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This is The Sox Machine Podcast with 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:57.440 your hosts Jim Margolis, James Vegan, and Josh Nelson. 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:07.880 You know, there was originally I didn't want to come out, 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:11.000 you know, a couple of weeks before they'd asked me 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:11.319 to go. 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:13.800 I just, you know, I kind of wanted to let 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:14.399 things play out. 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:16.520 And really, you know, I'd never been out to the 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:19.319 Midwest for the most part, and i'd never been out 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:20.000 to Chicago. 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:22.320 I was very hesitant to go out there. I just 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:22.640 because I. 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:25.360 Didn't know what I was getting myself into. But you know, 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:27.120 the second that I got off the flight, and you know, 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:29.920 Josh Barfield picked me up from the airport. 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:30.440 It was. 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:33.520 I mean, I I was wide eyed the entire week. 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:35.520 I mean I was there for three days, and you know, 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:37.200 and I was when I was leaving the field h 0:01:37.400 --> 0:01:39.600 after Montgomery's walk off. You know, I told them I 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:42.120 wish I could have stayed for another week, but you know, 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:45.240 the whole experience, you know, being able to go to 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:47.400 dinner with gets in bar Field, being able to you know, 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:49.480 I walked, They dropped me off at the hotel right 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:51.480 after dinner, and I'd sat and I walked around Chicago 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:54.040 till two am, you know, just trying to understand, you know, 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:55.920 what it's all about and see everything that has to 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:56.480 come with it. 0:01:57.080 --> 0:01:58.160 And then you know, the next. 0:01:58.080 --> 0:01:59.960 Day, getting to sit down with Fuller, and then you know, 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:03.080 walked again for five more hours before the game, and 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:04.960 then being able to go to the game, meet everybody, 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:09.560 see the stadium, meet the players, see the dynamic. You know. 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:12.639 I just I left, you know, you know the next 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:14.880 morning and called my agent and told him that, you know, 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:16.840 that's where I want to be, and you know, just 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:18.720 he's got to do whatever he can to make it 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:20.360 work because I know that that's where I want to be, 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:22.600 and I hope that they feel the same way about me, so, 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:23.679 you know, being able to work it out on the 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.440 long end, I mean, the tiers were all happy tears. 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:28.520 I'm very excited to be a part of it. 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:30.320 You know. I fell in love with the city while 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:31.799 I was out there, and I'm just I'm very excited 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:32.280 to get back. 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:36.320 That was Chicago White Sox first overall, big Rock Cholowski, 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.680 which you'll be joining the organization and on Sunday along 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:42.760 with Landon Tomey, who the White Sox selected thirty fourth 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:46.160 overall throughout the First Bitch on Sunday's game. So quite 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:49.560 the weekend for both. Quite the weekend for the Chicago 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.760 White Sox. I'm Josh nel sit alongside Jim Margolis demanding 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:56.959 Editive Sox Machine and our beat reporter James Vegan who 0:02:57.040 --> 0:03:00.640 is in Philadelphia covering the All Star Game for us 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:04.160 at Sox Machine. Again, we cannot thank our Socks Machine 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:08.800 subscribers enough. Thank you for your subscriptions as it allows 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:11.360 us to send James on the road to be in 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:13.640 Philadelphia to cover the games for us. And he just 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.639 got a chance to chat with Caleb Botomer, who is 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:20.080 part of the Futures Game in Philly. It's been a 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:23.760 very busy weekend for us at Sox Machine. But let's 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.600 start with what happened on the field for the White 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:31.200 Sox as they sweep the Sacramento Athletics and in very 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.280 convincing fashion, So they get swept James by the Boston 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:37.480 Red Sox. They only score two runs in those three games. 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:41.000 Then they turn around and they hold the Athletics to 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:44.760 just two runs in three games. It really felt like 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.680 the White Sox needed a sweep to rinse out the 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:52.640 bad taste from the Boston series. And as far as 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:57.000 like statement series wins go, especially as far as Friday, 0:03:57.080 --> 0:04:00.680 how did the clubhouse feel after that big win against 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:01.400 the Athletics. 