Time to read the season previews ...

It's probably not a secret that I'm not as into baseball this season because the White Sox are so bad. I canceled my season tickets. Heck, I haven't even been blogging lately. I'm dreading what's to come, and I'm not excited about anything that's going on in spring training.

But I will still read my season preview magazines, which arrived in the mail last week -- one from Lindy's and the other from Baseball Digest. 

These aren't as many in number as they used to be. I used to get one from Athlon, which was eventually bought by Sports Illustrated. SI has always done a preview magazine in the past, too, but I'm not sure what's going on there now. No idea if they'll send a baseball preview.

In the meantime, both these magazines have picked the Sox to come fourth in the American League Central. My question is, "Why so optimistic?" I have a hard time believing the Sox won't finish in the basement, even though I acknowledge the Kansas City Royals are also bad.

Through 13 games of spring training, the Sox are 4-9. We know from history not to judge teams based on Cactus League results, but hey, we're looking for signs that the Sox can beat their projections, and we haven't seen that so far.