Terra Incognita

These last two games against the Tigers show just how much things have changed for the White Sox, or, if you prefer, how they’ve made changes for games like these to happen. If this were 2023 or ’24 or ’25, they lose Friday night’s game in extra innings instead of having Miguel Vargas hit a two-run walk-off homerun. And yesterday, that 2-0 first-inning lead against Framber Valdez would’ve disappeared instead of turning into a 7-1 win for Anthony Kay. I mean, Grant Taylor pitching two perfect innings of relief with the game still on the line along with Edgar Quero, Colson Montgomery and Andrew Benintendi going deep late? It’s been awhile, to say the least. Same for today, with seven lefthanded hitters in the lineup against righty Keider Montero; there were years the Sox didn’t have seven lefthanded/switch hitters on the roster, and now this. Who is this team? We’re in the process of finding out.