On Sunday, the White Sox lost 1-0 to the Angels as Anaheim completed a 3 game sweep in Chicago. However, not to be lost in the conversation is the improvement of starter Reynaldo Lopez.
Lopez – acquired from Washington in December of 2016 – struck out 10 Angel batters before being lifted after six innings.
As noted by Brian Sandalow, with a 1.43 ERA, 29 strikeouts, and a .165 opponents’ batting average against him in his last four starts, Lopez ‘[c]an enter the offseason on an upswing.’ This is good news for a team who just lost arguably their best pitcher for the 2019 season.