The Chicago White Sox fell 4-1 to the Detroit Tigers on Friday for his or her 121st lack of the season, essentially the most in MLB historical past. The mark broke the earlier report set by the enlargement New York Mets in 1962.
Chicago received 93 video games and the American League Central division in 2021 however has been in a gentle decline since. The White Sox received 81 video games in 2022 and 61 final season. They’ve received 39 video games to date this season, with two video games left.
After the Friday loss, the White Sox posted a picture to social media of a pc desktop with a listing of “Issues we might reasonably do than learn feedback” and a photograph of the workforce mascot sitting in opposition to a wall with the caption “slams laptop computer shut til tomorrow.”
Offense has been Chicago’s most evident problem. The White Sox are ranked close to the underside in lots of main statistical classes, and entered Tuesday final within the MLB in hits, runs, dwelling runs, batting common, runs batted in, whole bases, on-base share and slugging share. (The workforce is second-to-last in walks drawn, nonetheless.)
First baseman Andrew Vaughn, hitting .248 this season, has the very best batting common on the workforce (and 87th within the league).
The White Sox started the season 3-22, the worst 25-game begin in franchise historical past.
On Aug. 5, Chicago misplaced its twenty first consecutive recreation of the season, one other franchise report, changing into the primary workforce since 1988 to lose at the least 21 video games in a row. After profitable 9 video games every in Might and June, the workforce received seven video games mixed in July and August.
