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This is The Socks Machine Podcast with 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:57.440 your hosts Jim Margolis, James Vegan, and Josh Nelson. 0:00:58.120 --> 0:00:59.880 Hello and welcome to you a new episode of The 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:03.880 Machine podcast, part of the Foul Territory Network. I'm your 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:07.360 host Josh Nelson, and in this episode, we'll be recapping 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:11.920 the Chicago White Sox winning another road series, this time 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:15.080 against the Texas Rangers. They are eight and five in 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:18.400 their last thirteen road games, and we'll be looking at 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:21.760 the White Sox offensive heroes in this series and also 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:24.360 take a look around the American League centrals. The Chicago 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:27.040 White Sox are still in first place and it is 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:29.119 a Texas two set for the White Sox. They finish 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:32.199 one series in Arlington, they get a day off on Thursday, 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:35.319 and now the Chicago White Sox come home to face 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:38.840 the Houston Astros. And joining me in this episode to 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:41.600 recap everything that happened in Arlington and take a look 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:44.520 as the White Sox come home to face the Houston Astros, 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:48.480 the Sox Machines beat Reporter James Svegan and managing editor 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:52.920 Jim Margolis and hello gents, welcome to the show. And 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:56.120 while there's a lot of positivity with the White Sox 0:01:56.680 --> 0:02:00.840 season high seven games above five hundred, still in first 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:06.680 place even past game one hundred, there is some concerning news. 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:09.120 And the one game that the White Sox lost was 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:14.079 a butt kicking and unfortunately it came with Noah Schultz 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:17.920 on the mound and against the Rangers, Noahs Schultz just 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:22.720 went three and two thirds innings. He allowed eleven hits, 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.960 five earned runs. Good news, he didn't walk anyone, he 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.480 struck out two, but he threw eighty pitches and couldn't 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.320 get through the fourth inning and was pretty hit able. 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:37.680 And in this season now for Noahs Schultz, it's eleven starts, 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.400 it's fifty six and two thirds innings. He's got a 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.840 three and seven record. It's twenty nine walks to forty 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:46.639 nine strikeouts, but it's an urn run average that's still 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.800 above six. And as I mentioned, the Chicago White Sox 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:51.760 are still in first place. 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:53.800 But there we've been. 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:56.600 Talking about, like the White Sox need to add starting 0:02:56.639 --> 0:03:00.520 pitching to help out with their rotation, and now James, 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:03.239 they're trying to balance, Like I understand the beginning part 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:05.720 of the season, their game plan in April, let's call 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:09.359 up Noahs Schultz because this is a development season. They 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:13.120 weren't expecting to be contending. You are contending, and I 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:17.320 can see where it's difficult to balance. And the question 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:20.280 out there right now is should the White Sox demote 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:24.639 Noah's Schultz because it just looks like he's overmatched right 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:28.280 now in the major league level. How could you see 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.720 the White Sox trying to balance one still trying to 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:34.880 win the Ales Central, but two not having to give 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:38.200 up every fifth start because Noahs Schultz is learning on 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:38.600 the job. 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:45.760 Uh, probably by finding a different fifth starter or at 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:49.320 least cycling went in for a moment at least, Like 0:03:50.640 --> 0:03:53.760 at this point, I mean, it's not hard to say, 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:55.760 like who's a solution, like if you added someone to 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.000 the deadline right now, Like you're obviously being able to 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:02.240 piece together effective Eric Fetti starts even while like being 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.280 really strict with them being two times for the order 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:07.840 more easily than you're so you can seeing No Shultz 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:09.520 starts because you can't even do like kind of really 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:14.000 the lefty opener thing with him as easily and you're 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:18.280 not really seeing lineups dramatically flipped to accommodate the fact 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.120 that he's left, you know some of it, but it's 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:26.839 just not the same dynamic, uh, like his slider, Like 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:29.200 if we're breaking down like what No. Schultz was from 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:31.160 like a scouting perspective, Like there's a lot of things 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:34.400 to it, but like you get these like very cut 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:36.680 and dry grades on pitches and one of them was 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:41.400 like seventy grade slider, eighty grade slider, like best pitch 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:43.680 of the miners, like type of reputation, and it was 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:47.760 a non factor for him throughout his most recent start, 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:51.800 and it's been something that's been inconsistent throughout or there's 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:53.680 been stretches where he really only has like the bigger 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:56.200 version that can work against lefties, but he hasn't be 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:59.680 able to really master like the sharper tider versions against 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:03.320 with against righty's, Like there's other issues in play, Like 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:04.760 you know, obviously he's had, you know a lot of 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:07.560 starts that's been impacted by like poor control and you 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.360 wonder like what's up there, and you know, his his 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:12.719 fastball is definitely like the sinker has been trending to 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:17.600 be pretty hittable for a while and if it starts there. 