WEBVTT - White Sox Wild Series Win vs. Cleveland 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:02.480 Hey, vacationed a lawyer. 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:03.440 Here's my business card. 0:00:04.040 --> 0:00:07.840 I'm Attorney Howard Ank You or someone who knows been 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:11.440 heard it. Work ankin Law and get the medical bills paid, 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:17.560 the lost wages reimbursed in the compensation you deserve. We're 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:20.080 one of the largest filers throughout the state of Illinois 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:24.079 of workers compensation claims. We're here to help call three 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:29.480 one two six million injury law made personal. That's ankin Law. 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:48.040 From your favorite source for Chicago White Sox talk, delivering news, interviews, 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:52.640 analysis and more. This is the Socks Machine Podcast with 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:56.960 your hosts Jim Margolis, James Vegan, and Josh Nelson. 0:00:57.480 --> 0:00:59.959 Hello everyone, this is Josh Nelson to host a sign 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:04.200 Machine podcast. Welcome to a new episode as we record 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:08.960 this show on Wednesday nights, June twenty fourth, twenty twenty six. 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:11.720 As the Chicago White Sox just wrapped up their home 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:16.760 series against the Cleveland Guardians. What a wild series this 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:19.679 was between the White Sox and the Guardians, and good 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.480 news for the White Sox to continue. They're winning ways 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:25.880 at home, winning two out of three against the Guardians 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:29.360 and the Ales Central is tied up once again heading 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:32.319 to the halfway point of the twenty twenty six season. 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.679 This show's rundown, we'll talk about that wild series win 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.880 against Cleveland. Did we have a top ten win of 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:44.560 the season. This week Bitching stars Sean Newcomb, Anthony Kay 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:48.040 and Sean Burke, and we'll be previewing the upcoming series 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:51.520 as the Kansas City Royals visit the South Side this weekend. 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:53.920 Yeah, it was a great series. 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:55.600 You know, to be able to win a series, especially 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:58.400 against these guys, means a lot. The same time, you know, 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:01.440 we challenge a lot throughout the series and some things 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:03.560 that we can grow from and learn from. Some things 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:05.000 we've got to clean up, but also a lot of 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:07.520 positive stuff from our pitching staff. I thought we did 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:09.880 a great job of controlling them. A couple of walks 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:12.320 that you don't love to see, but overall a really 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:13.200 nice job, you know. 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:14.399 In the Run for Prevention. 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:18.960 Department, that's White Sox manager Will Vennable recapping the teams 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:21.600 series win against the Cleveland Guardians, and now I'm joined 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:25.400 by Sox Machines Beat reporter James Svegan and Sox Machines 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:29.799 managin editor Jim Margolis and Hello, gentlemen, A very good 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:32.000 series win. For the Chicago White Sox. So they go 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:33.960 one and five on the road against the Yankees and 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.040 the Tigers. They get swept by the Tigers and then 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:38.639 turn around at home and win two out of three 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.720 against the Guardians, and as we approach the halfway point 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.919 of the season, they're tied for first place. I don't 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:47.840 think any of us were expecting the White Sox to 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:50.120 be where they're at, So this season continues to be 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:53.440 a pleasant surprise. But James, I want to start with Monday, 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:57.160 because that is one of the more wild games we 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:00.200 have seen this season with sam an Ton not she 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:05.200 saving Grant Taylor and Sir Anthony Domingus with that walk 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:08.440 off to run single. What was it like being at 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:10.880 the stadium and especially in the clubhouse after that win? 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:19.040 Uh so, because I had actually my mother and sister 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:22.480 were at that game, and so my grand plan was 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:25.640 like I'm going to like I was already kind of 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.480 like had ahead of steam when working on my birth piece, 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:30.600 so I was like, instead of normally I like see 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:32.320 them and they sit down and then go back up 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:36.240 like after an inning or two, I was like, I'm 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:37.800 gonna try to finish this birth piece and they'll come 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:40.440 down and watch like you know the ending with you, uh, 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:43.600 put the camera in my pocket, put the recorder in 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:45.160 my pocket, and then like was prepared to just like 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:47.680 run out from the stairs. 