Young White Sox Still ‘Feel Like We Are the Best Team in the Division’ Ahead of Crucial Stretch

State of the high-stakes AL Central race ahead of the crucial Chicago White Sox-Cleveland Guardians showdown

Setting the stage for the upcoming Chicago White Sox-Cleveland Guardians series at Progressive Field that could go a long way toward deciding the AL Central crown.

Young White Sox still 'feel like we are the best team in the division' ahead of crucial stretch

<p>ST. LOUIS, Mo. — From a detached, outsider perspective, the 2026 <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" >White Sox</a> have been doing backstrokes in an infinity pool full of house money all year. To have 75 wins at all, let alone with 16 games remaining, is already beating most of their preseason projections.</p><p>From a clubhouse perspective, seeing their lead in the American League Central shrink to 1.5 games ahead …

Young White Sox still ‘feel like we are the best team in the division’ ahead of crucial stretch

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — From a detached, outsider perspective, the 2026 White Sox have been doing backstrokes in an infinity pool full of house money all year. To have 75 wins at all, let alone with 16 games remaining, is already beating most of their preseason projections. From a clubhouse perspective, seeing their lead in the American League Central shrink to 1.5 games ahead of a crucial six-day road trip that ends with three matchups against the sec…

Four White Sox to watch over the final 16 games, even if through your fingers

A few days ago in the August Month in a Box, we talked about the White Sox's month-to-month decreases in run differential, and whether they signaled a team that's adept at managing a schedule's degrees of difficulty, or a team that's gradually running out of juice. Being held to five runs over a three-game sweep at home by the Pittsburgh Pirates, a series during which the White Sox never held a lead at any point, makes it easier to indulge the p…