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:05.640 I mean they won like a million to two or one, 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.080 and Trystan Peters had a cycle, so they were in 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:12.120 they were in decent spirits. I would say, it's just 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:16.159 kind of like it's we're looking at this like through 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:18.720 our lens of like how are the White Sox doing? 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:22.000 Whereas like Boston is like it's basically the hottest team 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:25.679 in baseball. Yeah, went and swept the Mets as well. 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.000 What is it now? Nine straight wins. 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:30.920 I believe so yes, Wow, like eight of ten when 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:33.599 they were coming into the White Sox, So what is 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:37.159 it fortunate sixteen or something crazy? Whereas like the A's 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:40.320 look like they don't want to be around anymore. The Watts, 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:43.200 Brent Wibrookers of the season like a couple of weeks ago, 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:46.599 and then Nick Kurtz like, has this you know, Malady 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:48.080 pop up where he's on the I L and he's 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:51.040 gonna miss the All Star Game, And you had Sean 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:55.159 Burke openly saying like, yeah, lineup's a little different. Basically 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:58.120 just challenge everyone. Heaters like trying to make sure the 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:01.600 bases are clear when Soda Shrum and Langliers are up, 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:04.280 but otherwise I'm good. You say that I'm good part. 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.160 But that's like the subtext from it, Like this became 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.640 like a lineup that's pretty short in terms of like 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:13.400 things he really has to worry about. So like in 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.960 some respect, you know, people complain about a team like 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.520 playing people can plain about a team in any form, 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:20.480 but like you know, playing down to their competition. The 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.440 White talks doing the opposite of that, Like they got 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:25.520 beat by a team that's plain amazing and they crushed 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:29.359 the team that wish the break was two weeks earlier. 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:34.520 So yeah, they certainly look better. Uh certainly, like you know, 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:37.600 in terms of like the way Martin, Martin and Burke 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:40.000 like wound up with the same first half so to speak, 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.120 you know, because they existed. I think Burke has a 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:43.720 little bit more innings, but like they came to it 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:46.400 in different ways. But Martin pitches in that you know 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.280 series where they look out of sorts because he's kind 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:50.960 of you know, dragging to the finish and Burke is like, 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:53.320 you know, pitching out his mind. Uh to get to 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.479 the end. You kind of had like your your starters 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.360 who were you had kind of a flip in the 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:01.200 namack though, I've no Schultz had to kind of get 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:05.560 right outing with the A's as well. But yes, it 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:07.400 looked good. Yes they got Murray coming back. Yes that 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.360 it was like provided to Jolton. You know, they had 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:11.200 you know, two guys added to the All Star team 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:13.040 and that was like a lot of excitement and momentum 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:16.680 as well. There's also like a you could just say like, hey, 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.000 they paid played the team that's playing great, you know 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:21.680 the hawk else when you play the line they played 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:25.920 playing awful and you know it's bad and Jonah him 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:28.240 who was basically cut from the Rangers for not hating 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:30.320 enough for a catcher last years, like clean up in 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.800 half of these games, and they just look like they 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:37.400 can't mount anything or really stop anything. Even like JT 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:41.159 Gin on Sunday, it's having a really good year. I 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.360 wouldn't question that there's ability there, but you watch him, 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:46.159 it's like this guy is like misfiring wildly with ninety one. 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:48.240 This doesn't seem like it's going to work, and then 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:52.960 sure enough it doesn't. So it it feels like maybe 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.280 they haven't swung so much in the week as much 0:06:56.320 --> 0:06:57.640 as their competition has. 0:06:59.040 --> 0:06:59.240 Well. 