The White Sox have won three series in a row, and are creeping back toward playing respectable baseball. They’re on the verge of leaping the Guardians, and head to the Motor City with a chance to jump ahead of the second-place Tigers. That this is all happening in the context of the AL Central makes things less exciting, of course, but should it? Why pull back to the scope of the universe to see how small is our planet?
So, looking at this series with the sure and certain knowledge that “a team from this division will, by law, be mandated to the playoffs,” then this is a sort-of important four-game set.