The White Sox Are Winning The 2023 AL Central, Lock It Up And Rub It Down

The weight gain over the last 6-7 weeks was 2.6 pounds. The diet consisted of pizza and comfort foods with hardly any exercise. Baseball season starts in August. Chicago Bears are in week 18. The mailbag is about the Chicago White Sox winning the 2023 AL Central.

The White Sox are winning the 2023 AL Central.

The White Sox signed Oscar Colas for $2.7 million a year ago. He's shown good things but he's not ready for the big leagues yet. If he wins ROY and gets a comp pick, he'll get a season knocked off of team control and reach FA in 5 years instead of 6.

Colas is going to be counted on to play a solid RF defensively and hold his own offensively. He has only 450 career MiLB plate appearances, including only 33 at AAA and 225 at AA. Colas was playing HiA baseball less than a year ago. He will face a learning curve. At the very worst, he will improve the White Sox OF defense.

Pito is leaving the White Sox and moving to Houston. Eloy, Robert, TA, and Moncada have to replace Pito's production. Vaughn is expected to be a 2.4 win player with 24 bombs this year. The White Sox are winning the 2023 AL Central. They are going to do it because they wasted Pitto's career.

Dave is unsure about the team heading into the new year. He thinks the current team has done nothing significant to improve from last year's dumpster fire. However, he thinks back to 2020, 2021 and remembers the good times.

The team's biggest concern heading into the season is starting pitching depth.

The White Sox are winning the 2023 AL Central. The team is getting better defensively. Benintendi and Colas are also LHH. Eloy, Anderson, Moncada, Robert and Vaughn need to play to their potential. They can't be as gutted with injuries as they were the last two years. The lineup balance has SUCKED the past 2-3 years, but it should improve this year.

The White Sox are winning the 2023 AL Central. Johnny Cueto was a good player for the White Sox last year.

Beefloaf and Reggie are going to Reggie's Live on Saturday. Last year the Vibes guys were Elvis Andrus, Johnny Cueto and Danny Mendick. They were instrumental in the success of the team. Pito's clubhouse has been bad for the last decade.

The White Sox are winning the 2023 AL Central. They need to replace TA7 with an every day player. There are a lot of players who could be candidates.

The White Sox are a mediocre team. Grifol is an unknown manager. Benintendi and Clevinger were good signings, but they are not going to make a big splash in FA or the trade market. Dave didn't watch a single game after the Dbacks sweep in late August.

Moncada and Robert are not playing well for the Red Sox. Grifol needs to change their attitude.

Grifol will be in charge of the White Sox in 2023. He will improve the team's performance. Mike Tosar will help the players hit more bombs. Ken Wo is still a jerk. The fans are angry after the 2022 season. They want to change the organization. Grifo is a good communicator and accountability. His team should be better this year. It's not saying it will happen, but it should happen. There are more power players in the lineup.

The White Sox are winning the 2023 AL Central. Brian has a question for Dave.

Michael Kopech had a promising season last year. Crochet is recovering from a TJ injury. He should have a similar role to Kopesch in 2021. The White Sox are winning the AL Central. They are going to win it.

The White Sox are winning the 2023 AL Central. They are going to start playing with Michael Kopech.

The White Sox need to bring back Cuppo. Kopech should play 160 innings. The rest of the rotation needs rest. Rotation depth is a problem this year. Cippo, Martin, Lynn, Kopesch, and Clev are good, but they are not enough.

The White Sox are winning the 2023 AL Central. Can Luis Robert hold down centerfield for the whole season?

Robert might have been the biggest disappointment in 2022. Robert will be great again in 2023, at least defensively. The White Sox were 81-81 last year. They are the best team in the division. If they are hovering around .500 come the all star break, they will get fired. The team needs to play to their potential. It's all on the players. This is the 20th century. White Sox are winning the AL Central. Lock It Up and Rub It Down. Red Sox are still the team to beat.

The White Sox are the best team in the AL Central. They are playing at Reggie's on Saturday.