News flash: The Whitesox did win the world series and they did it in dominating fashion. The WhiteSox steam-rolled through the regular season with the league's best record. There was no doubt that they were the team to beat until we got to near the end of the season when the pesky Indians started poking their way into the standings. This woke the Whitesox up at the perfect time to get them ready for a World Series run. The Whitesox posted a 99-63 record in the regular season and won their backers an incredible 22 units on the season. The surprising thing about their success was their failure against left handed pitching. The were a mediocre 23-21 (-5 units) on the year versus lefties. This means they posted a 75-41 (+25 units) season against right handed pitching. What I was surprised to find out was that they were a total +18 units against right handed pitching last season. I guess it was a sign of things to come for the up and coming White Sox. It is hard to decipher whether or not they will be in championship form next season or if they will struggle. They have great starting pitching but their hitting is always a question mark. This is probably why they were not very good against lefties. If they come out of the gate playing well, I expect to see these Whitesox as one of the public's teams. If that is the case, going against them when they play lefties is going to be the best bet in town. Even in their stellar 2005 MLB season, they were barely over 500 against lefties. With no reason to believe they will improve, their record versus lefties should remain dismal in the 2006 Baseball Season. |
