Buehrler's Hurlers

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 t...

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...

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 b...

The White Sox are in the middle of the most important stretch of the season and it's been more of the meh.  HISTORY!!!! No, not the good kind. The CWS invent a new triple play.  Gavin Sheets and Dylan Cease have looked good recently. Are we the dumbest and worst coach team in the league? Should the CWS pursue pitching or hitting if they end up buyers?

After listening to the last episode, it's time for some optimism! Dylan Cease, getting healthy, more than half the season left, two pretenders ahead of us.  It ain't over yet! It's been pretty ugly but every day is another opportunity to turn everything around. We catch up before the sox hit the road against the LAA and SFG.  Yermin revenge tour?

The Sox are showing some signs of life.  They're still behind in the division but Jake Burger and Danny Mendick are keeping us alive.  Pito is starting to look like MVPito again.  Another rash of injuries hits the team like it always does.  Moncada is a dumpster, maybe the five-hit game wakes him up. 

The White Sox enter a series with Toronto at 23-23.  The Sox are treading water and every game has been a grind so far. Our best player just went on the IL for what hopefully is a short absence.  Keuchel has been DFA'd, ciao.  The hurlers try and find some bright sides out there but it has been pretty brutal for Sox fans this month and this season. This team are heading into a chall...

The White Sox return to some semblance of baseball with a hot streak.  This episode was recorded before Naylor became our a new divisional enemy so keep that in mind. Sox pitching and defense has been great, the hitting has been well enough.  Let's hope the Sox can build on this momentum and see some bigger contributions from Jose and Yaz. 

We're gone for four weeks and the Sox have been stinking it up in the interim.  We trash nearly the entire roster, ownership, management and facility infrastructure in a rage fueled pod.  Let's hope the pale hose can turn it around this week against the Cubs.

Ladies and gentleman, baseball.  Opening Day is upon us. The Sox acquire A.J. 'The Answer' Pollock for Craig Kimbrell.  Does this fill the holes some Sox fans have been loudly pointing to? A new batch of injuries leaves the pitching staff pretty weak heading into the season.  Johnny Cueto will pitch for the CWS in 2022, we discuss this reality. 

Buehrler and Hurler are back at it again. The lockout is over! Mark Buehrle is on the HoF ballot for another year! The Sox signed a bunch of maybe bums.  We get into the latest offseason acquisitions and one major departure. We will miss you Hard Carl.  We're probably a bit rusty but we'll get there.  Season Two!!!

We're a month out from baseball being played and the deck is getting reshuffled as we head into free agency.  Will the White Sox go out and get us the piece(s) we need to get to the next level?  We discuss some expiring contracts, who and what we want targeted in free agency.   Many thanks to all the listens for this season and we will be back bigger and better next season.  Sp...

The White Sox season came to an end after a 3-1 defeat to the Houston Astros in the ALDS.  There were some great moments but overall a disappointing end to the season.  We discuss what stood out in the series, mostly the talent gap between the Sox and Astros.  Heading into the 2022 season with more questions than we anticipated.

Who doesn't love a 5 hour baseball game?  The Sox bats woke up in an epic home playoff game.  The bullpen shut down the Astros late.  Catcher shenanigans. Leury Garcia is the hero we deserve. Ryan Terpera reminds everyone Houston cheated to win a World Series.  A huge day for the Sox and we chat about how it was watching the game live at Guaranteed Rate.  *** Game 4 has be...

The Sox nailed down the third spot in the playoffs and we know the schedule.  We're giving out season awards and maybe more honorable mentions.  We get into matchups heading into the ALDS series against the Astros.  What are the biggest concerns and strengths going into this series?  BONUS: Stay tuned after the episode for unrelated nonsense about Ritz crackers and old school p...

We're in!  The Chicago White Sox clinch the AL Central for the fourth time in team history and head to back to back playoff appearances for the first time in team history.  We talk about who has some work to put in before season end.  Don does everything in his power to trade Eloy Jiminez.  Yasmani Grandal fan club appreciation as well.  The hurlers catch up on all things...

The Sox are playing .500 baseball since the ASG.  We talk about the if a team can play compelling baseball without a division rival.  How do we stack up in the AL?  Player of the month debate between Pito and Luis Robert.  Who is the best relief pitching option from a field of poo? The Field of Dreams game was a classic and we go over the event.  We ask a number of questio...

They're back... Eloy Jimenez and Luis Robert rejoin the club and the Sox are really looking like a World Series team.  Total beat down of the Cubs feels so good.  Rodon bounces back.  We offer some apologies for bad takes.  We got the Field of Dreams game coming up and we're pumped... not so much for the limited edition dog fur fitted caps.

Blockbusters on blockbusters on blockbusters in this season's trade deadline.  The White Sox got into the mix acquiring Cesar Hernandez, Ryan Tepera and Craig Kimbrel.  Nicky 'Two Strikes' we hardly knew ye.  Eloy is back in the lineup... and he's gone.  We rank Sox starters one through four for the playoff rotation.

Another All Star Game has come and go and it was one to remember.  Throw the AL ASG jerseys in the trash though. Sox slop the 'stros.  Eloy and Robert are coming back baby! So who's going down to the minors though? Don pitches a crazy trade that just may make the Sox unstoppable.  We go over some of the preseason bets we placed.  Spoiler: IT'S BAD.  

Sox and Twins rivalry is back baby!  After a triumphant series against the Twins the Sox laid a few eggs in Detroit.  The rookies keep on crushing the ball.  Updated Rodon, Lynn and Giolito contract rankings.  Trevor Story or Starling Marte in the future?  BONUS: We execute a trade in our fantasy league on the air, involving one Sox stud and a former NL MVP.

The Sox offense has disappeared the past week.  We talk about some bringing some farmhands up to get a look before the deadline.  Yasmani Grandal is a man beast.  Long term Sox rotation discussions in light of an injury filled season.  Frank Thomas v Gordon Beckham for best guest broadcast.

MLB is putting goo on trial and the hurlers are yakking about it. Spin rates are up across the league and they have had enough.  We talk about Sox who may be most impacted by goo regulation.  How does the league monitor goo? League sanctioned goo?  Link to SI article: https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/06/04/sticky-stuff-is-the-new-steroids-daily-cover

The hurlers are on corpse watch again, this time for beloved second baseman Nick Madrigal. Nick has been added to the 60 day DL with the chance of season ending surgery. We talk about potential replacements and also just how great of a player Nick is. Special shout out to friend of the podcast, Dan Diaczun, for creating the corpse watch logo.