{"id":657675,"date":"2026-04-01T23:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657675\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T23:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:48:24","slug":"horrible-run-differential-says-it-all-for-white-sox-after-second-straight-series-loss-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657675\/","title":{"rendered":"Horrible Run Differential Says It All for White Sox After Second Straight Series Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another day, another disasterclass from the Chicago White Sox!<\/p>\n

With a chance to earn their first series win of the season, the Sox came up short in embarrassing fashion. The Miami Marlins jumped all over them for the second consecutive game, running away with a 10-0 victory. They put up four runs in the first inning and never looked back \u2013 all while Chicago managed just three hits against the flame-throwing Sandy Alcantara. <\/p>\n

To be honest, the fact that the team’s home opener was pushed back<\/a> a day could be for the better. Fans may already need a break from this squad! <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Ghastly Run Differential<\/p>\n

The Chicago White Sox have allowed nine runs or more in four of their six games thus far. Milwaukee was the first to jump all over them, posting 14 runs on Opening Day. They would also conclude the series by pulling off a gut-wrenching 9-7 comeback. <\/p>\n

Things finally appeared to be on a better track against the lesser-experienced Marlins. Chicago handed them their first loss of the year on Monday with a 9-4 victory. Then, they jumped out to an early lead the following day, only for the wheels to fall off again. Miami would win 9-2 before dominating even more on Wednesday with their 10 runs and 13 hits. <\/p>\n

Chicago has given up 65 hits over their first six games, which is a league-high. To little surprise, their run differential is also now the worst in baseball at -31. The next closest team is the Philadelphia Phillies, who are sitting well behind with a -14. <\/p>\n

All things considered, the run differential really says it all. The pitching has been a major problem, as starters have needed to be yanked time and again, leading to an increasingly exhausted bullpen. However, the bats have been equally as terrible. Even in their two higher-scoring efforts, they struggled to show a very disciplined approach. The majority of their runs were scored thanks to balls leaving the park. They rank a mere 22nd in hits (37) and sit third in strikeouts (73). The team struck out 13 times alone in Wednesday’s loss!<\/p>\n

Shane Smith Scaries <\/p>\n

On March 13, I asked an important question: Should we be worried about Shane Smith?<\/a> <\/p>\n

A fan-favorite and feel-good story who was fresh off an All-Star campaign, he was always the obvious choice for the Opening Day start. However, there was no ignoring what was going on under the spotlight that is the Arizona sun. Smith was looking like a shell of his early 2025 self, lacking any command and repeatedly leaving games early. <\/p>\n

He finished his spring training run with as many strikeouts and walks, as well as hitting three batters and allowing a total of nine runs. You never want to read too deeply into spring results, but it was hard not to with so much seemingly sitting on Smith’s shoulders. He was supposed to be the tone-setter and serve as this team’s ace. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another day, another disasterclass from the Chicago White Sox! With a chance to earn their first series win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2379],"tags":[5,138,49,2561,4,396,2562],"class_list":{"0":"post-657675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-white-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-white-sox","11":"tag-chicagowhitesox","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-white-sox","14":"tag-whitesox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116332128238828532","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}