February 07, 2008
Team Offense, Chicago White Sox
We continue to look at team offenses for 2008 with the Chicago White Sox.
Josh Fields
Photo: Jason Pohuski /Icon SMI
In 2007, the White Sox scored 4.28 runs per game.
I plugged in a likely lineup to the Lineup Analysis Tool, using the Marcel the Monkey predictions from Tom Tango. The lineups rate as follows:
- Best: 5.39 runs per game
- Given: 5.29 runs per game
- Worst: 5.06 runs per game
That's a huge improvement for the White Sox. A lot of that comes from putting Swisher and Cabrera in center and at short. Health, however, is a big factor for the White Sox. If they can keep Dye, Thome, and Konerko healthy, they can get a lot of power out of the middle of the lineup. None of them are young men any more, however. This also assumes they find a way to keep both Crede and Fields in the lineup.
Previous teams covered in the series:
I don't get why Crede is in there and Quentin is not.
