5 On It: Rank the top 3 White Sox happenings since Friday (Hour 3)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The score. I got five.
It's time for Five On It. Rahimi Harrison-Roney. Bring you five topics on their minds today.
On 104.3 The Score.
I got five on it. Number one. Rank the top three White Sox happenings since Friday's show. Since you've been gone.
I know there's been so much. Okay.
How did the hosts rank the top three White Sox happenings since Friday?
I think number one is drafting Rock Cholowski because it's an investment in the future. It's a one, one. Okay. I need you to know Layla's reaching out for your team. Yeah. The future. And then I gestured upper diagonal and looked at my hand. So that's the thing because I thought it was going to be Grady Emerson based on all of the chatter over the past, I don't know, Thursday, Friday-ish. So that's number one. Number two, I think it's Tristan Peters hitting for the cycle because it's Tristan Peters hitting for the cycle.
Why do the hosts view Rock Chalowski as the White Sox' top long‑term investment?
And then number three is Munataka Murakami getting into not just the All-Star game, but also the Home Run Derby. So those would be my top three happenings.
Okay, okay, okay.
I don't know why I'm ranking Tristan's cycle over that. I think it's just because I have higher expectations for Munez of him getting to be All-Star and Homer and Derby. It's like icing on the cake, but it's not necessarily something major that you need to have happen for success.
I think number one is the White Sox freaking sweeping the athletics.
Oh, yeah, that also happened.
That's the number one thing that happened over the weekend because I... Listen... That sweep helped them maintain first place. If they don't sweep, like specifically win all three games, they're no longer in first place. And I think the discussion's a little bit different if you're a game back or two games back or three games back.
Why? Why do you think it's different? Why?
Because we are at a time where we're going to have, what, five days off? And when they come back to play, they're in first place. They are in the driver's seat. And being in the driver's seat is important. It gives you more margin for error. It means you're not chasing anyone. You're just trying to play your best baseball. And I think for them specifically, after what happened the first three days, first three games, excuse me, of last week, they needed to respond in kind, and they did.
But even if it's only two or three games, then it's not going to be like they have to do that much more to get back into first.
I think ending the first half on a sweep as opposed to ending the first half with a losing homestand are two completely different places for the White Sox as a young team trying to figure out how to win to be. I think that's the number one thing that happened over the weekend. I think the number two thing that happened over the weekend is the White Sox went from having one All-Star to three All-Stars. And adding Munataka Murakami and Tristan Peters shows just how far they've come. I mean, I don't know if y'all remember they had an all-star last year. And actually, he just had a good rehab start.
How important was Tristan Peters' cycle and Murakami's All‑Star/Derby nod to the White Sox weekend?
He only gave it one run over four innings. Shane Smith, remember him? Opening day starter, Shane Smith. So I think those are the first two things. And then the third thing, I struggled with this a little bit, but I think the third thing is the fact that they were... out here trading Jacob Gonzalez well ahead of the trade deadline to get a draft pick that would become Landon Tomey.
Why do I feel like that was too... I love Jim Tomey. Okay, let's just call a spade a spade. I love Jim Tomey. But if the draft pick attached to the last name wasn't Tomey, would you still feel good about giving up Brandon Isert and Jacob Gonzalez for a draft pick?
I think the jury's still out because we don't know whether it's Tomi or someone else.
That is a high price to pay.
But what I'm saying is whether it's Tomi or another name, as you're saying, it's still going to take us a year or two to figure out if that was okay.
I think that Pittsburgh knew it had a motivated buyer. Yeah.
That's fair.
I think that's a prospect you could have traded for relievers like you wanted.
I wanted him as part of a deal to get a cost-controlled starting pitcher well beyond this season.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:22
2
How did the hosts rank the top three White Sox happenings since Friday?
0:22–0:58
3
Why do the hosts view Rock Chalowski as the White Sox' top long‑term investment?
0:58–2:57
4
How important was Tristan Peters' cycle and Murakami's All‑Star/Derby nod to the White Sox weekend?
2:57–4:54
5
How did the White Sox sweep of the Athletics change their standing going into the All‑Star break?
4:54–10:43
6
What prompted the debate about the Jacob Gonzalez trade and the value of the Landon Tomey draft pick?
10:43–18:02
7
Is Alex Bregman showing signs of a real comeback before the All‑Star break?
18:02–40:00
Speakers
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