The Chicago White Sox have seen better days. The team is losing so many games, that they are now seeing new lows. The team has failed to have a batter intentionally walked this season. That is the longest span to open the year since the stat was first recorded in 1955, per USA Today.
The newspaper is attributing that information to Codify Baseball. The stat is truly glaring in how bad it is, but that isn't the worst news for the White Sox. Chicago is also on track to have the worst run differential in baseball since the 1932 Boston Red Sox, per USA Today. That Red Sox team was outscored by a whopping 349 runs.
Woes for the White Sox
Chicago has a 15-44 record on the year. The team is on a woeful losing streak, having lost their last 10 games. Chicago has won only 5 road games on the season, and lost 23. That is the worst road record in baseball. Their home record isn't much better, at 10-21. The team is already 24.5 games behind in the American League Central, with months still to go on the season. This may truly be rock bottom in the Windy City.
Things don't seem to be looking better anytime soon for the White Sox. The team is rumored to be dealing outfielder Tommy Pham soon, with the Atlanta Braves as a possible landing spot. Pham has been a bright spot for the team, with a .287 batting average so far this season. The outfielder literally just joined the team, after playing for the New York Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks in 2023. It appears the team may be in total disarray.
This news has to be very difficult to digest for White Sox fans. The team last won a World Series in 2005 and has a long, rich history in Major League Baseball. The team has been around since 1894, when they were known as the Sioux City Cornhuskers. The franchise moved to Chicago in 1900 after years in Sioux City and St. Paul, Minnesota. Chicago last made the AL Playoffs in 2020.
It's not just fans that are upset about the situation. Former White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, who was skipper on the 2005 team, is complaining about the way things are going. Guillen feels the team's current manager Pedro Grifol is paying too much attention to statistics, and not to actual game management.
Clearly, something is rotting in Chicago. The season is quickly slipping away and the White Sox need something close to a miracle to happen to turn the ship back around.
That needs to start on Sunday. The White Sox take the diamond to try and snap their bitter losing streak, in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The first pitch is scheduled for 2:10 Eastern.
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