Stating the Obvious: The Chicago White Sox DON'T SUCK!

Remember when the Chicago White Sox were festering refuse poorly resembling a baseball team? Remember when they actually lost twenty games in a row? Remember when they were on the verge of breaking the record for most losses in a season, and they actually did by finishing with one hundred and twenty-one losses?!

Pepperidge Farm remembers. We all remember, it was two years ago. I even wrote about it!

So two years have passed, we're closing in on the start of the summer season, and what do we have here? The White Sox--winning games, and a lot of them. In 2024, the White Sox only won 41 games, barely over 25% of their games. With summer set to officially start on Sunday, the White Sox have 39 wins already. Even better than that, they're in first place in the American League Central. Historically, the White Sox and winning divisions haven't gone well together. Major League Baseball introduced divisions in 1969, though the White Sox only won the old American League West twice (1983 and 1993), and won the current AL Central four times.

When the White Sox sent Luis Robert Jr. to the New York Mets, I thought, "Well, they did him a favor." I don't think anyone had the White Sox being better than a team with Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor on it, but that's the case right now. This has been quite the team effort so far. Chase Meidroth currently leads in batting average, though the name that's been getting a lot of attention is Munetaka Murakami. Murakami currently has 20 home runs, and that is tied with Colson Montgomery for the team lead. Montgomery also leads the team with 45 RBI. Regarding pitching, Davis Martin is leading the team in wins (nine), ERA (3.31), and Strikeouts (83).

We've seen a quick turnaround like this in sports just recently. The NFL's Carolina Panthers won two games in 2023, and two years later, they won the NFC South. Granted, the Panthers went 8-9, but still, going from a two-win season to playoffs in just two years is an amazing improvement. This baseball season has seen some teams make some improvements, but the White Sox have to be the biggest deal right now. They lost 121 games two years ago, and they lost 102 games last year. Right now, they are in a bit of a dogfight with the Cleveland Guardians, who have won the AL Central three times in the last four seasons.

Currently, the White Sox are on pace to win as many as 88 games. That's more than double their win total from 2024. 88 wins isn't a whole lot, but it's a huge success for the White Sox, and as faulty as the AL Central is this year, it may be enough for them to win the division. It's still early. A lot of teams have close to 90 games left, which is barely over half of the season. And while it is too early to talk playoffs, it is getting late early, as the late, great Yogi Berra once said.

While there are just over three months left in the regular season, we are three and a half weeks away from the All-Star Break. That is always a pivotal portion of the season; dividing the year into two halves. If the White Sox are still above the playoff line by the end of July 12's baseball action, then they have a good chance to get in this year. If they're still leading the American League Central by the end of July 12's action, honestly, they should be in. The White Sox getting into this year's postseason will definitely be the story of the entire year, and it will be quite the sensation if postseason baseball hits Chicago's South Side in 2026.