Can’t win for losing: Red Sox 7, White Sox 5

Crochet crushed, and the South Siders are back to owning the worst first 143 games in baseball history

At this point, why bother pitching Garrett Crochet? Oh wait, who’s gonna pitch instead, given a 40-man roster filled with untouchables who couldn’t possibly survive a mid-September DFA in order to give, like, Sean Burke or Mason Adams a late taste.

Any, Crochet managed to stretch his 50 pitches across two innings, creating another day of chaos for an already-beleaguered bullpen. The poor start — the White Sox scored two before Boston grabbed their bats, and courtesy of Crochet being zoned in (in all the wrong ways) coughed up that lead and then some, trailing 4-2 after one.

The White Sox are back to being the worst team, at this moment (Game 143), in baseball history. As you’ll see below, the chances of them relinquishing the Crown of Worst are dimmer by the day.

Futility Watch

White Sox 2024 Record 32-111, worst 143-game start in White Sox history (14 games worse than the 1932 White Sox), worst MLB start all-time (a half-game worse than the 1916 A’s) and a season-high 79 games below .500
White Sox 2024 Run Differential -307, sixth-worst 144-game start in MLB history
White Sox 2024 Season Record Pace 36-126 (.224)
All-Time White Sox Record (1901-2024) 9,585-9,602 (.4996)
Race to the Worst “Modern” 162-Game Record (2003 Tigers, 43-119) 7 games worse; need to finish 12-7 to end season 44-118
Race to the Worst “Modern” Record in a 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120) 5 games worse; need to finish 9-10 to end season 41-121
Race to the Most White Sox Losses (1970, 106) new record set (111 and counting)
Race to the Worst White Sox Record (1932, 52-109-1*) CLINCHED, cannot beat the 1932 team
Race to the Worst Post-1899 Record (1916 A’s, 38-124*) 2 games worse; need to finish season 7-12 to finish 39-123
*record adjusted to a 162-game season