Chicago White Sox Power Rankings - 2013
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| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 27 | 63-99 | 28 | On the bright side, the White Sox won once on the final weekend to avoid 100 losses. On the not-so-bright side, this roster is pretty much a mess outside of Chris Sale and Jose Quintana. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 26 | 61-94 | 28 | Current .394 winning percentage would be the franchise's worst since going 56-106 in 1970. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 25 | 58-91 | 28 | Left-handed batters are hitting .136 with no home runs against Chris Sale in 140 at-bats. Jason Vargas hasn't allowed a homer to a left-handed batter in 144 at-bats -- but lefties are hitting .347 off him. Most since 2000: Scott Schoeneweis didn't allow a homer to a lefty in 196 at-bats in 2001. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 24 | 57-85 | 28 | Chris Sale leads AL starting pitchers in WAR. There's something positive. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 23 | 56-79 | 28 | The Sox lost on Sunday, but actually posted a 16-13 record in August thanks to a 3.38 ERA that ranked sixth in the majors. How about a little love for Jose Quintana? He ranks seventh among AL pitchers in WAR (4.2). -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 22 | 54-75 | 27 | Is this it for Paul Konerko? He'll be a free agent at the end of the season and has suffered through a miserable .236/.303/.345 season. Those are bad numbers for a middle infielder, let alone a first baseman/DH. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 21 | 49-74 | 29 | The White Sox have won five of their past seven games and are hitting .307 as a team during that span. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 20 | 44-72 | 28 | Pick a moment in time: OK, June 11. Since that day, the White Sox are 16-38. Only the Astros have fewer wins since then. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 19 | 40-69 | 29 | With 10 straight losses, the White Sox are now only 4.5 games ahead of the Astros for the worst record in the majors. Their current .367 winning percentage would be the franchise's first under .400 since 1976 and worst since going 56-106 in 1970. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 18 | 40-62 | 28 | Chris Sale is 6-10 despite his 2.69 ERA. He's second among AL pitchers in WAR (5.2). In his six wins, he's allowed a total of seven runs. After losing 1-0 on Saturday, he now has two losses and a no-decision when allowing one run. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 17 | 39-56 | 28 | Jeff Keppinger has been playing a lot of first base and DH lately. Stop it. Really. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 16 | 37-55 | 27 | The White Sox are bringing up the cellar of the AL Central and they're in danger of finishing in last place for the first time since 1989, when they went 69-92. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 15 | 34-51 | 27 | Times are tough for the White Sox as they've lost nine of their past 11 games. They currently sit 13 games back of the AL Central-leading Tigers. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 14 | 32-47 | 26 | As if things weren't bad enough after going 8-19 in June, here's a piece of sobering news for White Sox fans: They haven't even played the Tigers yet. They have 19 games left against Detroit, nearly a quarter of their schedule. -- David Schoenfied, ESPN.com | |
| Week 13 | 31-42 | 26 | Over the past calendar year Paul Konerko is hitting .257 with 20 home runs and a .724 OPS. Even if he agrees to a trade, it's unlikely the White Sox would get much in return. -- David Schoenfied, ESPN.com | |
| Week 12 | 28-38 | 26 | The losses are piling up for the last-place White Sox. They are 4-10 in June, and in that time are 1-7 on the road. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 11 | 27-34 | 26 | Paul Konerko has hit only two home runs in his past 121 at-bats. As a result, his slugging percentage stands at a paltry .358. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 10 | 24-30 | 20 | The White Sox were winless over the past week (0-6), and were held scoreless in three of those games. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 9 | 24-24 | 18 | Jake Peavy is 5-1 with a 2.37 ERA over his past seven starts. He's also second on the White Sox staff in innings pitched (60 2/3 innings), behind only Chris Sale. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 8 | 19-23 | 20 | Chris Sale has a sparkling 0.38 ERA over his last three starts, and during that span has allowed only 10 hits in 24 innings pitched. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 7 | 15-20 | 24 | Gavin Floyd underwent season-ending right elbow surgery, but he was 0-4 with a 5.18 ERA before he was shut down. Hector Santiago gave up just one run in two starts last week and may end up being a nice upgrade to the rotation. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 6 | 12-17 | 25 | Adam Dunn is second to last in batting average (.146) in the American League among the 98 players who qualify. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 5 | 10-14 | 23 | With 15 of their next 18 on the road, the White Sox better enjoy Monday's off day before heading to Texas and Kansas City this week. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 4 | 7-11 | 23 | Adam Dunn is looking worse than he did in 2011, hitting .108 with 26 strikeouts and just three walks. He homered Sunday -- his only hit of the week. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 3 | 5-7 | 22 | Chris Sale has allowed four home runs in his past two starts and got roughed up on Saturday (eight runs allowed), but more worrisome is that Adam Dunn is hitting .136 and has stopped walking (just two) while Dayan Viciedo refuses to walk (none). -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 2 | 4-2 | 16 | Typical White Sox baseball: They relied on the home run in going 4-2, hitting 11 while scoring only 22 runs. But Chris Sale has been good, Alex Rios had two big home runs against Seattle over the weekend and the Sox won three games by one run. They'll be tested this week with a three-game trip to Washington. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 1 | 0-0 | 20 | Looking forward to seeing what Chris Sale does this season in his second year as a starting pitcher after his breakthrough campaign from a season ago. -- ESPN.com | |