There are no guarantees in baseball. Bad teams can (and do) beat good teams. So while these White Sox are absurdly, historically, undeniably awful, they are also capable of rolling into Camden Yards and winning a game this week. Let’s not allow that to happen.
It is worth sticking on the White Sox’s remarkable struggles for just a moment. Readers of this blog will remember the rather recent stretch of Orioles baseball from 2018-2021 that included three seasons of 100+ losses. The 2018 campaign was particularly brutal as the team went 47-115, sold off everyone, and started the organization on a massive rebuild.