The White Sox added a lot of talent this offseason and more of the team’s top prospects are entering the fray, but is the team really ready to contend for a playoff spot in 2020?
Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA projects player and team performances. This year’s projections are bullish on Luis Robert, which should have White Sox fans excited. On the overall team side though, it expects a mostly average season.
PECOTA’s team projections came out on Tuesday and the average win total for the White Sox is 83. PECOTA actually puts the team at 83-80, which is obviously impossible given the 162-game schedule, but we’ll assume the projections averaged out to 82.