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:50.520 Seemed like a good play in until the seventh. Then 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:51.480 things kind of flipped. 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:55.960 Then it's being in the crowd as you know, they're 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.880 basically bowing sir Anthony Dominga is off the field, and 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:02.400 it's in that moment and I'm sure I would have 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:04.320 had the thought in the press box too, but I'm like, 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:07.440 you know, feeling the atmosphere of discontent towards this guy. 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:12.400 You know, the impatience that credits to Socks fans. 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.800 You know they've been beaten down, but they quickly transitioned 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:19.039 to a team. The fans of a team that's competing 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:21.719 for a division that is unhappy with their closer, and they're. 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:25.560 Not like, oh, what still. 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.160 Throwing or anything like that, like any of the thing 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.120 that you would do about a rebuilding team, like you 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:30.200 always still missing bats. 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:33.120 You gotta have patience, progressions gonna come. No, They're they're 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:34.039 discontent with this guy. 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:36.479 It's like I'm texting in Jim, like feels like we 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:38.240 need to pivot a little bit and you know, wind 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:41.080 up writing like a whole separate story h that you know, 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:42.840 maybe I could have worked out if I was already 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:46.560 not downstairs, But yeah, I think that hit home and 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:50.200 it was interesting, you know, postgam clubhouse, because you're talking 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:55.840 to one Antonachi never gives you exactly like a brilliant 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.960 guy like you know, a couple like he's not like 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:02.880 just pure radiant joy type of postgame interview. I think 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:05.279 their emotions, emotions on the field and his emotions in person, 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:09.239 they're usually pretty bifurcated. So he's like one, he's trotting 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:12.520 out that lie about like if you're bad about I 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:14.600 just asked him, like, hey, what was the atmosphere in 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.800 the dugout, and he's like launches in this thing that 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:21.240 he clearly just wants to say about not getting down 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.640 on sir Anthony or not, like you know, pointing fingers 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:27.640 and saying like if you don't have if you don't you're. 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:30.719 Not suited for a group sport. Go play tennis. 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:33.239 I didn't realize that he had said that to Brooke 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:37.400 on the field already because I'm wearing like an open 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:40.159 like sweater with like this tennis shirt. I have t 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:42.919 shirt that has like a tennis racket on its, Like, 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:45.120 have I triggered Sam into thinking how much he hates 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:51.000 individual sports or he's looking at me like you want 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:53.920 to go somewhere else, go play tennis. Thankfully I was 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:56.640 not the case, and he was kind of more give 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:58.479 me a second draft of something he had already written 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:00.920 in his head a little bit, which was a cool quote. 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:04.960 I mean, I see people picking apart like how how 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:06.680 would you not be mad with two runs? It's more 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:10.120 just like standing up for your guy, right, talking about 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.880 like how they have to be wired, you know, really 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:15.120 obviously they had that need, that mindset to be able 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.520 to come back in that game, so they lived up 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:25.159 to it. But the raucousness of obviously that finish. I 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:29.240 basically hugged my mother and sister while the play was 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:32.600 being challenged and then got into the staircase and then 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:34.359 once they confirmed it, like ran up the steps and 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:38.839 got to got the post game. But we talked to 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.640 Sir Anthony post game with that as well, like he 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.920 was obviously relieved but still kind of frustrated. And then 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:50.600 you know, I think probably more so than Detroit. It's 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:53.359 just kind of saying like I obviously, I think a 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.640 lot of the year has been you know, will benble 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:59.520 saying he's our closer, Sir Anthony trying to you know, 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:03.200 shrug off the troubles as much as he can, saying like, yo, 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:04.839 