Daniel Palka was the Chicago White Sox MVP on Monday, with a .24 WPA off a 3-for-5, one-RBI game. Nicholas Castellanos, who went 5-for-5 with two runs, a homer and five RBIs, was the game MVP, with a .55 WPA.
Heading into Monday’s action, Omar Narváez was hitting .376 since June 7, the best mark in the majors. Narváez went 1-for-3 with a solo homer on Monday.
Coming into Monday’s game, the Detroit Tigers were last in baseball, with 93 home runs (.782 per game). The White Sox helped them improve on that paltry number, with Castellanos hitting a home run in the seventh inning off of Jeanmar Gómez.