Nick Madrigal has been a more important part of this White Sox team than I ever expected.
Admittedly, I have not been as high on him as others. In my eyes, his ceiling came out to be a unicorn of a hitter stylistically, but someone who ends up near-league average when you boil it down to overall production, due to his lack of power.
However, with his recent play, Madrigal absolutely has been proving me wrong. The cratering offensive landscape in the MLB has had less of an effect on Madrigal because
A. The deadened balls don’t matter as much to him as others, because power isn’t a major part of his game anyway
B.