The Chicago White Sox put together the worst season in the Modern Era in 2024, going 41-121.
The Sox are going through a painful rebuild, and it appears it will take them years to come out of it. They do have some reasons to be excited, as new manager Will Venable brings a degree of optimism and pitching prospects like Drew Thorpe, Hagen Smith and Noah Schultz are close to making major-league impact, but by and large, this should be another poor season on the South Side.
Fangraphs put out its ZIP projections for the White Sox on Monday and there’s a mixed bag in there too. The site projects the White Sox to actually win 20 more games than a season ago, but it had a historically poor projection on the bullpen:
The White Sox have traded away, or let walk: Liam Hendricks, Gregory Santos, Aaron Bummer, Joe Kelly and Keynan Middleton in the last two years, so it’s not surprising to see the bullpen predicted to struggle.
