00:00Meanwhile, the White Sox are still in it as we head toward August.
00:02How about that?
00:03That's been the big story of the season.
00:04And maybe we got a manager of the year coming in Chicago, too,
00:08depending on how you feel about it.
00:09But it will be a test against the Rangers this week.
00:12The Rangers are starting to play a little bit better.
00:14They do have Jacob deGrom on the mound, so he is back.
00:17Kumar Rocker, who's been a little bit up and down.
00:19I think Wednesday's matchup heavily favors the White Sox with Kay against Quantrill.
00:24But beyond that, I'm starting to see Texas come alive here a little bit.
00:29And this is even without Corey Seager here, Tom.
00:31Are you starting to believe this year?
00:33I got to say, I don't know that Seattle's ever going to wake up.
00:36You know, like, I don't know.
00:37It just doesn't seem to happen.
00:39The thing I would say about this matchup is, you know,
00:41I've said about a few matchups before.
00:44It's like both teams need the two of the three.
00:46And it's for different reasons.
00:47Like the Rangers need two of the three because they can clearly put themselves
00:51in a spot or a better spot to take control or start taking control of the AOS.
00:55And then I keep wanting to say about the White Sox.
00:57Like, if they keep taking two out of three, they keep winning series.
01:00Like, they still need to prove it in my eyes, at least to some extent,
01:03just because they're over-exceeding expectations by such a high margin.
01:07They take two out of three.
01:07I'm like, okay, the White Sox are here to stay.
01:09And we're going to be approaching August, as you said.
01:11But the Rangers also need two out of three because they have a chance to
01:14jump on the Mariners who aren't running away with anything.
01:17No, Mariners, to me, have not looked good.
01:19But, again, losing Julio for a period of time,
01:21I think that hurt them on their offense as well.
01:23We know they could pitch.
01:24Seattle could pitch.
01:24Seattle could pitch.
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