November 3, 20214 yr NUMBER 2 in ESPN's early "power rankings." https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32515195/way-too-early-2022-mlb-power-rankings
November 3, 20214 yr It's strange to me that the White Sox have better odds than Boston, Tampa Bay, Milwaukee, Toronto and San Francisco.
November 3, 20214 yr Author Just now, Jerry McNertney said: It's strange to me that the White Sox have better odds than Boston, Tampa Bay, Milwaukee, Toronto and San Francisco. Sure, but not everyone is eeyore when it comes to the White Sox.
November 3, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Jerry McNertney said: It's strange to me that the White Sox have better odds than Boston, Tampa Bay, Milwaukee, Toronto and San Francisco. I think we have better odds than them because they play in more competitive divisions for the most part. There is no guarantee those teams will won their divisions.
November 3, 20214 yr 33 minutes ago, Jerry McNertney said: It's strange to me that the White Sox have better odds than Boston, Tampa Bay, Milwaukee, Toronto and San Francisco. Why? We have far better division odds than all of them. We had a better record than Boston and Toronto this past season and beat them both head-to-head (tied Tampa, lost to Milwaukee, didn't play SF). We also have a more talented roster than most if not all of those teams. Pick your head up out of Soxtalk and, like it or not, the national take on the White Sox is "loaded young team, just won division, on the upswing."
November 3, 20214 yr 42 minutes ago, Jerry McNertney said: It's strange to me that the White Sox have better odds than Boston, Tampa Bay, Milwaukee, Toronto and San Francisco. Its not strange at all. The Sox have one of the best rosters in the game, and will for some time.
November 3, 20214 yr 54 minutes ago, Jerry McNertney said: It's strange to me that the White Sox have better odds than Boston, Tampa Bay, Milwaukee, Toronto and San Francisco. I'd be suprised if we didn't have better odds than those teams. Apart from coaching, which offense out of all of them would you rather have? Which pitching staff would you rather have? The answer to both of those (at least for me) is the White Sox.
November 3, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said: I'd be suprised if we didn't have better odds than those teams. Apart from coaching, which offense out of all of them would you rather have? Which pitching staff would you rather have? The answer to both of those (at least for me) is the White Sox. I'd easily rather have the Jays offense over ours, even if they lose Semien. Brewers have the best top 3 in all of baseball for starting pitching. Most of those teams don't have the balance the Sox have though.
November 4, 20214 yr Eh 12-1 is probably right, especially since the Sox should coast to a division win. Besides the obvious holes in RF and 2B, the Sox probably need a #1 SP to be a serious World Series favorite type of team.
November 4, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Texsox said: I wish no WS being played was an option. I'd like to gauge that likelihood. If you tried to bet on it, wouldn't they have to create a line at that point?
November 4, 20214 yr 14 hours ago, chw42 said: I'd easily rather have the Jays offense over ours, even if they lose Semien. Brewers have the best top 3 in all of baseball for starting pitching. Most of those teams don't have the balance the Sox have though. You'd rather have the Blue Jays lineup ()without Semien) than ours?! They have 4-5 weak spots. We'd have 2-3.
November 4, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said: You'd rather have the Blue Jays lineup ()without Semien) than ours?! They have 4-5 weak spots. We'd have 2-3. Yup. Springer was out for a lot of last year. If he stays healthy that lineup is probably just as good as it was last season. We may have less weak spots but we don't have the type of impact bat that Vlad Jr. is. Don't get me wrong, Robert might get somewhere close to that one day, but he's not there yet.
November 4, 20214 yr 27 minutes ago, chw42 said: Yup. Springer was out for a lot of last year. If he stays healthy that lineup is probably just as good as it was last season. We may have less weak spots but we don't have the type of impact bat that Vlad Jr. is. Don't get me wrong, Robert might get somewhere close to that one day, but he's not there yet. Rumor is they’re going to spend a ton this offseason again
November 4, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Dam8610 said: If you tried to bet on it, wouldn't they have to create a line at that point? I'm certain someone would.
November 4, 20214 yr 51 minutes ago, chw42 said: Yup. Springer was out for a lot of last year. If he stays healthy that lineup is probably just as good as it was last season. We may have less weak spots but we don't have the type of impact bat that Vlad Jr. is. Don't get me wrong, Robert might get somewhere close to that one day, but he's not there yet. Robert, Eloy and Grandal all missed significant time as well (just as springer did)
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