this is one outing, or I may won by pitch 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:06.880 and more, just like this is tough for me. I 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:08.960 just blew back to back saves. Was kind of the 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:11.280 way he attacked that. At the same time, like, I 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:14.400 know he wants to be there and has certainly noticed 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:16.600 that his usage is a little bit different. So it 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:21.240 was a millannge of emotions in the post game clubhouse 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:24.080 for sure. But it's kind of a weird series in 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:26.560 terms of, you know, I think that I guess it 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:29.840 was all one to run games in the end. It's 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:34.960 a series where they're like saying, postgame, you know today Wednesday, gritschuck. 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:36.600 It's like, we could have swept this series, and that's 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.360 very true and the basis loads went out against the 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:43.680 seemingly wayward Sean Armstrong same time, they could have easily 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:46.280 gotten swept in the series with a few different hits. 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:49.720 So it's I think it looked like a pretty equal 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:53.240 matchup and definitely swung on some small things and I 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:56.920 think maybe reaffirmed like the socks are in here, They're 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:58.720 in this business there, They're going to be in this mix, 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:00.640 and that's that's a credit to him. It doesn't seem 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:04.400 like they quite have, at least in this non mirror 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:07.160 COMI having portion that they're going to take off a 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:11.440 blow away, you know, even a poser ra mirus less guardians. 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:15.040 Yeah, it's I'm expecting a tight race in the second half, 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:17.880 which is great. We aren't expecting any kind of race 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.160 this season, Jim, so I will take it, but it 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:24.360 will be nerve racking as we approach the halfway point 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:28.120 of the season. We'll have our first half grades episode 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:31.520 after Sunday's game against the Kinser Royal, so something to 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:33.960 look forward to. We'll also be getting your guys' feedback 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:37.160 or seeking it for those that follow us on social 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:41.560 media and for those that visit socksmachine dot com. Sam 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:45.840 Antonacci's walk off hit Jim is, that's a top ten 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:47.920 win nominee for the season, right. 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.559 I think I put both the best game and worst 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:55.199 game tags on it. Sometimes a victory makes its way 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:58.080 into the losses one just because it was such a 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:03.200 mess and some failures were characteristic of the team shortcomings 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.520 where even if they want it, they shouldn't have been 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:07.679 in a position to win it like that in the 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:09.880 first place, especially in back to back game. 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:11.320 So we'll see how it shakes out. 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:14.840 But in terms of moments, in terms of ant Nachi 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:16.760 doing it, I was thinking, like going through the lineup, 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:19.840 that he's the guy you want up in that situation. 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.600 I think just in terms of you know, I'm thinking 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:25.000 of the White Sox facing Luis a rise in the 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:26.400 past or Stephen Kwan. 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:29.160 Kwan was tough the series for him. 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:32.360 But in the past, when Stephen Kwan is, if not 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.800 in All Star like a very good player and you know, 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:38.240 Gold Glove winner everything like that, Like just they might 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:40.640 not be the most dangerous hitter on their team based 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:43.960 on like you know, runs created or anything like that. 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:46.760 But how do you pitch to him, how do you 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:49.640 get him out? How do you get swing and miss 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:51.240 when you really. 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:51.800 Could use it. 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:56.600 Somebody you can guide contact to the various parts of 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:59.000 the field and go where pitches are throne. 0:09:59.040 --> 0:09:59.760 I was thinking, like, you. 