5 On It: Which team is biggest threat to White Sox's pursuit of AL Central title?

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Mark Grote 0:01

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for five on it. Rahimi, Harrison, Rhodey. Bring you five topics on their minds today. On 1043 the score.

Mark Grody 0:17

Number one. The White Sox have their largest division lead of the season, up three and a half games on the second place Tigers, while the Guardians and Twins are four games back. So here is question number one. Which of these three teams is the biggest threat to the Sox pursuit of the division title?

Marshall Harris 0:37

Look. I know people are gonna say, well yeah, they just beat the Guardians, but the Guardians are right there. They're only four games back. I know the twins exist in their form, not quite the best team. I mean, none of these teams are over five hundred. But for me, it's very simple. Terek Scuble or not, you gotta be worried about the Detroit Tigers because we know what they are capable of from what they've done in the past. We understand that this is a team now that has won eight of its last 11 games.

Which AL Central teams pose the biggest threat to the White Sox’s division lead?

Marshall Harris 1:06

And it's interesting because I was asking myself: the Tigers start a series at home against Cleveland tomorrow. I was like, who am I rooting for? I want the guardians to sweep the tigers. Ya they need to be killed off. That that's why

Mark Grote 1:21

you have irrational fear of the tigers, I think.

Marshall Harris 1:25

Kevin McGonagall is the hands down rookie of the year in the American League. He's going to run away with rookie of the year. He has a five point three war in his rookie season. Have you seen Dylan Dingler?

Mark Grote 1:36

I've seen he's bombed the Cubs and the Sox this year.

Marshall Harris 1:40

Riley Green exists. Spencer Torkelson is a problem at times. Yeah. And so you look at the guys that they have that have some power. And I understand you want to say, well, they're they're not good overall. Well, I'll say this they're not great, but there's some guys that scare me a little bit. Vramber Valdez, uh Cater Montero. I've already seen what they are capable of. Um, and even without Terra Scoobyl. It just feels like they're the ones that are gonna give you the most problem coming down the stretch.

Mark Grote 2:10

I think it's the team that you just saw over the weekend. Even though you handled Cleveland and I think and yet you didn't even mention Casey Myes, no longer part of the Detroit Tigers pitching staff. He's gone. Santiago, I do believe. Scubil is gone. That's a huge deal. Like eventually you can't overcome your top two pitchers being gone. What scares me about Cleveland is their Cleveland Niss, but specifically, and that that is when I say Clevelandness, is how is this team doing what they're doing every single year? They're like the Cardinals when the Cardinals were on their prime, they'd always have a guy that you're like, who is this guy and why is he hurting my baseball team? You know, Gavin Williams is an excellent starting pitcher.

Mark Grote 2:52

You've got him and you've got the rookie Parker Mesick. Parker, um, who has been very good as well. That's a pretty good one-two punch atop of the Their starting rotation.

Why do the Detroit Tigers represent the most concerning opponent for Chicago?

Mark Grote 3:02

So I still think it's them. I I uh I understand what you're saying about Detroit, but I think, if I may, that you're going a little bit on reputation right now. You're going up uh you're going a little bit up on you've been hurt before. You're going a little bit too much on what the Tigers did last year when they were at full strength and they made the strong comeback at the end of the year. I just don't think the Tigers. Tigers, I think they're gonna run out of gas.

Marshall Harris 3:27

So in this three game series between the Guardians and Tigers, what is your desired result for the White Sox to benefit?

Mark Grote 3:34

Oh my good oh my goodness. Well then I guess I would say I would prefer that the Tigers, if I am sitting here telling you that the Cleveland is the team that I fear most, then yeah, I guess I guess stick it to them a little bit and then if I feel like I'm right and what I'm saying is Detroit will eventually they will fade away. I

Marshall Harris 3:50

just didn't understand your reputation comment just because the Guardians have been in the playoffs not only the last two seasons, but the majority of the season since twenty thirteen.