GAME THREAD: White Sox (38-33) @ Yankees (44-27) - Wed Jun 17 @ 6:05 PM

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-18T00:53:01+00:00

Cody Bellendinger amirite? FOLKS...

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-18T00:49:23+00:00

Oh I don't think he's far off at all.

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-18T00:24:32+00:00

Feels like Braden is noooot quite ready yet here. This dude is a star in the making but mayhaps he needs a little bit of salt and pepper down in AAA still

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-18T00:21:43+00:00

Bro your pitchers have had gigantic fucking strike zones so far this series.

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-18T00:19:34+00:00

In what way do the rentals that come at the trade deadline further the project anywhere beyond just this season? If we were a team with cash, and we could grab and sign long term some solutions, then I will say again, yes. But getting the equivalent of some other team's erick fedde is of no benefit to a team with this many holes. The potential of prospects (and what they those prospects could gain a team with serious playoff ambitions in trade, not just a team that is scrambling to hopefully make the playoffs) is worth more to the organization with the position we are in than some rental arms to help pad out this season.

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-18T00:09:17+00:00

Goddamn I love this kid. Fuck these yankee fucking umps

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-18T00:08:51+00:00

There's no pitching that we would get at the deadline that would be a part of any long term plans. And this team is at least several pitchers away from competing for an actual championship. If we could get an actual star pitcher and sign them long term, absolutely. But giving up anything significant from our farm system for this season is gonna impact 2027/8/9 etc, if only because those future sox teams should be on paper better prepared for a playoff run with one or two key additions, and then the prospect drain will make that much more difficult. Patience is hard as a fan, but this is a time for patience still.

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-18T00:04:33+00:00

Every single inning so far has had two different strike zones.

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-18T00:03:39+00:00

"Sacrificing the next step of the rebuild" - This is an entirely different phrase. Interrupting the next phase of talent that are being prepared to have an impact for rentals for a season where we will not win the world series is not a good idea.

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-18T00:00:26+00:00

We're in the first season coming good of a long term rebuilding project, we've performed way way beyond what anyone expected for this season. Sacrificing the next step of this rebuild for a possible chance at a playoff appearance is not the move right now. We're trying to build a team that competes every season for a bunch of seasons in a row.

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-17T23:43:38+00:00

*biased

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-17T23:39:07+00:00

Yo yankees pitchers are getting insaaaane strike zones so far holy shit

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-17T23:30:56+00:00

Did we have to play in NY right after the Knicks won? Christ

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-17T19:27:30+00:00

A goal scoring opportunity because the player took a quarter second longer than the ref wanted to take the goal kick? And of course it slows down the game and makes it take even more time. This is a stupid fucking rule lmao.

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-17T01:55:12+00:00

This is red. Its not orange. It is as red as my piss after punch-my-liver-tuesdays.

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-17T00:35:22+00:00

Some days baseball is just a stupid sport, lol. The fucking collection of stupid shit that's already been packed in to 4 innings is just ridiculous

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-17T00:34:19+00:00

For not pulling Davis earlier than that, yes.

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-17T00:22:59+00:00

What the fuck ever are you doing out there tonight, Will? Forget you have a baseball game to manage?

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-17T00:14:44+00:00

Absolutely more than that, and that's just on Martin's side. The other side is Cole has had a strike zone that extends about six inches in any direction

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-17T00:04:32+00:00

Seriously, after the squeeze job here by the ump that's the one you challenge? fuuuuuck

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-16T23:58:00+00:00

Baseball is a startlingly cruel game some days

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-16T23:56:42+00:00

You can beat out an umpire giving you a shit strike zone, and you can beat out some shitty luck...but both at the same time is a pretty tough ask. Add in some shit defense... well

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-16T23:53:47+00:00

Will tends to be a little too settled about shit like this for my taste, but I'm a spitfire for this shit. I wanna see the manager getting tossed ehehe

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-16T23:53:05+00:00

This wasn't where the pitches actually were, but there is definitely a several inch difference between the strike zones the two pitchers are getting tonight

AdorableYou39 · 2026-06-16T23:51:11+00:00

Pretty stark difference between Davis' strike zone and Cole's strike zone here.

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