The Chicago White Sox along with the rest of the MLB took in their predictions from PECOTA that came out on Tuesday. PECOTA is a simulation of the MLB season using a sabermetric system to project players and team performances. It can’t be said enough that fans and teams should ignore this stuff, but it is still interesting to talk about as we head into Spring Training.
The White Sox are projected to go 83-80 which is good for third place in the American League Central. The reason it projects 163 games instead of 162 is that it simulates the season a bunch of times and they round up the results.