If you consider the 2025 Chicago White Sox, you in all probability would not affiliate them with … dominance.
That is what makes their 8-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday such a statistical oddity: It was Chicago’s fifth win of seven or extra runs this season, tied with their crosstown rivals (the Cubs) for essentially the most such wins in 2025.
In fact, nobody will confuse the 2025 White Sox with the 1927 “Assassin’s Row” Yankees, however that is nonetheless a formidable feat coming off a traditionally futile 2024 season that resulted in a 41-121 end.
And it isn’t just like the White Sox made drastic upgrades to their lineup this previous offseason, both (except you are a Josh Rojas, Austin Slater, Mike Tauchman or Michael A. Taylor fan). The White Sox do have some intriguing hitting prospects within the minor leagues, however they’ve but to floor at Price Subject, except second baseman Chase Meidroth.
It is all of the extra shocking that the White Sox have pulled this off with out a lot contribution from star outfielder Luis Robert Jr., who’s hitting simply .183 with 4 dwelling runs and a .622 OPS (although he does have 13 stolen bases). Ditto veteran outfielder Andrew Benintendi, who has a extra respectable .733 OPS however is hitting simply .231 with 5 dwelling runs in any other case.
Need much more intrigue? The White Sox ranked final in MLB in staff OPS heading into play on Could 1, sitting at a meager .620. That is merely remarkable for a staff that has by some means received the vast majority of its video games by 5 or extra runs this season.
However as Colorado Rockies supervisor Bud Black has been identified to say, “That is baseball.”
