These White Sox could be historically bad

The White Sox look like a threat to unseat the 1962 Mets as the worst team ever.At 3-21, they’re on pace to win half as many games as the 40-120 Mets of 1962.The White Sox have an MLB worst .556 OPS and are averaging an MLB worst 2.17 runs per game.Tommy Pham, a fine hitter (111 OPS plus last year), should be on the way soon after signing for $3 million.

Pham earlier received a similar offer from the Padres, but understandably was reluctant to take a 50 percent cut after improving his OPS 22 points.Age is an outsized factor in free agency.Brandon Belt, even better, still doesn’t have a job.Belt might make sense for the Red Sox, who’ve lost Triston Casas for a couple months.

Garrett Cooper, just DFA’ed by the Cubs, was pursued by Boston in spring.…Complaints about the White Sox asking too much for Dylan Cease were silly, anyway.

But the Padres got him for a reasonable rate (four prospects, including Drew Thorpe, who went for Juan Soto), and now Cease is a Cy Young candidate.The Mets, who seemed to have an extra catcher since Tomas Nido was collecting a $2M salary at Syracuse, now look thin with Francisco Alvarez out, and Nido backing up Omar Narvaez.Mets catching prospect Kevin Parada is “a year away,” at best.

R.I.P.Ken Holtzman, a five-time World Series champion, winner of more games than any Jewish pitcher (nine more than Sandy Koufax), two-time no-hit thrower, champion of the players union and all-around mensch.

He was 78....