Closer than it looked: Twins 10, White Sox 2
yes 58 games under yes -237 run differential yes 18-game losing streak yes four games from an all-time losing record yes it’s August 2
This loss, believe it or not, was a tighter tilt than you would expect by looking at the blowout score, as the game went 7 1⁄2 innings as anyone’s game before Minny broke open a can of whupass on Steven Wilson. A 4-2 score sneezed into 10-2 faster than that ball Jim Thome brutalized out of Target Field off of Matt Thornton almost 14 years ago to the day, and we are left to ... assess damage? Lick wounds? Count the days?
The franchise-record losing streak is now 18, and the countdown to the White Sox having an all-time (124-year) losing record is just three. Still, Pedro Grifol goes to sleep tonight and wakes up tomorrow with a job. You almost could not intentionally destroy a team as thoroughly as Grifol, Chris Getz and Jerry Reinsdorf have.
Futility Watch
White Sox 2024 Record 27-85, worst 112-game start in White Sox history (9 games worse than the next-worst, 1932 White Sox), tied for third-worst start all-time, and a season-worst 58 games under .500
White Sox 2024 Run Differential -237, tied for eighth-worst 112-game start in MLB history and a White Sox season-worst
White Sox 2024 Season Record Pace 39-123 (.241)
All-Time White Sox Record (1901-2024) 9,580-9,576 (.5001)
Race to the Worst “Modern” 162-Game Record (2003 Tigers, 43-119) 4 games worse
Race to the Worst “Modern” Record in a 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120) 2 games worse
Race to the Most White Sox Losses (1970, 106) 17 games worse
Race to the Worst White Sox Record (1932, 52-109-1*) 13 1⁄2 games worse
Race to the Worst American League Record (1916 A’s, 38-124*) 2 games better
*record adjusted to a 162-game season