There was a brief positive for the DSL White Sox early in the season: They won their first game, the only time they were better than .500 in 2018.
Hector Acosta was also an early positive, as he earned a promotion to Arizona after only four games pitched. He left the DSL with a 3.33 FIP, but then the bad resurfaced, as Acosta had a 7.09 FIP in the AZL.
The 2018 season was abysmal. Because the White Sox signed Luis Robert and couldn’t sign any additional international free agents for more than $300,000, negatives were expected, of course.