I haven't written much about spring training games because I put no stock in the results or the statistics.
The White Sox are 7-6 through their first 13 Cactus League games, which is fine. It's better than being 3-10 like we've seen in previous years.
But one thing I've noticed, the Sox are 0-5 in one-run games this spring. The latest such loss happened Tuesday, 4-3 to the San Diego Padres.
Of course, it's minor league players in there at the end of games, but my eyebrows are raised a little bit because the Sox have been almost comically terrible in one-run games the past two years.
In 2024, they went 13-29 in such games. Last season, they were 15-36. That makes them 28-65 over the past two seasons in games decided by one run.
I can almost hear Chuck Garfien's voice in my head right now: "There's no way they're going to lose that many one-run games again this season! If they had won even two of those one-run losses they have this spring, they'd be 9-4 right now!"
Just something to keep an eye on once the games start to matter. Winners find a way. So do losers.
