Since the predict threads are all of the rage for us morons this morning, let's get the annual Sox win prediction thread out there.  Vote in the poll, but add your post to this thread, or it never happened.

I'm going with 51. Pitching staff is ok and should improve. Hitting is hopeless until the prospects come up to take their limps bit gain experience for next year.

81 wins if everybody stays healthy.

59, a little better but...

54. 

I got overly exuberant in the bold predictions thread and yelled out 60, but they're just not going to score enough runs, and if they do, Drury, Robert, Tauchman, Thaiss, maybe even Vaughn will be out the door sooner than later. 

35 for the worst owner ever

I love that Andrew Vaughn as in Vanilla is considered one of their top hitters. 

53-56 although that could change at the deadline if teams actually want three or four Sox players.

I'm going with 56.

16 minutes ago, pcq said:

I love that Andrew Vaughn as in Vanilla is considered one of their top hitters. 

the "maybe even" indicates that I didn't consider him to be among the guys who would obviously be dealt. 

Edited March 18, 20251 yr by WestEddy

61. A twenty-win improvement necessary for Getz to keep his job and give validity that his rebuild may be working.

48-114. They're not going to be measurably better just less unlucky

53-56 is the second most optimistic lol.

Going with 53-56.  That's a big improvement from 2024 (with still a miserable record).  A lot of things went wrong last year, on top of just being a bad team.  New manager, fewer asshats, hopefully more caring and less moping.

I voted 53-56, but I honestly don't see how this team is any better than last season.

49 - 113. The roster is just as bad, but Venable will know how to navigate this better than Grifol ever did.

I picked 49-52 hoping that the majority of the players have a minor improvement without the Grifol effect. I know that hoping for 'bounce back' seasons from players will usually result in disappointment but I am trying to be an optimist.

My main worry is that the pitching looks weaker than last year and that is before any potential injuries. 

63

It won't be 70 but more than 35. That should cover the full spectrum.

Its statistically hard to lose 110+, so 55 wins for me.

Last year I penciled them in for 65 wins, so I'm hoping for a surprise in the other direction this year.

"The White Sox can’t be as bad as last year, because they lost 121 games, and that’s almost impossible to do even once, much less twice, particularly because there’s evidence they were unlucky. When you lose three of your best hitters to baserunning injuries in the first two weeks of the season, that’s when you’ve moved officially beyond “not enough talent” to “straight-up snakebitten.” They were probably more like a 110-loss team that also had things go badly; on the other hand, the 2025 team won’t have the services of Garrett Crochet, Michael Kopech, or Michael Soroka. There is, at least, plenty of high-level talent on the way – and plenty of confidence for right now. Perhaps, even, too much."

mlb.com Mike Petriello

3 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

"The White Sox can’t be as bad as last year, because they lost 121 games, and that’s almost impossible to do even once, much less twice, particularly because there’s evidence they were unlucky. When you lose three of your best hitters to baserunning injuries in the first two weeks of the season, that’s when you’ve moved officially beyond “not enough talent” to “straight-up snakebitten.” They were probably more like a 110-loss team that also had things go badly; on the other hand, the 2025 team won’t have the services of Garrett Crochet, Michael Kopech, or Michael Soroka. There is, at least, plenty of high-level talent on the way – and plenty of confidence for right now. Perhaps, even, too much."

mlb.com Mike Petriello

Kopech & Soroka's production will easily be replaced.  Crochet pitched 5 full innings 15 times, and they won 7 of those games. 

68

2 hours ago, WestEddy said:

Kopech & Soroka's production will easily be replaced.  Crochet pitched 5 full innings 15 times, and they won 7 of those games. 

But the problem will likely still be the same — not being able to score runs.  And that’s while hoping the Sox have two starters that can match Crochet’s performance and Fedde’s first half.

29 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

But the problem will likely still be the same — not being able to score runs.  And that’s while hoping the Sox have two starters that can match Crochet’s performance and Fedde’s first half.

Crochet threw 15 games where he lasted 5+ innings. The White Sox won 7 of those games. 3 of those wins were decided by 1or 2 runs. I believe the 2025 team will do better than last year's at scoring runs. I also believe this year's bullpen will be better constructed than last year's.