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What the White Sox Win Total Says About Pricing Bad Teams

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Infographic comparing 2026 MLB preseason win totals with records on July 30. Chicago White Sox opened at 67.5 wins and sit 56-51, first in the AL Central with 55 games left. New York Mets opened at 90.5 and sit 46-63. In 2025 the Rockies opened at 59.5 and finished 43-119.

Back in February, FanDuel posted the Chicago White Sox win total for 2026 at 67.5. Sportsbook Review logged the same figure at BetMGM a few weeks later, with DraftKings sitting a game lower at 66.5. Nobody objected much. Chicago had lost 101 games in 2023, 121 in 2024 and 102 in 2025, and Baseball-Reference lists … Read more