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The White Sox opened 2026 with a patchwork roster cobbled together after several years of painful rebuilding. Right now they’re 25-23 with an 8-2 record over their last 10 games. This past weekend they walked off the Cubs to win the Crosstown Classic. This is the best this franchise has looked in years.
The new guy: Munetaka Murakami is leading the American League in home runs with 17, and is posting a 161 OPS+. He arrived in Chicago from Japan with less fanfare than some of the high-profile international signings of recent offseasons, and plenty of questions about whether his swing would work in the MLB. His plate approach against MLB velocity — patient, punishing on mistakes — has been one of the better individual performances in baseball this year.
Davis Martin: While Murakami draws the highlights for his longballs, pitcher Davis Martin has also been a remarkable story. He's 6-1 with a 1.61 ERA through nine starts — numbers that put him among the most efficient starters in the league. His ERA+ is 268. He's not a flamethrower. He locates, varies his speeds, and keeps the ball on the ground, which at Guaranteed Rate turns into a lot of easy outs. In this fourth year in the league, a light has turned on for the 29-year-old.
Getting hitters to hit: None of this happens without coaching. The thread connecting this offense traces back to hitting coach Derek Shomon, whose developmental lineage runs through some of the better player-development work in the game. Miguel Vargas has an .849 OPS. Second-year player Colson Montgomery is proving the rookie numbers were no fluke as he’s sitting on 13 home runs. The White Sox are scoring runs in ways they haven't in years — not because they spent their way into it, but because someone is teaching their hitters to hit.
Right there: The White Sox trail the Guardians by just two games in the Central. The Guardians have won the division three of the past four years, and the White Sox haven’t finished .500 or better since 2022. The White Sox have lost at least 100 games each of the past three years. Only the expansion NY Mets lost more total games over three seasons than the ChiSox have over the past three. The South Side has been very patient. It’s looking like that patience is paying off.
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