The Chicago White Sox missed on Bryce Harper and Manny Machado during the 2018-19 offseason. That money wasn’t really spent anywhere else meaningful and they were returning a team that was similar to the team that went 62-100 the year prior. With all of that negative energy headed into the season, there weren’t really many high expectations for them. They ended up going 72-89 which was a ten-game improvement over the year before. They also saw a vast improvement from many of the important players.
The offseason has really put into perspective how much of a success the 2019 season was for the White Sox.