First, Adam Engel and Eloy Jiménez went down with major injuries in March. Tim Anderson had his own that put him on the 10-day IL not even a week into April. Garrett Crochet hit the IL after one month, and while he would return shortly after, Luis Robert would follow him there for a much longer stay. Adam Eaton looked physically compromised by mid-May and finally hit the IL a month later. Billy Hamilton. Nick Madrigal. It’s felt like an endless parade marching into the trauma ward.
And yet, for all this heartache, the White Sox still reside firmly in first place in the AL Central and have managed to keep pace with the best teams in the league.