I am enjoying this team for what it is right now - ahead of schedule and still continuing to grow as a team. There are still holes on the roster and the depth isn't quite there yet even though the farm is in a much better place. This is a fun team to watch and root for and has actually made me excited for baseball again.

But this team isn't winning the division this year. I fully expect them to be in WC contention all year due to the state of the AL as a whole. I don't see this team falling off a cliff and going through a long losing streak but they will struggle at times. It's going to be a fun summer of White Sox baseball.

35 minutes ago, Bonerko4Konerko said:

I am enjoying this team for what it is right now - ahead of schedule and still continuing to grow as a team. There are still holes on the roster and the depth isn't quite there yet even though the farm is in a much better place. This is a fun team to watch and root for and has actually made me excited for baseball again.

But this team isn't winning the division this year. I fully expect them to be in WC contention all year due to the state of the AL as a whole. I don't see this team falling off a cliff and going through a long losing streak but they will struggle at times. It's going to be a fun summer of White Sox baseball.

I think they have a better chance to win the division than a wild card. The AL Central is bad, and I don't see any team (the Sox included) going on a tear and breaking away from the pack. There are probably enough other teams in the AL that will start playing better and possibly add at the trade deadline to get a wild card.

All that said, I'm not sure the Sox are quite there to be a playoff team, or at least not a team that would go anywhere in the playoffs. As you said, there are still holes. And this is a young team that will likely be streaky. They could do some minor adding at the deadline, but I don't see anything dramatic happening.

The AL is so bad right now. 15 teams and 10 of them are under .500.

The Sox are also 24-17 VS teams with a losing record currently (including 12-5 VS the Central) and are 9-12 against teams with a winning record currently.

This next stretch will say a lot about the team, sucks they wont have Mune for it.

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32 minutes ago, hogan873 said:

I think they have a better chance to win the division than a wild card. The AL Central is bad, and I don't see any team (the Sox included) going on a tear and breaking away from the pack. There are probably enough other teams in the AL that will start playing better and possibly add at the trade deadline to get a wild card.

All that said, I'm not sure the Sox are quite there to be a playoff team, or at least not a team that would go anywhere in the playoffs. As you said, there are still holes. And this is a young team that will likely be streaky. They could do some minor adding at the deadline, but I don't see anything dramatic happening.

I can't see them overtaking Cleveland in the division.

1 hour ago, hogan873 said:

I think they have a better chance to win the division than a wild card. The AL Central is bad, and I don't see any team (the Sox included) going on a tear and breaking away from the pack. There are probably enough other teams in the AL that will start playing better and possibly add at the trade deadline to get a wild card.

All that said, I'm not sure the Sox are quite there to be a playoff team, or at least not a team that would go anywhere in the playoffs. As you said, there are still holes. And this is a young team that will likely be streaky. They could do some minor adding at the deadline, but I don't see anything dramatic happening.

Are we sure Cleveland isn't "going on a tear" right now? I mean, they've been doing nothing but win lately, are already on a 93-win pace, just beat the Yankees...if they keep playing the way they are they could well end up with one of the best records in the AL.

57 minutes ago, 35thstreetswarm said:

Are we sure Cleveland isn't "going on a tear" right now? I mean, they've been doing nothing but win lately, are already on a 93-win pace, just beat the Yankees...if they keep playing the way they are they could well end up with one of the best records in the AL.

Time will tell. It's early. Cleveland is 5-5 in their last 10 but 12-8 in their last 20. The Sox are 7-3 in their last 10 and 11-9 in their last 20.

Cleveland is the better team and has the better chance to win the division. But right now, the Sox are playing about as well as them.

Sox remain 8th in wRC+ at 106 and 8th in position player fWAR at 9.2. The Dodgers and than the top 8 are starting to separate there. There's a big gap from the Dodgers (15.2 ) to 2nd (NYY 12.4) and then from 8th to 9th (Mariners 8.2).

Defense for Sox remains slightly above avg since middle of May or so. 17th at -8.7 runs below avg.

Up to 15th in pitching fWAR at 6.0. There's some underlying metrics that suggest pitching won't keep this up, but so far so good.

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2 hours ago, Bonerko4Konerko said:

I can't see them overtaking Cleveland in the division.

Their pitching is much better. I agree.

I don't think the Wild Card is unrealistic though, not scared of the As, Rangers, Orioles, Twins Astros

So anyway...Isn't it crazy we might make the playoffs this year? 😆

On 5/31/2026 at 11:17 PM, richig761 said:

So, here's my little story with this team. I live in SoCal and cancelled MLB.TV during the 121 loss season. I still followed team news, every box score, etc. I was asked constantly asked by friends when I'd cave and order it again. Well, I made it to this season and back in March. I said "I don't think we'll be THAT bad this year. However, I will order MLB.TV again when the White Sox are .500 or better in June".

I made it to May. lol. I'm really enjoying this club.

Put it this way. The gauntlet of a schedule that we face in June? With no Murakami as well? (I do like Gonzalez, FWIW) If we play .500 or better in June? We're probably going to be in this for the long haul. I don't know if we have the firepower yet to beat Cleveland for the division. Given the outlook of the AL right now, though? We can certainly hunt down a wild card spot if we win 85-86 games. I would think. That would be a big victory for this team.

Playoff baseball!? Don't get my hopes up, but I get excited thinking about it.

Welcome !!

On 5/24/2026 at 4:58 PM, Lip Man 1 said:

Another lost bullpen season it appears.

It's a 10 day sample size. You can find a few 10 day sample sizes this year when it was good too.