southsider2k5 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Since the predict threads are all of the rage for us morons this morning, let's get the annual Sox win prediction thread out there. Vote in the poll, but add your post to this thread, or it never happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I'm going with 51. Pitching staff is ok and should improve. Hitting is hopeless until the prospects come up to take their limps bit gain experience for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBWSF Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 81 wins if everybody stays healthy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEANS Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 59, a little better but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 54. I got overly exuberant in the bold predictions thread and yelled out 60, but they're just not going to score enough runs, and if they do, Drury, Robert, Tauchman, Thaiss, maybe even Vaughn will be out the door sooner than later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcq Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 35 for the worst owner ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcq Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I love that Andrew Vaughn as in Vanilla is considered one of their top hitters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 53-56 although that could change at the deadline if teams actually want three or four Sox players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleAleSox Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I'm going with 56. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 (edited) On 3/18/2025 at 5:26 PM, pcq said: I love that Andrew Vaughn as in Vanilla is considered one of their top hitters. Expand the "maybe even" indicates that I didn't consider him to be among the guys who would obviously be dealt. Edited March 18 by WestEddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry McNertney Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 61. A twenty-win improvement necessary for Getz to keep his job and give validity that his rebuild may be working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46DidIt Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 48-114. They're not going to be measurably better just less unlucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 53-56 is the second most optimistic lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogan873 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Going with 53-56. That's a big improvement from 2024 (with still a miserable record). A lot of things went wrong last year, on top of just being a bad team. New manager, fewer asshats, hopefully more caring and less moping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R U Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I voted 53-56, but I honestly don't see how this team is any better than last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopek Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 49 - 113. The roster is just as bad, but Venable will know how to navigate this better than Grifol ever did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpton Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I picked 49-52 hoping that the majority of the players have a minor improvement without the Grifol effect. I know that hoping for 'bounce back' seasons from players will usually result in disappointment but I am trying to be an optimist. My main worry is that the pitching looks weaker than last year and that is before any potential injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 63 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 It won't be 70 but more than 35. That should cover the full spectrum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks-n-Sox Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Its statistically hard to lose 110+, so 55 wins for me. Last year I penciled them in for 65 wins, so I'm hoping for a surprise in the other direction this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 "The White Sox can’t be as bad as last year, because they lost 121 games, and that’s almost impossible to do even once, much less twice, particularly because there’s evidence they were unlucky. When you lose three of your best hitters to baserunning injuries in the first two weeks of the season, that’s when you’ve moved officially beyond “not enough talent” to “straight-up snakebitten.” They were probably more like a 110-loss team that also had things go badly; on the other hand, the 2025 team won’t have the services of Garrett Crochet, Michael Kopech, or Michael Soroka. There is, at least, plenty of high-level talent on the way – and plenty of confidence for right now. Perhaps, even, too much." mlb.com Mike Petriello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 3/20/2025 at 8:47 AM, caulfield12 said: "The White Sox can’t be as bad as last year, because they lost 121 games, and that’s almost impossible to do even once, much less twice, particularly because there’s evidence they were unlucky. When you lose three of your best hitters to baserunning injuries in the first two weeks of the season, that’s when you’ve moved officially beyond “not enough talent” to “straight-up snakebitten.” They were probably more like a 110-loss team that also had things go badly; on the other hand, the 2025 team won’t have the services of Garrett Crochet, Michael Kopech, or Michael Soroka. There is, at least, plenty of high-level talent on the way – and plenty of confidence for right now. Perhaps, even, too much." mlb.com Mike Petriello Expand Kopech & Soroka's production will easily be replaced. Crochet pitched 5 full innings 15 times, and they won 7 of those games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 3/20/2025 at 12:28 PM, WestEddy said: Kopech & Soroka's production will easily be replaced. Crochet pitched 5 full innings 15 times, and they won 7 of those games. Expand But the problem will likely still be the same — not being able to score runs. And that’s while hoping the Sox have two starters that can match Crochet’s performance and Fedde’s first half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 3/20/2025 at 2:39 PM, WhiteSox2023 said: But the problem will likely still be the same — not being able to score runs. And that’s while hoping the Sox have two starters that can match Crochet’s performance and Fedde’s first half. Expand Crochet threw 15 games where he lasted 5+ innings. The White Sox won 7 of those games. 3 of those wins were decided by 1or 2 runs. I believe the 2025 team will do better than last year's at scoring runs. I also believe this year's bullpen will be better constructed than last year's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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