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.560 The White Sox a fifty and forty five, and when 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:04.680 you compare to where they were at the All Star 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:08.120 Break last year, Jim, the White Sox are already nineteen 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:11.960 games better in the standings than they were a year 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.080 ago heading into the All Star Break. So quite a 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:19.880 few highlights, none bigger than Tristan Peters hitting for the cycle. 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.400 Jim and we talked a little bit about this during 0:07:22.440 --> 0:07:25.440 the live stream when we are leading up to the 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:29.600 first overall pick, But just how improbable it is for 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:32.680 Tristan Peters to produce the way that he has for 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.679 the White Sox and now he is an All Star. 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:41.360 What do you make of this sudden honor for Tristan 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:43.560 Peters to be part of the American League All Star Team. 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:47.440 It's surprising on a couple levels. There's just a matter 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:50.640 that Tristan Peters was acquired for cash by the White Sox, 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:54.480 and usually those deals don't work for them in any 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:58.840 meaningful sense. So the fact that he's gone from afterthought 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:02.240 to even during spring training, more of an extra player 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:05.800 somebody might see over the course of a season to 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:11.040 somebody who is suddenly an integral part of everything is 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.560 a shocker. Also, like a shocker that he made the 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:18.240 All Star team just because he is like kind of 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.960 not a product to wins above replacement, but like everything 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:25.480 kind of reflects his value. His defense's offense, his doubles 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:27.640 more than homer power, but he's in a lot of doubles. 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.240 Like everything, He's generating a lot of value in a 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:32.960 lot of ways. But aside from his average, which is 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:36.440 over three hundred, nothing really stands out. It's the entire thing. 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:42.280 So it's cool that as you see some remnants of 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:48.520 advanced stats versus traditional stats, counting stats et cetera. That Peters, 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:52.600 who probably would be largely overlooked were it not for 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.160 wins above replacements in other seasons, just because he has 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:59.360 six homers because of the platoon situation he found himself early, 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:01.880 didn't really up the counting stats and like the other 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.800 Triple Crown categories, urban hits, like he's even a little 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:11.160 late on plate appearances for an everyday player. The fact that, yeah, 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:13.400 you look at the wins above replacement leader board, especially 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:17.439 for rookies, and he's snuck up on everybody as they're 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:21.120 trying to figure out replacements for the All Star team. 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.160 It's cool that somebody like him, who is a well 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.120 rounded player who's contributing to the White Sox in so 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:29.439 many ways, does get recognized like that. 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:33.120 And then yeah, so looking at Peter's stats so far, 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:36.559 three ZHO one batting average is Jim mentioned Peters has 0:09:36.559 --> 0:09:40.400 got twenty doubles this year, and he's got three triples 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:43.640 along with his six home runs, thirty six RBIs, and 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:45.960 he's got five stolen bases. I mean, he's never been 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:49.360 that big of a base Steeler, but I think it 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:53.080 would kind of surprise people if Tristan Peters did find himself, 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:57.080 Jim hitting ten home runs, but thirty five doubles is 0:09:57.240 --> 0:10:00.439 forty doubles within reach. If Tristan Peters gets and used 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:03.040 to hit for power that he has in the last 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:04.080 couple of months. 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:08.800 Yea possible, especially since there's nobody really challenging is playing time. 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:13.760 And then the other big highlight on the offensive side 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.760 for the White Sox was the return of munatakamer Kami. 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:21.320 Not the greatest series, James, you mentioned that the reason 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:23.280 why the White Sox wanted to bring him up for 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:25.800 this series before they all start break was to break 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:29.760 some rust. There's a lot of rust for munatakamer Kami. 