The White Sox have lost 14 consecutive games at Minnesota, with their last win there coming April 10, 2023.
The latest loss came Wednesday night, a 6-3 defeat against the Twins at Target Field.
Let's not kid ourselves: This has nothing to do with the Twins, who are a bad team themselves. This is just pure incompetence on the part of the Sox.
Even with wins the past two games, Minnesota is just 9-15 on the season. The Twins are 4-1 against the Sox, which means they are 5-14 against everyone else. They will be the fourth-place club in the American League Central Division, and the only thing preventing them from finishing last is the miserable Sox being in the same division.
This is a continuation of a trend from 2024. The Twins finished in fourth place with a record of 82-80. They were 12-1 against the Sox, which means they were 70-79 against everyone else.
Through the first two games of this series, we've seen struggling Minnesota players suddenly right the ship.
Bailey Ober had a 6.16 ERA entering his Tuesday start. Then he threw six innings of one-run ball and picked up a victory.
Relief pitcher Griffin Jax had a 11.25 ERA before the Sox showed up. He's appeared in both games of this series, retiring all six batters he has faced, four of them by strikeout.
Then there's Trevor Larnach, who carried a .194/.298/.250 slash line, with just one home run, into Tuesday's game. That .250 slugging percentage is on the way up now because Larnach has homered in each of the first two games of this series, including a solo shot off Jordan Leasure (0-1) in the sixth inning Wednesday that put the Twins ahead to stay.
I could carry on, but you get the idea. The Sox are 5-19, and there is no bottom here. Those people who told you it "can't possibly be worse than last year," don't believe them.
Nothing has changed here.
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