Sox fans might not have noticed this one because it came during Sunday’s 2-1 loss to the Cubs, which ended the team’s winning streak at seven.
“The scary part for everybody else in baseball is that this core is locked up now for almost half a decade,” ESPN’s Jeff Passan said, rattling off a list of highly productive players under multiyear contracts.
“Jason Benetti, our friend and the White Sox play-by-play announcer, when Jose Abreu hit that home run off Yu Darvish (on Sunday), watching how far it went, said, ‘Oh, my goodness!’ That’s what everybody says when they look at the White Sox lineup this year and the damage that they’ve been doing there.