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:32.280 He struck out seven times, he was one four eleven 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:35.200 this weekend. He did walk twice. He did have an 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:40.280 RBI on Friday. You were there on Friday. A lot 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:44.080 was going on for the White Sox on Saturday. How 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:48.000 did munatakamer Kami look to you? 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:51.200 Like, yeah, rusty, like on time, Like you know, not 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:53.000 that he doesn't have swing and miss on the fastballs 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:54.680 of his own when he's rolling, but like he certainly 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:58.040 was doing that a lot in a way, like you 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.480 look like not quite up to speed, like this is 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:04.960 his fifth game in the last like six weeks thing. 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:08.800 But it's funny, like him talking about the home run derby, 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.920 He's like basically saying, like, the invitation was on the 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:15.280 table for a while and I was on board, and 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:17.520 really the only question if I could do it was 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:22.079 if I got back off the IL before the All 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:24.600 Star break. So in terms of like motivation to get 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:27.720 him back, like he wanted to do this thing, like 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:30.440 he immediately said yes, and you know the added incentive, 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:33.760 you know, him clearly being in line to be an 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:36.360 injury replacement for the All Star Game. As another thing 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:38.560 about being back off the IL, I think, you know, 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:42.520 he wants to be here, like he certainly he's I 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:45.319 don't even think it's like is it a selfish thing? 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:47.520 But it's like he came to the US to like 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:51.640 basically try to conquer this league, to try to test 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.240 the skill. So being part of the showcase, I think 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.679 to him as part of what he's doing here, maybe 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:00.560 more so than it's you know this the way we 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:02.480 see it as like a crowning achievement of a career 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:06.000 for like a domestic player. So I think some of 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.040 it was like, yeah, let's get some real games in 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:10.439 you know what, he's healthy. It's been six weeks. He 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:13.080 got cleared, he ran the bases, and he got through 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:17.000 like full game fine, but not that like he's using 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.400 these games to get up to speed for the All 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:20.960 Star Game. But like if he was going to do 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:23.560 this because he'd be healthy, buy it, he'd want to 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:25.960 actually like play a little bit and face the live pitching. 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:30.200 So maybe the positive thing is like the White Sox 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:33.080 scored a bunch of runs granted against the pitching staff 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:38.520 that I want to use euphemisms for not wanting to 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:42.800 be around and not actual terms, but a team that's 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:44.200 looking pretty run down. 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:47.560 Looking like the White Sox we've seen, like we've seen 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.760 White Sox teams like that of just crossing days off 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:51.280 the calendar. 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:55.720 Yeah, I was doom scrolling recently and I saw it 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:58.600 came across as someone who was sharing the clip from 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:03.240 twenty four Lenny and getting hit by the practice throw. Yeah, 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:05.760 he seemed like a notch above those vibes, but like 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:09.400 not not many. I don't know what a point it is, 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:12.160 Like it's distracted by so much of the a's are struggling. 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:14.960 But the positive is that, like, hey, the offense tick 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:17.520 back up again. It was very worrisome against Boston just 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:19.520 to see them kind of get you know, stopped like that. 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.280 It wasn't because they got murra COMI back that what 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:26.760 they look like when he's operational. Really, when Teal is 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:29.400 looking like what he was in the second half last year, 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:31.880 that doesn't quite happen. Yet. Teal is clearly better than 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:36.160 what they were getting from offensively catchers already, just by 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:40.760 means of getting hits in games. But I as much 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:43.719 as like, man, here's our a offense, it made it 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.200 and then you know, it's never It's not how baseball works. 