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:20.479 He's definitely had spates of being really effective popping in 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.880 the four seamer sometimes, but it doesn't have like its 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.760 own independent metrics. So once like teams kind of game 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:28.520 plan around it, that's it starts to lose on his 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:31.320 steam really quickly. It's more like this effective little accent 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:35.360 when the rest of his arsenal's working or just other pitches. 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.080 But like if I was given like the simplest like 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.440 two line explanation, like no, Schultz is known for having 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:42.240 a great slider. He hasn't had a great slider, so 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:43.840 unless you have kind of like this plan for how 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:45.640 he's going to get that out, and certainly that was 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.000 what he's working on during his bullpens right before he 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:50.200 went on was rehab stint, in his rehab stint, and 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:52.119 it's supposed to be something that's been around the corner, 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:53.960 like why would you be sending him out there otherwise? 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:58.200 But until like it's in place, then that's kind of like, 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.320 you know, the big thing with him him it's not 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:04.440 like he needs that to be effective on a given start, 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:07.320 but as far as like him becoming a guy who's 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:11.240 a reliable contributor to do that without having that thing 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:13.560 and working order like this big master strength, Like even 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.400 as he was coming up, like I remember right ups, 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.760 Eric Longang was doing it like hey, there's a lot 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:19.520 of things that are unrefined here, but he has kind 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:21.400 of like an unhittable pitch and that kind of carries 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:24.440 him through a lot of outings, not having that little 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:28.120 safety valve against the hardest hit like the most difficult 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.280 hitteries he's ever dealt with. Like his contact rate against 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.600 him is like over eighty percent right now. Like the 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:34.839 contact rates for him look like one of your you know, 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.080 your better hears in majors, it's near ninety percent in zone, 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:39.799 it's near eighty percent overall, and it's not too much chase. 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:42.159 So like with it's looking that way. 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.120 It's not like, oh, I'm looking at the most recent 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:46.159 David Sandlin's start and he's for sure going to be 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:48.520 you know, jump in and be more reliable. Maybe like 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:52.360 it certainly looks closer visually to what his full arsenal 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.600 is supposed to look like. Do Shane Smith get consistent 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:56.760 and unlocked that in? 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:57.280 Maybe? 0:06:57.480 --> 0:06:59.000 I don't know, do you do you find someone in 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:01.080 the deadline given out of this catching need that we 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:03.280 have spent so much time talking about. I don't know 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:05.280 how this episode is getting paced together. But obviously Kyle 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:10.200 Teel's hurt. That's another thing too. It becomes a question 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:12.200 like how many how much resources you have to have 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:14.520 this big starter upgrade? And if you do, is it 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.960 about like are you trying to turn over the back 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.560 to slots of irrotation or just address this the media 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:22.600 and he with Schultz? I think you'd rather have Schultz 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:24.960 obviously mature into what you hope is going to be 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:26.640 one of the better starters in a rotation. But like 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:29.880 right now, the big thing that makes him so exceptional, 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.120 like we can point to that and see that's not working. 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:34.120 Order there's other things that obviously can tighten up and 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:38.520 get better. But like until that's kind of resolved, I 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:40.520 don't know where you go from here. So you know, 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:42.640 Jim can probably finish out my point hopefully. 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:43.680 Well. 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:46.920 Is yeah, thinking about Schultz in the way you're describing, 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:49.480 I'm kind of going between fastballs and not having his 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:55.920 best defining breaking pitch working for him is a fair 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.760 comp or at least a comp to think about. Is 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:00.920 he a left handed Jonathan right now? 