As recently as 2021, the Chicago White Sox were contenders and the Baltimore Orioles were terrible.
It’s safe to say the tables have turned.
The O’s started their ascent in 2022 and are now one of the best teams in baseball, whereas the White Sox went from bad to worse to embarrassing in a hurry.
The difference between the two teams at the moment is night and day.
One hits home runs by the dozen, while the other struggles to get anything going.
In fact, a simple stat tells you everything you need to know about the O’s and White Sox’s seasons.
“The Orioles have hit 35 home runs in 22 games. The White Sox have scored 45 runs in 22 games,” Codify Baseball tweeted.
The White Sox are scoring just a hair over two runs per game.
Their offense is pathetic, and while injuries to key players are certainly to blame, the organization is clearly in a really bad place when it comes to talent available.
The Orioles, on the other hand, are running out of spots in the lineup and on the field to place their entire collection of young talent.
They had to wait a few weeks for a spot to open up and call top prospects Jackson Holliday and Heston Kjerstad, for example, and they can’t accommodate Coby Mayo, Connor Norby, and Kyle Stowers even when they are clearly ready for another challenge.
The O’s power output nearly equals the White Sox’s run total and that’s shocking on many levels.
It’s crazy to think that just a couple of years ago, the situation was completely reversed.