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:48.280 You never get everyone just like hot at the same time, 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:51.120 like David Martin talking about the rotation, like they haven't 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:52.720 all been hot at the same time at any point 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.400 this year just yet. And it's not a given it 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:59.559 ever does. But you haven't seen that yet. So theoretically 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:02.080 hopeful there is still a level that they get to, 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:06.640 at least in terms of consistency, from getting Murakami, from 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:08.920 getting Tealed, maybe back up to what we've seen the 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:10.080 height of their powers. 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:14.760 Maybe the home run derby helps for Murakami to know 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:16.719 what it's like to hit a home run again in 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.800 a MLB Stadium since it's been a while. 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:23.880 An, I mean I did think that with him being 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:26.480 un impressed the final series, like it was proof that, okay, 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:27.600 you can't say you're ruined him. 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:30.239 Yeah. 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:33.240 I mean this is a team that uh, you know 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:37.440 has Mike Hastle Massle wearing three hats. I said Hassle 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:41.880 because of all the hats, and celebrates home runs with 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.680 a sex song. So I don't think Home Run Derby 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:49.360 gets Murakami's mojo going is like any more any less 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:52.640 scientific than other things they have going on. They welcome 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:54.320 all all approaches. 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:07.240 All three, one, two, six million, Andrew Law made personal 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:08.680 batsank in Law. 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:13.000 It's gonna be a fun Home Run Derby. I do 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:16.040 like the fact that both Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:18.960 are participating. I think that's a great idea, especially with 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.960 the Elstar Game being in Philadelphia. It'd be great. If 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:24.960 you know, we've been comparing the two ever since he 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:26.840 got on this heater for the White Sox and how 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:29.600 he started Muna Takomercammy and Kyle Schwarber. That would be 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:32.440 one heck of a final if those two were able 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:35.680 to make it that far in the derby and of 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:39.640 course Schwarber is a well seasoned veteran when it comes 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:41.880 to the home run Derby, but will be fun to 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.800 see on Monday night for Munatakomerkami how he does in 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.120 the home run Derby. And of course, the White Sox 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:50.000 returned to action after the All Star break in Toronto. 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:53.720 We'll talk more about that later in the show. With 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:57.040 all this offense that happened this weekend, Jim, and it 0:15:57.120 --> 0:16:01.320 seems like whenever sean Berg does start, something fantastic happens 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:06.880 offensively that overshadows what he does in the mound. But 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:10.240 it is seven innings, only one earned run, which was 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:14.800 a home run. Burke didn't walk anyone, he struck out nine. 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:18.160 He's hitting ninety nine miles per hour with this fastball. 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:22.520 In his last seven appearances, Sean Burke only has a 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:26.560 two point nine zero earned run average fifty five strikeouts 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:30.160 over forty to third innings In his last two starts, Jim, 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:36.040 sean Berg hasn't walked anyone. It's thirteen innings, twenty strikeouts, 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:40.400 no walks. I have to admit I did not see 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:45.320 this coming from Sean Burke, and it just feels like 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:47.760 this kind of race on who is the best starting 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:50.960 pitcher for the White Sox, and James mentioned that in 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.840 a moment ago. It kind of feels like, right now 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.280 the baton has been exchanged between Davis Martin Sean Burke. 0:16:57.320 --> 0:16:59.200 If the White Sox need to win a game now, 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:02.480 I feel like it's got to be Sean Burke, right. 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:07.040 Yeah, And on one hand, that's probably good just because 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:10.639 Burke has always been the one who's the better bat misser. 