The White Sox still sit in fourth place in the American League Central but if second place is an immediate goal, they’re almost there. They’ve won two straight and seven of their last ten and they now sit at 22-26. Not impressive, but they’re only two game back of the second place Tigers. They still have a long way (nine games) to catch the Indians but at least they’re moving in the right direction. It’s also nice that they’re putting some distance between themselves and the Twins.
Hitting is still a problem and the White Sox have just a .389 slugging percentage as a team. Paul Konerko is earning that contract extension he got but it kind of goes downhill after that. Carlos Quentin has the power numbers but he’s hitting right around .250 so he needs to turn it up. Alexi Ramirez has been pretty good and it’s nice seeing his OPS above .800. Alex Rios and Adam Dunn need to turn it up though.
On the pitching side, all five starters have been decent but nobody has quite gone lights out yet. I like Phil Humber’s numbers but you wonder how long that’s going to last with that strikeout rate. Edwin Jackson is getting the punch outs, but he’s giving up way too many hits.
The White Sox take on a rejuvinated Rangers team because they’re getting some big names back in their lineup. John Danks goes for his first win of the season and he faces Alexi Ogando, who hasn’t lost a game yet.
