Apologies to the 2005 White Sox, but this might be the best Sox rotation since manager Tony La Russa’s 1983 group of LaMarr Hoyt, Richard Dotson, Floyd Bannister, Britt Burns and Jerry Koosman.
Sox starters ranked second to the New York Mets entering Monday with a 2.85 ERA, and they were second in the American League with 10.1 strikeouts per 9 innings.
Lance Lynn was second among qualifying starters with a 1.37 ERA, while Carlos Rodón had a 1.29 ERA, an 0.71 WHIP — and a no-hitter. Lucas Giolito was eighth among major-league starters with 11.2 strikeouts per nine innings, while Dylan Cease was eighth in the AL with 66 strikeouts.