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:14.560 So if you're looking for somebody to start a postseason game, 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:17.919 to start a key game, to not be subjected to 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:21.480 just batted ballock or bad defense or what have you, 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:23.840 that Burke would be your better bet. So I think 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:26.600 if you're looking at who's leading this rotation, you rather 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:29.199 have it be something like Burke. And the fact that 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:33.640 he's gone and earned that title with just dominating performances 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:38.120 and he's really looking like he's feeling it out there 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:40.480 just the way he's Yeah, I kind of judge it 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:44.280 by and this is he's speaking of unscientific I like 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:47.119 watching how pictures respond to strikeouts, like I always like 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:50.560 Dylan sees how he took his jersey into his pants, 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:53.440 like very like like he was bothered that he had 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:57.440 to throw the pitches to begin with. Just you're messing 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.280 in my jersey. I can't wait to get back to 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:02.600 the dugouts. Have my fit look exactly like I want to. 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:06.280 I like seeing that. It seems like Burke now that 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:08.520 he's kind of like just looking at center field after 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:13.119 striking guys out, just turns his back on him. And 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:15.360 with challenge fastballs, they're like with really good stuff. He's 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:19.240 not lucking into strikeouts or he's not living hitters out 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:21.520 guests himself. He's challenging him. Like I like that the 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:24.600 home run that he allowed was you know it was 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:27.560 to Soderstrum, but like it's you have a lead, you 0:18:27.560 --> 0:18:30.080 don't want to walk anybody or behind the count, just 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:32.120 challenge him. He didn't, and he gave him a home 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:34.000 at that time. But like, for the most part, his 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:37.400 challenges are working because his stuff, his life. His fastball 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:40.320 has a lot of hop to it, and then everything's 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:43.960 playing off the fastball, and it seems like the fastball 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:46.480 unlocks so many things for him. But you know, he 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:51.720 spent you know how many years wrestling curveball versus slider, 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:54.040 versus cutter, and now he's like throwing all three, he's 0:18:54.080 --> 0:18:56.080 throwing the cutter without giving up anything, and now he's 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:59.680 got two different kinds of sliders, and it just kind 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:01.679 of all fell into place, and it seems like, you know, 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:04.960 James's written about this with his mechanics and the fact 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:07.280 that he's you know, if he's throwing ninety nine, that 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:09.879 means his mechanics are right. If he's throwing you know, 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:12.359 ninety four, be struggling to hit like ninety six, that 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:16.360 means everything else is kind of off. And yeah, he's 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:21.400 been sitting high nineties for a while now, and yeah, 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:25.120 based on how he's throwing, this is a guy who 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:27.720 can lead a rotation even when Davis Martin's better. 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:31.439 So, James, I don't know, have you gotten any insight 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:35.600 on how the White Sox could possibly be reshuffling the rotation. 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:39.280 Everybody's going to have extra days of rest at this moment. 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:41.119 I don't know if Davis Martin's going to be a 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:43.000 late addition to the All Star team. If he's not, 0:19:43.840 --> 0:19:47.359 and we talked about was that it'd be very late, 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:52.920 be very late, right, but with him needing extra rest 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:55.680 because he feels gassed. With the way that Burke has 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:59.720 been throwing could the White Sox Like I, maybe it's 0:19:59.760 --> 0:20:02.399 just you soon to be wanting to set your rotation 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:07.720 up for the postseason, but everybody's got more rest than usual. 0:20:08.440 --> 0:20:10.879 Does Burke start that first game for the White Sox 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:11.640 after the break? 0:20:12.640 --> 0:20:16.399 It is too soon to start ordering your rotation for 0:20:16.440 --> 0:20:20.679 the postseason to that point, like as far as like 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:23.159 maximizing who needs the rest. Burke has been saying like 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:27.520 on off the record repeatedly like I feel great, I'm 0:20:27.520 --> 0:20:30.000 recovering better than any point in my year, and certainly 0:20:30.040 --> 0:20:32.560 like the way like his after his last start, He's like, 0:20:33.040 --> 0:20:34.680 I don't want to break. I want to keep going. 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:38.480 I'm rolling like someone even like friendly suggested to him 0:20:38.480 --> 0:20:40.639 like a happy to like, you know, get a few 0:20:40.720 --> 0:20:44.760 days off. He's like no, so like he's in a 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:47.480 really good spot right now. So like the idea of 0:20:47.520 --> 0:20:50.960 like him being to someone who like seems like the 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:54.240 most closed mouth in terms of needing to get fed. Uh, sure, 0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:57.240 I would agree with that. The last time I talked 0:20:57.240 --> 0:21:00.200 with both, I spent all my energy geeking out out 0:21:00.200 --> 0:21:03.399 about how Jordan Hicks looks recently. So I did not 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:06.440 have been looking good in order my bad on that 0:21:06.640 --> 0:21:10.399