White Sox will deploy Seranthony Domínguez in low-leverage spots — but for long?
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No, no.
You know what? You've got to let it flow. Our poor producer, Ray, spilled his coffee. So thanks for christening our studio over here.
No, no. It's okay. It's Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3, the score along with Marshall Harris. I am Mark Grody. The White Sox, who just took two out of three from the Royals over the weekend, are in Baltimore tonight. It is a Sean Burke. Shane Boz pitching situation. Burke, who's been really good lately, actually. 5-4, 371 overall. Great against Cleveland and the Yankees in recent appearances. So hopefully he can keep all that going against a team against whom the White Sox generally don't play particularly well.
Mr. Harris. You could argue they don't play well in either of the next two locations that they are traveling to over the last few years. That's Baltimore and Cleveland. And that four-game series is really big. But before you look ahead to this weekend and Fourth of July and Cleveland and all that, understand this. They're 1-15 in the last 16 matchups with the Orioles.
That's wild. It's bad. I have no idea.
He got swept in the season series a year ago and then won, I believe, one game the year before that. I mean, it's really bad.
What recent performance changes are affecting the White Sox?
But here's why I see this as a golden opportunity. We know the White Sox are trying to change their ways from the team that lost 100 games each of the last three seasons. We know that they haven't won a road series this year since the first week of May. They've lost seven straight road series for all the talk about how good they've been at home with the franchise record 10 straight home series wins. They've gone a long time, and they've got to be able to win the road if you're going to win the division. That's a real belief. We start the day today. If the playoffs started today, the White Sox would have, I don't know, a freaking first round bye in the American League playoffs, which is crazy. They're percentage points ahead of the Guardians because they played a different number of games, a virtual tie at the top of the NBA.
AL Central.
I mean, you got to look with a magnifying glass to see the lead the Sox have right now.
Which is fine. At least they're there, right? After taking two or three over the weekend. But you got to win on the road. So like a three and four road trip, I guess, would be acceptable. But four and three is what we're really talking about here. Because that means you've won a series on the road, something they haven't done. And the Orioles are a team that should be gettable this year. This is not the same White Sox team from a year ago by virtue of all the people that they've called up. whether it's since the beginning of last year or just the 13 guys they've called up this year to make their Major League debut.
Baltimore can't hurt you anymore. That's what this season has been this year. All the things that were terrible in the past are things you couldn't overcome, like the Dodgers or the Braves or such matters. This year, yeah, this is not the same thing that's happening. And another area in which the same thing is not going to be happening, and that is Sarah Anthony Dominguez, who has made it very clear. He has emanated through social media and with reporters that he is going to, the leverage will be lessened just a little bit for Sarah Anthony Dominguez for now to get the man right, which had to happen. I mean, this is the biggest duh move. Something had to happen with Sarah Anthony Dominguez, and it means more people have to step up.
Mark, I would argue this is a move that was overdue, but it's nice to know that when Will Venable looks down to his bullpen and they've got a small lead late innings, you've got Sean Newcomb, you've got Brian Hudson, and you've even got a two-inning possibility with Grant Taylor. Having that confidence in those three is just as important as understanding that Sir Anthony Dominguez is not it in high-leverage situations. He can't be the guy and let him work through things in the fifth inning or when you're down a few runs. That's how he has to get better.
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