The Chicago White Sox have had a greater May than April.
“But then again, it’s tough to get much worse than April,” common supervisor Rick Hahn stated Monday.
The Sox went 8-21 in March and April and didn’t win a collection.
They have been 14-13 in May getting into Tuesday’s sport in opposition to the Los Angeles Angels at Guaranteed Rate Field. They’ve gained 5 collection however remained 12 video games underneath .500 (22-34).
The crew is aware of enhancements are wanted if it desires to dig out of the large gap.
“We are not, obviously, hitting on all cylinders or playing at a level we’re capable of playing as a group,” Hahn stated. “It’s good that we’re getting more healthy, however the truth of the matter is the efficiency over the approaching weeks must proceed to pattern upward, no matter whether or not we’re 5, six, seven again (within the division), regardless of the quantity is on a given day.
“We certainly had some stretches where we were winning series over the course of the last month that had our performances trending in the right direction. But we still have a lot of work to do and we know that. We’re not playing at the level we’re capable of just yet.”
The Sox are looking for consistency on offense. The final collection in opposition to the Detroit Tigers served for example. They had 17 hits in Friday’s 12-3 victory. But they’d 4 hits each the day earlier than in a 7-2 loss and the day after in a 7-3 loss.
The Sox have been twenty fifth within the majors in May with a .690 OPS getting into Tuesday. Conversely, the pitching ranked seventh with a 3.70 ERA this month.
“Some nights we’re hitting and not pitching and other nights pitching and not hitting,” Hahn stated. “We haven’t shown the offensive profile this team is capable of. The stretches of solid defense and solid starting pitching and relief work is more consistent with who we think we are, but only in a couple weeks of an eight-week season. We need to see more.”
Despite being double-digit video games underneath .500, the Sox have been solely seven video games out of first place within the American League Central getting into Tuesday.
“The frustration we all felt in April, we haven’t rinsed ourselves of it,” Hahn stated. “We know this crew is able to acting at a degree we noticed glimpses (of) over the past 4 weeks. But not sufficient. That’s what we’re on the lookout for. It’s trending higher towards the extent we’d like.
“The first two months haven’t been as much as the extent that we needed it to be. We get that. It’s not acceptable. Could that someday result in adjustments over the course of the season? Absolutely.
“But for now, this is a group that is now hopefully coming together as a full unit, and we’ll see how it performs over the next several weeks before we have to make that decision.”
The lineup is nearing full power. Eloy Jiménez homered and drove in 4 throughout his first two video games again after lacking a lot of the month following an appendectomy May 6 in Cincinnati. Infielder Elvis Andrus (strained left indirect) is on a rehab project with Triple-A Charlotte and may very well be again by this weekend’s collection in opposition to the Tigers.
Starting pitcher Mike Clevinger, on the IL with proper wrist irritation, is aiming to return Friday. And Garrett Crochet and Liam Hendriks are again within the bullpen. Hendriks made his unbelievable return Monday after battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
“It was emotional to watch him come out with all the work that he’s put in and how he did it,” supervisor Pedro Grifol stated earlier than Tuesday’s sport. “It was emotional to see his household up there and the best way they reacted. It was only a good day. It wanted to occur for the sport, it wanted to occur for him and his household.
“It feels really good to have our whole team back together for the first time. Now we’ve just got to put it all together and go play the baseball we’re capable of playing and live up to the expectations we have for us as a team. It’s time to prepare (and) go out there and win some games.”
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