It's just hard to say we haven't "lived up" to some sort of expectation - when half our damn lineup has been out most of the season and we're nearly 20 games over .500 while we are 9 up in the division. When Eloy/Robert get settled in (Grandal is back somewhat soon too) and we're still sort of just on cruise control in a weak Central? Sure, I'll buy that we haven't become the force that we looked like. That being said - it's just unfair right now to say we've let people down. The lineup that created those expectations has only been half there the ENTIRE year.Not a bad piece
The White Sox Are Good, But Can They Be Great?
Chicago hasn't quite lived up to its promise yet.fivethirtyeight.com
Being up in this division is nothing to brag about, there's no other good teams there. But sure, fully healthy they might be great, which the article does say.
Yeah, that was why I said "on cruise control in a weak central". That's what we've been. Sort of just cruising along doing just enough to keep a weak division at a distance.
OK understood
It's a good article, but I'm in complete agreement with richi in that it's hard for us to show just how good we are or can be when up to half of our starting positional players (and at one point 5 of them) have been on some form of IL. I'm definitely not gonna say that if we were completely healthy all year, we'd have the best record, because there are other variables involved, mainly the often-disappointing performances in our pen. So yes there is room for improvement. But I think having been hamstrung with so many injuries this season, it's hard to feel that we're at the top of our game.
But doesn't every team deal with injuries? Giants, Dodgers, Mets, Yankees, etc everyone has em.
Yes, every team has to deal with injuries, could not agree more. I've often said this myself so as not to make excuses for poor play. But there's little doubt our club has experienced a disproportionate amount of key injuries.
