...but he's playing way too much

Espada like Dusty has fallen in love with him...and has to put him in the lineup or in the field somewhere every game

Pena's return and Correa's acquisition...has not cut into Dubon's playing time at all

mwm said:

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Top of the 8th was the opportunity. Didn't get it done.

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Yainer Ks looking and Cam has a horrible AB that started with two ridiculous swings. That pretty much did it.

I don't understand why any pitche has ever thrown Yainer a strike.

I trust the Astros are officially scrapping the 6-man rotation the rest of the way

Framber and H.B. have to pitch every 5th game or 5th day

W said:

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I trust the Astros are officially scrapping the 6-man rotation the rest of the way

Framber and H.B. have to pitch every 5th game or 5th day

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The 6 man rotation has and always will be the dumbest thing ever u less you have 6 guys that will get you 6 innings minimum every game. It's just way too taxing on the bullpen guys.

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texasaggie2015 said:

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I'm honestly shocked we didn't add an arm.

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I'm disappointed. Needed to be able to eat some innings and take some pressure off the backend of the bullpen.

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There are like 4 pitchers returning

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And who knows what they will look like.

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And we got our first taste today that a returning pitcher isn't going to magically resolve any issues. LMC was also very up and down.

Yep the biggest fear is that these returning pitchers are going to take 4-5 games to "get back". You can withstand this from 1-2 guys but if we are constantly throwing guys out there getting "MLB Rehab" starts, we are in a world of hurt. Too many starters coming back at one time could be painful.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Roman Anthony is a 21-year-old rookie corner outfielder with an .828 OPS and worth 1.8 bWAR in his first 46 major-league games.

Cam Smith is a 22-year-old rookie corner outfielder with a .702 OPS and worth 1.7 bWAR in his first 98 major-league games. https://t.co/QdbVhJjvBZ

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) August 6, 2025

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Cam's 47 games in May and June were even better than Roman Anthony's first 46. It's Cam's 52 games in April (93 OPS+), July (61 OPS+), and August (22 OPS+ - before tonight's 0-4) that could cause concern.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=smithca07&t=b&year=2025

Chas played well for years for us before turning into our worst player - thankfully without us jumping the gun on an extension.

Diaz was also a candidate we could have been locked into paying for a .850 OPS salary based off a little over 1/2 a season.

I guess we'd be buying low on Cam if we think he's going to be a superstar. If we offered him the same deal at $90 million + incentives (vs. $130 million + incentives) it would be tough to refuse given this might be his ceiling or less.

Man...Lot of chicken littles considering we just won a series and looked pretty good on offense while doing it.

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Man...Lot of chicken littles considering we just won a series and looked pretty good on offense while doing it.

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Spencer was not good. Both teams behind us in the division are getting hot and have easier schedules the rest of the way. I think it's appropriate to be concerned.

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Man...Lot of chicken littles considering we just won a series and looked pretty good on offense while doing it.

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This. It's baseball. Keep winning series and things will generally work out in your favor.

Pitching is still a big concern to me. I wanted an arm bad at the deadline but understand not overpaying.

Nobody should be surprised Spencer was rusty yesterday. Hope he bounces back but consistency has always been a concern with him.

But all that being said, they won a road series against a red hot team. Rest up and take the series in the Bronx.

Basically we're now pinning our hopes on 2 things:

1. A pitcher comes of the IL and does well (Javier, LuAce, somebody...)

2. Our offense stays in the form we saw in Miami, or better yet, gets hotter if #1 doesn't happen.

End of the season will be a fun ride. Baseball.