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:05.120 I guess like in the sense of like when it's 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:07.840 not working, But you could also ask, like the cannon 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:11.680 never like have the outpitch that it seemed more like, 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:13.440 you know, he's gonna have this the seam shift to 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:15.840 change up to certain or the toe lefties, he's gonna 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.480 have the sweeper, going to to varieties, and he's going 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.520 to uh, you know, work to different fastball shapes and 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:23.320 so like, I guess it's a little similar in terms 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:26.320 of like them floundering looks a little bit because it's 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.680 a lot of like different shapes that aren't enough distinct 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:31.840 enough to like get swings and misses or you know, uh, 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.600 conclude at bats easily in a way where it's just 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:37.760 like too many opportunities for you know, like Tuesday night 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:39.600 just being dinked and dunk to death because you can't 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.480 end these at bats that get really deep when you're 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:45.800 not getting early weak contact. So similar, but obviously you 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:49.040 want the slider to become this overwhelming thing in the 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:50.920 way that like Cannon was always going to be like 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.839 this stitch of like different methods, different attacks that make 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.520 it work, whereas Schultz is supposed to have that, but 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:59.320 it's also supposed to have the one right tool that 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:02.440 you know was always correct. And until that's in working order, 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:04.280 you're not going to have the high ceiling guy that 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:07.480 you're aspiring to. So where does that occur? Does that 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:10.800 occur in working triple A? Does that occur in majors? 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:15.440 Does that rely on, you know, more health and trust 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.640 in the knee? Is that something that's successful this year 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:19.120 remains to be safe. 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:23.720 It's a very popular topic right now on social media, 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:27.800 Jim regarding Noah Schultz many and I guess you could 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.640 put me in this boat right now until I saw 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:34.360 on the minor keys on how David Sandlin threw This 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:38.600 does become a repeatable question and topic regarding the White Sox. 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:42.000 If you demote Noah Schultz. Who are you replacing him with? 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:46.320 Maybe it is David Sandlin, But should the White Sox 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:49.720 after this start against the Texas Rangers, and looking ahead, 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:52.960 next projected start for Schultz is the New York Yankees 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:57.640 doesn't get any easier, should the White Sox send Schultz 0:09:57.640 --> 0:09:58.559 back to Charlotte? 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:04.640 Not yet? I mean I could see that if they did, 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:07.000 I would understand why. But I think, you know, his 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:10.720 start against the Athletics was fine, so he hasn't had 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:12.839 two bad starts in a row to where you're saying 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:14.880 like this doesn't work, Like it didn't work against Texas, 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:19.079 but you know there were a couple of poorly hit 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:21.400 balls that landed four key hits, to where like if 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:24.160 they find gloves, maybe can get through five. It's a 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:27.520 different conversation even if it's like an unoppressive five, but 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:32.200 with one start left until the deadline, basically for him, 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:39.080 without anybody currently crushing in Charlotte's Like, Sandlin's been fine, 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:42.360 but you know, I think he has his weaknesses right 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:45.640 now to where it feel like you're replacing Schultz with 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:48.400 kind of a similar type pitcher. Mason Adams has been 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.520 throwing mostly well, although he's a kitchen sink, righty, who 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:54.920 doesn't have necessarily one out pitch, so you might be 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.240 throwing him to the same kind of debate after a 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:00.960 couple starts, they have a couple guys they can go to. 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:05.280 But I think he's probably earn enough Leo Way to 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:08.640 have one more starts, see what the trade deadline offers, 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:12.440 and see if that, you know, displaces him from the rotation. 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:15.680 And then after that, if like say, the trade deadline 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:19.000 comes and goes and they haven't displaced him, or another 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:21.320 injury pops up to where like they still might need 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:24.800 Schultz of the rotation or somebody in that spot, then 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:27.439 maybe have the discussion about him or Sandlin or Mason 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:33.040 Adams or whoever. But yeah, it's frustrating to watch, and certainly, 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:37.920 you know, with the amount of hype that he had, Yeah, 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.679 I think there is a little bit of fatigue or 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:44.600 disenchantment setting in of just like, maybe this guy's that good, 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:49.520 but the options behind him aren't all that compelling right 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.040 now to where like I'll give Shultzen more turn and 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:52.960 then see what happens. 