So, the White Sox have lost four straight games entering Tuesday's action. They were outscored, 27-8, in losing all four games to the Houston Astros over the weekend.
Eight runs in four games obviously does not cut it. We've talked plenty about injuries, but several guys are just having a poor month here in June:
Yoan Moncada: .216/.328/.314, 87 wRC+
Andrew Vaughn: .226/.263/.396, 80 wRC+
Jose Abreu: .186/.219/.300, 43 wRC+
Yermin Mercedes: .115/.164/.135, -14 wRC+
I didn't think it was mathematically possible to have a -14 wRC+, but that's the world we're living in with Mercedes right now. I guess the one silver lining is the Sox won't need a designated hitter the next two games in Pittsburgh, so we won't see a lot of Mercedes, whose offensive production lately isn't much better than most pitchers provide anyway.
A couple weeks ago, we were looking at a challenging stretch of schedule for the Sox -- three vs. Toronto, three at Detroit, three vs. Tampa Bay and four at Houston.
They ended up 7-6, which isn't all that bad in the grand scheme of things. It just feels bad, because they were 7-2 at one stage.
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