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:03.480 Know, Antonachi or Miguel Vargas are probably your two choices there, 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.480 and given that was alrighty on the mound, given that 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.520 Antonacci has strong platoon splits, Like I thought, yeah, it's 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:13.199 he's although he's a rookie, he kind of fits that 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:17.160 mold of the guy that you most want to see 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.840 if you're a White Sox fan, and probably least want 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.679 to see if you know Antonachi well as an opponents 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.640 or a fan of an opponent, Like maybe he's just 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:27.720 not on the radar yet, but I think he's that 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:31.080 kind of skill set where, yeah, how do you pitch 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:33.400 to him in that moment to where like you feel 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:35.360 like you can get him out, not that he you know, 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:38.640 he can get himself out or he can't get out, 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.920 but just it's he's a hard It's just a hard 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:44.640 guy to approach when you absolutely need an out. And 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.680 so even saw that with the broken bat single like 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:50.680 obviously should have been a routine ground out, but just 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:53.560 because he can put the ball in play, because he 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:58.000 can you know, face Alighty with comfort and you know, 0:10:58.240 --> 0:10:59.640 stand in on the plates. 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:01.320 And get on base that way. 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:04.280 But also that maybe change the way guys have to 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:08.040 approach him. He can do a lot of damage when 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:09.840 they have to come in the zone to him and 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:11.480 The funny thing is like they didn't have to come 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:12.880 to the zone to him, they had a base open, 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:17.280 So that might be a benefit of him still being 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:21.760 largely unfamiliar, or a rookie who isn't scary because he's 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:24.080 got four homers this year, so he's not somebody who's, 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:27.400 you know, causing pictures to tremble on the mound, but 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:32.320 certainly has that bat to ball ability and I think 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:36.080 a sense of the game to where, yeah, basically top 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:38.800 two for guys you want up when you just need 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:39.240 a single. 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:43.000 And then on the flip side, Wednesday's lost, so to 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:46.640 biggieback James Off, Randall Gridchick and his comments of how 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:49.680 the team had an opportunity to sweep they sure did. 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:53.280 I really thought we were to be talking about another 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:57.840 big moment this season when Brady Montgomery and Randall Gridchick 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:02.080 went back to back home run and consecutive bitches against 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:05.040 Kate Smith, who leads the league in saves. I mean, 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:09.000 Kate Smith has been the American League's best closer this season. 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:11.439 I don't think he's on the same level of the 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:13.480 type of season that Mason Miller is having for the 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:16.360 San Diego Padres. But Kate Smith has definitely been pitching 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:18.880 like an All Star this year, and the White Sox 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:21.200 got to Smith twice in this series, and I think 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:23.960 that is a great sign. But they weren't able to 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.520 complete that comeback because they went zero for nine with 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:29.920 runners in scoring position. You could read on how that 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:33.600 went down on soxsmachine dot com as James had the 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:39.480 game recap, and I sent out a tweet after the 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.640 game about Chase my Draft and his stats with runners 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:46.040 in scoring position, and I do want to apologize to 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.480 Chase because I could understand at that time that's kind 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:51.560 of piling on and what is probably a frustrating time 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:54.960 for him. I have been noticing the game is getting 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:57.920 to him Jim and James in the sense that he's 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:00.720 batting more frequently in the middle of the order. But 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.520 my Draft has played seventy six of the seventy nine 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:08.120 games this season and he hasn't been getting that many breaks. 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:11.480 And in his last fifteen games, Chase my Draft has 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:13.840 been in a slump. He's batting two thirty two with 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:16.280 a two to seventy one on base percentage. He's slugging 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:20.600 three oh four and this is uncharacteristic of him, he 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:25.600 struck out twenty one times to just one walk. So 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:28.439 the fact that my draft has only walked once in 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:32.040 his last fifteen games is a little bit bizarre for him. 