What needs to happen for the White Sox to make the playoffs with the team as it’s currently constructed?

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What is the central question about the White Sox playoff chances being asked at the start of the episode?

Ozzie Guillen 0:01

rahimi harrison grody it's a team sport if uh you're mad about it you know take your ass to go play you know tennis we like sports and we don't care who knows middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 the score well there's no doubt about it hopefully the best of still in the head of of them you know we tried to win the division i think uh It's just kind of nice surprise. I just in Chicago, I think Major League Baseball surprised the way they're playing. I just talked to Matt Cox, I think it was Friday, and he was very surprised with the way those guys handled it and put it together and live it like that when nobody expects anything from them.

Vinny Rotino 0:43

This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. That is Ozzie Guillen talking about the White Sox. We continue with the question, with the team on the field. You're not making any trades yet. You're just asking for something from your teams on the field. Cubs and White Sox, 312-644-6767 is our number. What do you need to see out of the players you know and the team you know before you make any trades to help this team make the playoffs? We started with Cubs. Now we're moving to the White Sox. We'll take your calls and your texts in our next segment, 312-644-6767. And I started with Cubs, Marshall, so I feel like, you know, round robin. Now you get to start with the White Sox. What do you think?

Marshall Harris 1:23

All right, let's go to it. The White Sox fully healthy as far as offense goes or as healthy as they've been all season with the return of Munataka Murakami. What I need, number one, I need Munataka Murakami to be the hitter he was before he got hurt. Yeah. That power and that threat of power have to exist in the same way for the White Sox to be dynamic enough offensively to hold on to where they are.

Vinny Rotino 1:47

Yeah, I think that's fair. 20 home runs before he got hurt. Why not keep asking for that?

Marshall Harris 1:53

He had 20 home runs in 57 games and even with the three games without a home run and only a double to show for it in the first series back in that sweep against the Athletics. If he can just go with a 54 home run pace the rest of the way.

Vinny Rotino 2:07

Just.

Marshall Harris 2:08

Well, I mean, I'm just saying based on what he's done, that should be possible. And when I say based on what he's done, not just in Chicago, but before when he was in Japan hitting home run balls, when he was in the World Baseball Classic hitting home run balls. They need Mune to be Mune. And you know what? He's extra motivated because there is proverbial cash on the line. Because even though he's in the first year of a two-year deal, if he wants an extension before he hits free agency, this is how you can earn money before you even get to the end of that contract. I think his power is the key to unlocking what could be a top five, if not top three offense in baseball.

Vinny Rotino 2:47

All right, so that's your number one. I completely agree. I think Munez's success is key to the White Sox success. It's been great that they've won without him, and it's been great that they went almost 500. One game under in the 35 games without him, they won 17 games. You can't ask for much more. But as we saw in that Red Sox series, when you don't have him, you can face a hot team, and maybe you take one of those two or three, you know, and not get swept if you've got him in the lineup.

Marshall Harris 3:17

When you look at him, it's important, right? And the second thing that I'm going to talk about?

Vinny Rotino 3:23

Yes.

Marshall Harris 3:26

Davis Martin has had a great season so far. He didn't make the all-star team, but he's still been the Sox best pitcher overall.

Vinny Rotino 3:35

Yes.

Marshall Harris 3:36

When you look at the other starters that they have, specifically I'm looking at Sean Burke, and I'm looking at Anthony Kaye, and I'm saying they need to be the guys that they have been the last month of the season. When Davis Martin faulted, they were there to pick him up. Eric Fetty is what he is. His last six appearances, he only made one start because he's a bolt guy. He's your, I'm going to give you what I can give you. Four innings if that's it because you used a starter and then another guy before you got to me. That's just the way it is.

Vinny Rotino 4:08

My favorite was the opener and then another opener.