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:56.240 It is funny and how this season has played out 0:11:56.320 --> 0:12:01.480 and where very positive big surprises the position player side, 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.959 but Noah schultzen Hagen Smith and I guess we could 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:08.360 throw Tanner McDougal with how excited we were and how 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:12.080 well he was throwing in spring training. This season just 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:15.559 hasn't panned out for those three pitchers. I don't want 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:18.440 to say, oh my gosh, the entire pitching development program 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:20.720 for the White Sox is in disarray. I'm not saying 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:22.880 that at all. It's just kind of funny to me 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:26.080 the yin and yang of this season for the White 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:30.120 Sox where man, it would have been great if Noah 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:34.040 schultzen Hagen Smith performed like the frontline starters that we 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:38.080 hope they can still be. On a promotional side, as 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:41.240 James teed it up for me, you could watch our 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:45.480 episode regarding Kyle Teel's impact on our YouTube channel at 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.360 YouTube dot com slash Socks Machine. 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But I 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:20.160 guess quickly, as far as a roundtable, if the White 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.480 Sox do make a trade in the upcoming days and 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:25.520 the starting rotation, it's not so much of trying to 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:29.440 find someone better than Eric Fetti and an opener. It's 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:33.439 now thinking how can we buy time to send Noahs 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:34.880 Schultz to Charlotte? 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:36.520 Is that what we're thinking, Jim. 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:43.840 Yeah, probably just because of options, just because Fetti is fine. 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:45.960 I only think you want to Fetti's in the rotation. 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:49.360 As we kind of saw with now Fetti going four 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.040 and then Schultz not getting to four, then Anthony k 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:55.360 going five, it's a lot of short starts in a row. 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:57.839 So I think you can only have one of those 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:02.640 opener two times through type pictures before things start getting hairy. 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.280 So I think the hope is the White Sox finds 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:08.680 somebody who can handle his own start day without meeting 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:13.160 assistance and just yeah, pushes everybody down to where yeah, 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.480 maybe even like k would be fourth and Fetti would 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:18.520 be fifth and Schultz would be down in Charlotte's would 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:22.120 probably be like the ideal outcome based on where you 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:23.360 think the White Sox are shopping. 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:29.520 If you're watching us, you already know we're wearing mack 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.440 Weldon right now as we talk about a great brand 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:34.760 that makes things so comfortable and easy to wear. 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You need me injury law made personal, that's 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:52.760 ink In Law. 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:58.040 Well, let's talk about something positive for the Chicago White 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:00.480 Sox other than Noah Schultz, which that was a butt 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:02.680 whoop being lost. But again the White Sox ended up 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:05.400 winning the series against the Texas Rangers. They won two 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:08.640 out of three in this road trip, going to Toronto 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:11.240 and Texas after the All Star break. For a very 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:14.080 young team, there was some concern and how they would do, 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:16.880 especially after they swept the Athletics and there was some 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:19.960 time off, and they responded very well. If you take 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:21.960 a look at the last four road series for the 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:26.080 White Sox, they are three zero and one, that one 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:29.080 being the four game split in Cleveland, but they are 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:31.600 eight and five in their last thirteen road games. And 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:34.960 what really helped for the Chicago White Sox offensively are 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:38.480 the offensive heroes for this series. Miguel Vargus went four 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:41.880 for fourteen. He had three doubles this series and drove 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:47.000 in two RBIs. Andrew ben Attendee three for ten, but 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:50.360 the Vet had five RBIs in this series. And give 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:53.160 it up for Chase my Draw. Chase my Draft had 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:57.000 a four hit game in Wednesday's victory and he also 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:01.920 drove in two RBIs for the Chicago White Sox. And 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.880 on the offensive front for the White Sox, James, let's 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:09.440 start with Chase my Draft and his success. 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:10.280 On Wednesday night. 