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:37.240 The strikeouts are really piling up, and unfortunately baseball is 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:41.640 just cruel. Sometimes when you are cold, the game finds 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:44.480 a way that you were at the plate with the 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.200 game on the line, and unfortunately, with the bases loaded 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:50.160 one out, three to one, hitting that week rounder to 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:54.080 shortstop does not match anything that the White Sox have 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:57.720 been preaching when it comes to hitting James. Is this 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.440 something like? I know, Will Vennible was my full of 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:02.800 Miguel Vargus and how much time that he's been playing, 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:06.000 and gave Vargas most of that game off before using 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:09.480 Vargas in a pitch hit situation. I have to imagine 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.120 as we get closer to the All Star break, some 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:15.199 of these regulars might be giving getting the day off 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:17.080 just because they've been playing a lot. 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:22.800 Well, their days off are limited that they're usually half 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:25.800 days off. They're usually just like not starting a certain situation. 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:29.880 And I think, you know, even Chase's current game count, 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:33.160 you know, has some of that. He's started seventy three games, 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.600 so he's had a couple of leaves half game off 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:40.960 mixed in there. There's certain like fundamentally like I think 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.040 more than like the runners in scoring position thing. For me, 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:46.080 it's like it's a pretty significant platoon split with his 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:50.680 damage been like very highly against righty's and certainly fifteen 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:54.080 to one strike out the walk ratio is not that's 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:57.280 that's bad for anyone. But they had been kind of 0:14:57.320 --> 0:15:01.960 allowing for like we're encouraging Chase, like take more shots, 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:04.320 try to hit for a bit more slug We'll we'll 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.040 take a little bit more contact for that and up 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:09.160 you know, certainly through May that was kind of paying off. 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.360 I think the but I think with the platoons, but 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:13.000 thing like. 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:18.040 Single year like runners and scoring position numbers for any 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:19.200 individual are probably going. 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:23.160 To be pretty very volatile, very violasile. 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:26.840 The bigger thing is like if the platoons but hold 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:28.640 like that's going to be the matchup he's gonna get 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:30.840 late in games when like he comes up a cruse situation, 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:34.480 so like that could wind up like cramping his runners 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:37.920 in scoring position numbers a little bit. Uh So, Yeah, 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.560 they gave him like a day off after like a 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:42.160 bad game, I want to say, in the last road trip, 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:46.960 and you know, it certainly looks like a little of 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:49.360 whack of now and he certainly wanted to like play 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:52.760 through nagging things. In a way, I'd still say like 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:55.400 I'd expect him to be fine overall, rather than like 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:57.280 this is some defining thing where you can't hit with 0:15:57.360 --> 0:15:59.920 runers in the scoring position, and certainly with the contact 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.640 really showed in the past, you'd think like a recalibration 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:05.000 from twenty five percent strike out right what he's at 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:09.280 right now is possible. That said, like, yeah, he's definitely 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:13.520 slowed down this month, and I think a little bit 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:16.040 with grit Chick hitting the way he is and you know, 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.280 breaking up down kind of be in everyday right field, 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:22.520 you probably if Akuna is like showing a pulse that 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:27.280 I think you have some options to sit him certainly 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.120 against like right handed pitching, maybe a bit more often 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:31.960 you were, or give him more days off where he 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:34.040 doesn't have to be like a guy who basically plays 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:37.320 every day. They have some alignments I think are viable 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:41.000 with that, and especially would be true whenever or Comedy 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:46.120 gets back. But if you're going to use if Gritchick 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.280 is like more and more like hitting against right handers 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:51.000 h and is someone that they're comfortable playing in left 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:53.040 field a bit more often, like an alignment where like 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:56.680 Ansonachi starts at second and Gritchick hold down left against 0:16:56.680 --> 0:17:00.840 a righty. If Chase is struggling, or just like I 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:02.760 want to ratchet him down to maybe five games a 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:05.480 week and se six like every single time. Yeah, that's 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:07.719 a they could go down do eventually. That said, like, 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:09.480 they love this guy a lot, and he's a huge 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:12.440 part of like their team identity, and he's a good defender. 