The Chicago White Sox are the biggest surprise of the season.We are almost 50% of the way into the season, and the team is over .500.
This was a club that most expected to be among the worst in the league.They made only one major free agent signing in the offseason, and while he has been a masher, the rest of the team has also stepped up.
Their numbers on offense actually line up very closely with the New York Yankees, who have significantly more well-known and established players. Gerrit Cole of the New York Yankees looks on during the game against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, N.Y., on May 19, 2024.(New York Yankees/Getty Images)They also have gotten great starts from today's hurler, Davis Martin.
For the year, Martin is 9-2 with a 2.41 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP.He is doing a great job and likely will be considered for a Cy Young Award if he can keep this up.
Martin is also probably going to be the guy most teams call the White Sox about if there is any chance to steal him away at the trade deadline.Yankees' hitters have done well against Martin in the past, going 12-for-32. The Yankees are one of the better teams in baseball, but you have to be watching with extra caution at the moment.
Aaron Judge, the annual MVP candidate, is injured and typically that has spelled doom for the Yankees.For the season, they are 43-27 with a 19-12 home record.
The Yankees have gone 7-4 since Judge went down with injury, so they've at least maintained to this point. Chicago White Sox's Braden Montgomery watches his walk-off two-run home run in the 10th inning to defeat the Atlanta Braves in Chicago on June 9, 2026.(Paul Beaty/AP)It helps to have guys like Gerrit Cole available to take the ball for them every five games.
Cole came back to the team after injury around the time Judge went down, and he has delivered his typical great performances.In his first two games, he went 12.2 innings, allowed six hits and no earned runs.In his past two games, he has g...