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White Sox Look Like Legitimate Threat To Win AL Central
The Chicago White Sox, despite signing Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami, didnβt enter the 2026 MLB season with the most lofty of expectations. The Sox were looking to establish a culture and let young players develop in a season that would serve as a building block for the future.
Through the first 45 games of the season, however, the White Sox are looking dangerous. Murakami has delivered since arriving in the Windy City, crushing 14 homers thus far, including another in Monday nightβs win over the Los Angeles Angels on the West Coast.
βIt was going to come sooner or later,β said Murakami of his first big league double, which also came on Monday night, through interpreter Kenzo Yagi. βSo Iβm really happy about the result.β
Itβs not just Murakami giving opposing pitchers headaches, either.
βIf you see that the whole lineup now, itβs so deep,β third baseman Miguel Vargas said, who hit his seventh home run on Monday βAny guy can give you a really good at-bat, a single, an extra base hit, a stolen base. Thatβs our identity right now. The hustle on the bases too has been unbelievable.β
Chicago is now 7-3 over its last 10 games, and just 0.5 GB of first place in the always tightly contested AL Central.
Most shocking of all during this stretch of success, however, might be the success the pitching rotation is seeing. The Sox have gotten arguably the best starting pitching in the MLB since early April.
βYou can look at the dugout and figure that out,β said starting pitcher Davis Martin, who notched his fifth win of the season on Monday. βWeβre not hiding that weβre having the best time. This is a group that in Spring Training we knew we could do something cool and feel like we were building toward something.
βObviously we stumbled out of the gate, but I think we found our stride and found who we are as a team and the personality of our team. We just have a bunch of guys that want to play for each other, guys that are playing hard and wanting to win baseball games.β
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