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Recap of how the world sees the team. I would guess much higher than what seems to be soxtalk consensus: odds to win world series: 4th shortest at 11:1 or 12:1 (borgata, draftkings, usatoday) power rankings in MLB: 2*, 2*, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 7 (mlb.com is 2 as is bleacher report but they are both 2-3 weeks old; others are whatever current misc websites I could find-- current consensus is 4th projected wins: #4 in AL; #7 in MLB (fangraphs) bullpen: #2 in MLB (mlb.com) rotation: #4 in MLB (mlb.com) lineup: #3 in MLB (mlb.com) I'd go with 3rd in AL behind Tampa and Toronto and #5 in MLB also behind LAD, SF
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538 is a well respected statistical based sports/politics website. This week they published the linked, lengthy analysis; it's well worth a read. (I didn't see it posted anywhere on soxtalk). "lessons to be drawn from Chicago’s season, about the importance of organizational flexibility and prudence in roster building. The White Sox have sidestepped the flimsiness that can hamper teams over-reliant on marquee names, leaning instead on a cast of able fill-ins and MLB’s most consistent starting rotation" "Despite a relative lack of top-line success, (Anderson, Abreu and Moncada),...The best news for White Sox fans is that there’s still time for those original expectations to pay off. Plain bad luck explains part of Abreu’s disappointing follow-up to his MVP campaign...." They currently give the sox an 8% chance of winning the WS. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-white-sox-are-good-but-can-they-be-great/