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:15.119 So I don't think it'd be I'd be surprised they 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:17.760 see something drastic unresponse to him struggling. And I also 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:20.800 be surprised if it went on for like attracting aunt time. Like, 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:23.360 I think my draws is solid, little layer and we'll 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:24.200 probably figure it out. 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:28.399 Yeah, I agree, and watch the next couple of months 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:30.719 Jim with the runners in scoring position. My draft has 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:33.679 a nine hundred OPS and he's just hitting singles all 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:35.840 over the field. It's just that's something that I noticed, 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:38.440 is he's been a little bit cold. So I apologize 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:42.679 to Chase. I shouldn't have piled on there. I just 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.000 tweeted that he has a five to seventy seven OPS 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:48.080 with runners in scoring position. That was the tweet Chase, 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.960 My draft is a five to seventy seven OPS with 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:53.119 runners in scoring position. It's kind of taken off a 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:53.960 lot of well, don't. 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:55.560 Here. 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.959 What was the count on the retweets and the responses 0:17:59.359 --> 0:17:59.640 I had. 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:04.000 Last I checked, It's over eighty likes. So I clearly 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:07.399 hit a nerve with some White Sox fans who are like, 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:11.480 don't worry Rock Schalowski in the second half. He's gonna 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:15.639 replace Mike. Come on, let's be serious here. Uh So 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:18.840 mydrath a little bit cold in the month of June. 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:23.600 Hopefully that will get corrected. Who is hot in June 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:26.440 for the White Sox offense Renal Gridchik I mean five 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:29.720 home runs. His opius is over eleven hundred this month. 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:34.000 Andrew Bennett Tendi thirteen RBIs leading the team this month. 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:37.159 Antonachi's got a nine to thirty five. Oh yes, and 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:41.280 Luis ahell Akunya has a three sixty seven average this 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:46.919 month and six dolen bases. So let's go into that 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:50.119 game situation on Wednesday, Jim, because this is also a 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:53.960 sticking point that I'm seeing online so tenth inning run 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:57.320 around second base, Akunya is batting and he lays down 0:18:57.520 --> 0:19:02.040 a bunt immediately to sacrifice bars from second to third base. 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:05.119 There are some White Sox fans that are advocating that 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:08.119 you should have let Luisa Helicunye swing away. He's been 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:10.879 a hot bat. Let's see what he can do. Do 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:14.080 the White Sox play it right with the sackbun uh. 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:18.679 I would say, yeah, I get why they bunted, just 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:20.960 because a lot of his contact goes. 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:22.120 To the left side of the infield. 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:24.199 So if you're looking to get a runner over, like 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:28.120 I think his outs are most likely to be unproductive. 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:30.360 If he makes an out, He's not somebody can drive 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:32.080 the ball to right field. 0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:35.480 He doesn't easily go the other way with any authority. 0:19:35.600 --> 0:19:39.760 So if you absolutely need to get Vargas over. 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:43.960 And you really want to set up multiple opportunities, like 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:46.479 take advantage of being home and know exactly like how 0:19:46.480 --> 0:19:47.880 many runs you have to score to keep the game 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:52.080 moving or get past it. Yeah, that's I think the 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:54.960 reason why it is just he's he's improving, like he's 0:19:55.000 --> 0:19:57.480 been finding ways to make himself useful, but still the 0:19:57.760 --> 0:19:58.440 ground ball. 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:00.000 Rate is pretty high. 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:03.520 Yeah, so it's ground ball rate's nearly sixty percent and 0:20:03.800 --> 0:20:04.679 most of it is pulled. 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:07.199 So that's kind of what you're looking at is if 0:20:07.240 --> 0:20:07.800 you don't. 0:20:07.600 --> 0:20:12.560 Trust Cleveland two laps on its in field alignment, then 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:15.400 you're counting on like a single getting through to make 0:20:15.440 --> 0:20:19.320 something happen, and yeah, probably not going to happen based 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:20.240 on just the odds. 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:25.960 Well, for the White Sox, they're pitching a lot better 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:29.720 against the Guardians, especially three key pitchers. We're gonna start 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:33.840 with Sean Newcom James and that was a big save 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:37.399 that he picked up on Tuesday and almost three inning 0:20:37.560 --> 0:20:42.359 save in a one run game. And his roll up 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:44.560 with the White Sox has been flexible. He started that 0:20:44.600 --> 0:20:48.680