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.480 I know that I pointed out as far as his 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.840 struggles with runners in scoring position. He had two hits 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:20.520 on Wednesday with runners in scoring position. We're gonna have 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:23.480 an upcoming podcast episode with White Sox Diructor of hitting 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:27.919 Ryan Fuller, and again, it's all about decisions, contact, and 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.600 damage for the Chicago White Sox. Those are the three 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:33.680 pillars of their hitting program. And I know the White 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:37.280 Sox want their hitters to focus on creating as much 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:40.240 damage as possible, but I do wonder with runners in 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:44.359 scoring position, is it okay have Chase my draft takes 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:48.960 a lesses more and focuses on better contact in those 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:51.159 situations to help out the White Sox offense. 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:57.159 James Well to further spoil our episode when we asked 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.879 Ryan Fuller about what he feels about two strike approach 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:01.880 that I think kind of plays into the same thing 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:05.879 you're talking about with runners and scoring position situations where 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:08.320 you know a single will do it, is that they're. 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:09.320 Less opposed to. 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:13.720 Having a contact or you know, shoot the ball the 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.200 other way type of approach. It's more than they don't 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:20.200 want these physical sacrifices in your swing of like let's 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:24.240 tampen your impact for the sake of contact in its 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:26.720 own right. They don't like, they don't believe in just 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:29.439 touch it as a way of like being successful. And 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:32.600 that's really like with the way defenses are, like, that's 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:34.520 not necessarily a run scoring plan to just put the 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:36.520 ball in play if it's not if it's two outs, 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:39.600 or if it's a runner on second like or even 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:43.440 just like certain runners on the contact play. We've certainly 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:47.080 seen that blow up sometimes. So I don't think one 0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:49.600 like with Chase my draft, Like, obviously we've seen him 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:54.280 be this you know, contact version of himself where he's 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.119 very dedicated to you know, slapping the ball the other 0:18:57.160 --> 0:19:00.639 way or kind of hitting low line drives. This is 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:04.000 not like new to him in some way where that's 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:05.840 not already in his bag. And I think like his 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:09.240 contact rates been kind of trending up this month already 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:11.399 in a way that like he's already kind of referenced 0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:13.160 like the level of swing and miss spiking his game 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:15.560 this season. He wanted to do more damage, but he's 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:17.720 been talking about trying to see it deeper and you know, 0:19:18.440 --> 0:19:20.520 not being as obsessed with catching the ball up front. 0:19:20.840 --> 0:19:23.440 So certainly in those situations where he has opportunity to 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:25.359 drive and runs while doing it, I think he's already 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:26.680 pretty geared to. 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:28.440 Do that in some way. 0:19:28.600 --> 0:19:31.760 But also like the White Sox methodology is not like swing, 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:38.600 while there's certainly probably more you know, damage oriented, and 0:19:38.640 --> 0:19:41.159 certainly past iterations and what they preach and what they 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:42.440 want to see other offense as. 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:44.320 A whole, they. 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:47.640 They are very much like we want to see some hitability, 0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:49.760 want we want to see you like be able to 0:19:50.119 --> 0:19:52.600 adjust your approach or you know, adjust what prior to 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:55.520 the field you're like coming for or show some adjustability 0:19:55.520 --> 0:19:58.080 in your swing, not necessarily in like h let's spread 0:19:58.160 --> 0:20:00.520 super out and like take your leg out of it, 0:20:01.320 --> 0:20:03.680 but let's like maybe say see some different shapes or 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:06.840 impact levels. Are you know, more of a slower, you know, 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:09.680 back control type swing than you know, your best bat 0:20:09.720 --> 0:20:11.760 speed for a meatball on the zone, which was like 0:20:11.880 --> 0:20:13.679 you know the other side of what they preach, and 0:20:13.880 --> 0:20:17.200 you know it was sometimes it's more obvious than other 0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:19.920 times when I'm stalling my answer to look up something 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:22.560 on Fangrass, but like, yes, my drafts of like his 0:20:22.640 --> 0:20:25.480 contact rates are like all trending way up from the 0:20:25.560 --> 0:20:27.680 year over the course of July. He was like eighty 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:31.840 eight percent overall in July going into Wednesday night, where 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:34.560 I'm thinking he probably boosted it further from that, whereas 0:20:34.600 --> 0:20:36.400 he was at eighty two for like the entire year, 0:20:36.400 --> 0:20:38.399 and you're seeing like a lot more or he was 0:20:38.440 --> 0:20:41.520 like under ninety under ninety percent zone contact for the 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:44.480 year and now he's back up over near ninety two 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:48.000 and probably over it now you've been seeing him kind 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:50.159 of like get back to a little bit more of 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:52.919 the contact oriented style. Of his last year, just just 0:20:53.000 --> 0:20:55.400 kind of a response to the way you're struggling even 0:20:55.400 --> 0:20:58.879 more than situationally for a while. And this game was 0:20:58.920 --> 0:21:02.400