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Rays are usually a very good team playing in a pretty awful environment. Rays are edging ahead of Kc for attendance this season but time will tell.

This division is pathetic. But the Sox are still in it as bad as they have been this spring. We will see how if June can change our fortunes.

At least heading toward June, 9 games under .500, the Sox appear to have 2 very good starting pitchers. It would be great if they can finish the next 5 weeks 9 games over .500 as they head toward July.

The Celtics beat the Sixers with Doc Rivers the last two games with a "really" rookie manager this season. Managers do have some input but the organization and the players are the real key.

"I’d lean towards no." is how Hahn responded to the Sox 38 game performance so far this season. Hahn should be livid on the way he has handled this years's roster and the on-field performance of this team. It is not a "lean", it is..............................

Except you responded again 2 hours later.................

Don't look now but White Sox will go in to Tampa Bay series in Cell with a one game lead over KC.

How about Benintendi has an average of .295 and none of the other starters have an average above .240

No. White Sox didn't have an advantage last year. White Sox were a mostly a .500 team against EAST-Central-West and Inter-league. They were a .500 team against every division by 1-2 games in each direction.

I thought you had a great summary in the first paragraph but I think you lost it in the 2nd one. In 2022, the White Sox finished 15-17 against the East, 37-39 w Central, 18-16 w West and 11-9 against inter-league. So in 2022, they basically finished within a game of .500 against every division in baseball. So the White Sox did not "benefit" from playing their own division since they were really .500 against every division they played. They were really a perfect .500 team.

Even with some minor injuries to Eloy and Moncada and a more serious injury to TA, the Sox have been hitting the ball pretty well. I am concerned about BB since the Sox continue to not be patient at the plate. But outside of Cease the starters and bullpen have struggled. I do hope the offensive will be good once the lineup is restored but further injuries will hurt because the bench seems pretty weak. The Pitching needs to come around or the Sox will really struggle since most of the starters and relievers have been up and down.

That would be Chaim Bloom the former Senior VP of Baseball Operations who the Red Sox hired in 2019 to become Chief Baseball Officer. Bloom's new roster construction quickly developed a last place finish in 2022 and the 2023 outlook is just as bad as the White Sox. Bloom may be is on thin ice for 2023

I asked you the same question last week. Despite a very mediocre season last year, the Sox increased attendance by 300,000+ in 2022. While will attendance crater this year if it increased last year despite TLR and a lot of injuries? I think 2023 will see attendance up by over 500,000.

White Sox attendance was up in 2022 over 2021 by 12.5% despite a poor showing. I think it will be up again to 2 Million this year.

I think it is too early to determine that. As long as the Central is mediocre, the Sox can trend at .500 till August and then push into the 1st spot in September in the Central. However, if any Central team other than Sox opens up a large lead, then trending at .500 may put the Sox outside looking in if multiple East or West teams are having good years.

Lip: Not sure how you concluded that White Sox fans have scaled back interest in the White Sox. The 2022 Sox attendance was up over 2020. I will assume with a new Manager, attendance will be up to begin this season as well. Are season tickets down over the 2022 season? As a fan, I think a new manager will increase interest with the team to begin a new season this early . What do you base interest scaled back so far this season?

That might make more sense

But Kopech was still just warming his arm up yesterday as well. Hopefully next start will be an improvement.

Let's hope so. He had a poor spring giving up 11 runs in 12 inning but you can only take so much out of Spring training results. Hopefully he shows more next start.

Vaughn is hitting .143. Lets not move him anywhere this early.

Nice everyone except Eloy had a hit and the Sox had 11 for the game. Nice opening day start.

I would only say that 3rd is a key position which Abreu has held for a while. This is fine to start the year but if Moncada struggles early, you cannot be as patient with a 3 hitter as some other spots. I am not sure Benintendi is a 3 , as much as a 6 or 7, so I am not sure how we reassign the 3 if Moncada struggles

Certainly money is an issue. But so is playing time/position. I think the Sox thought Beni would be the full time left-fielder where the Yankees thought he was more apt to be a platoon guy. I think he has a great chance to be an everyday outfielder.