Miguel Vargas playing well amid White Sox drudgery

A little more than two weeks ago, we asked the question, "Can Miguel Vargas save his career with the White Sox?"

So far, so good.

The Sox predictably got drubbed all three games during the weekend crosstown series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, but the main takeaway for me was a continuing stretch of good baseball from Vargas.

For the series, he went 6 for 10 with three homers, a double and four RBIs. Vargas now leads the Sox in home runs with six and RBIs with 21.

If you expand the sample size out over the past 20 games, Vargas is batting .351/.422/.622 with five home runs, five doubles, 12 runs scored, 13 RBIs and 1.044 OPS.

That's still only 20 games, and we still need to see how it looks over a long season, but this has been an encouraging stretch for the 25-year-old third baseman.

We'll let the North Siders have their fun at our expense. We all understand the Sox are the worst team in the American League. We all understand the Sox are heavy underdogs in nearly every series they enter, especially on the road. We all understand the Sox are going to lose a lot of games in 2025.

But from the Sox perspective, this season is not about beating the Cubs. It's about looking for answers and finding some solutions for the multitude of long-term holes that exist on the roster. 

For Vargas to perform well in the hostile environment of Wrigley Field, that's notable. It would be nice if he turns out to be the third baseman of the present and the future.