The Chicago White Sox need to finish in first place in 2020. The White Sox have an eleven-year playoff drought dating all the way back to 2008 when the team last played a playoff game. The drought is now one of the longest in American sports. The White Sox have taken long enough, and now next year is the year to make the playoffs. The best way to do this is by winning the division.
Winning the division is the White Sox best route to the playoffs. For one, they won’t have to worry about getting eliminated in a one-game wild-card game, although you shouldn’t write off the team’s chances with Lucas Giolito pitching it, for it to feel like a real playoff series and the Sox need to be guaranteed at least a spot in the ALDS.