After a lot of lineup changes — and roster changes — last season, things could be more settled for the White Sox in 2018.
Saturday’s starting lineup was the same one manager Rick Renteria wrote down on opening day. Compared to 2017, two games in a row with the same batting order is bordering on a streak.
Renteria used 150 batting orders last season, a different one nearly every game. Even his most common combination — with Leury Garcia leading off, followed by Melky Cabrera, Jose Abreu, Todd Frazier, Avi Garcia, Matt Davidson, Tim Anderson, Kevan Smith and Yolmer Sanchez — was used only three times.