2020 SB Nation Offseason Sim projections

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images It was a fairly quiet offseason for the 2020-21 SBN Sim Sox, with the cornerstone add of Masahiro Tanaka. But at a much lower cost, we generated nearly the same number of projected wins as a year ago.In my third year of representing the White Sox as their GM in the SB Nation offseason simulation, we made only one trade (lowest number ever) and signed five free agents (four, really, plus re-signing Carlos Rodón).

After the 2018 sim, our roster projected to 83 wins, using preseason projections — a mighty leap from 62 the real team grabbed. After last year’s simulation, we projected to 86-88 wins; amazingly, the actual White Sox of 2020, projected over 162…