Buehrler's Hurlers

The season is underway and the Chicago White Sox have stumbled a bit. We take a look at the Corpse Watch with multiple key injuries early in the season. We talk about the resurgent Burger and his role on this team. Don expresses some concerns with Andrew Vaughn's longterm power potential. It is still early but the team is heading towards a big 13 game stretch against PHI(h), TB(a), TOR(a), TB(h) that will reveal the course of the first half. We conclude the episode with a new segment, the Hurlers' Our-Time Team. We debate the best CWS centerfielders from 1987 to now. We will continue building the roster in future episodes.

Don lays out the framework for some solid long shot Chicago White Sox bets to make this season. We talk about MVP, Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, divisional races, player counting stats and World Series odds we like. Dan offers some shook betting takes after taking a beating last season.

The Tuna Boys have returned to talk Chicago White Sox baseball. We focus the conversation around Spring Training, the World Baseball Classic and general 2023 CWS vibes. We exchange some pick ems: Grandal v Moncada, Giolito v Kopech, Graveman v Lopez and Eloy v Robert.

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*** This episode was recorded before MLB announced their investigation into Mike Clevinger for domestic abuse and child abuse.

We get caught up on all things Chicago White Sox since our December bonus episode.  

The hurlers stop by to check in before winter meetings.  We start off discussing the 2022 MLB playoffs and how the Sox compare to the Phillies and Astros.  We talk about new manager Pedro Grifol and his catching videos on youtube.  We talk about some departures from the roster and what we are eyeing for acquisitions.  This was recorded before Mike Clevinger was signed. 

The Sox keep on losing, and losing, and losing, and losing.  We go over some of the pains of the season and some of the high points.  We chat about what to do at SS and 1B next season.  We go over some completely asinine grades for players this season.

The winning streak has arrived!!!  It has been fun to be a Sox fan in September.  After excelling at meaningless singles form months, power hitting is here.  Led by Elvis Andrus the Sox finally look something like a powerful MLB offense.  We discuss the looming conflicts including the return of TLR's zombie-corpse, and what to do at SS when TA7 is healthy.  We chat about the 'sweeping' MLB rule changes. Don't stop now boys! 

The Sox were hot... now they are not. Don is now Dom and owes lobster dinners all over town. We discuss if the recent five game streak was the highpoint of the season. I'll bring up some fun details from the Kaskade concert. We nail TLR for being a disaster again and again, most recently with handling Michael Kopech.  40 games to go, in some ways it can't end soon enough.

We discuss the happenings and for the White Sox the non-happenings of the 2022 trade deadline.  The Sox made one move exchanging third string catcher Reese McGuire for veteran, lefty Jake Diekman. We talk more about what the Sox didn't do, that other teams did do.  Is it right to stand pat? We discuss some players who were moved.  What did the Twins do? Got better. The Sox continue to bob around .500.  Hopefully that improves with a healthier lineup.  

After the All Star break the Chicago White Sox find themselves at exactly .500 in third place in the AL Central. We do mid season honors for MVP and L(east)VP. Luis Robert has light headedness and blurred vision.  He was sent to the IL undiagnosed.  Don pitches his Juan Soto to the White Sox.  The Sox and Guardians face off in a big four game series.  The Friday game may have been the worst game of baseball this Tuna Boy has ever seen.  We discuss the grind and how it is not going away.