White Sox AL Central

70-92

Projected record

Playoff odds

686 / 775

RS / RA projected

$89M

2026 payroll

Ten thousand simulated seasons. Marks: 5th, 50th, and 95th percentile win totals.

AAA: Charlotte Knights AA: Birmingham Barons High-A: Winston-Salem Dash Single-A: Kannapolis Cannon Ballers

Hitters

Player	PA	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	K%	BB%	HIT+	NEXT+
Miguel Vargas	560	29	12	0.245	0.356	0.498	17.7	13.8	131.7	141.6
Chase Meidroth	522	12	2	0.272	0.345	0.402	22.6	9.4	116.8	115.8
Colson Montgomery	515	27	1	0.215	0.293	0.434	33.6	8.2	98.5	105.5
Sam Antonacci	435	8	16	0.267	0.363	0.390	15.9	7.8
Munetaka Murakami	411	29	1	0.225	0.360	0.521	33.3	17.0
Andrew Benintendi	386	13	1	0.245	0.306	0.421	23.8	8.3	105.5	101.7
Tristan Peters	383	8	6	0.268	0.332	0.429	18.3	7.6	113.7	132.1
Braden Montgomery	252	5	1	0.235	0.325	0.380	22.2	10.7
Edgar Quero	210	3	1	0.208	0.279	0.262	20.0	7.6	54.0	49.9
Randal Grichuk	205	11	0	0.281	0.307	0.561	22.4	3.4	130.6	135.3
Luisangel Acuña	203	1	16	0.232	0.264	0.263	19.7	3.9	48.7	43.9
Drew Romo	181	7	1	0.144	0.229	0.306	23.8	8.3	41.5	56.0
Brenton Doyle	166	2	11	0.209	0.267	0.288	30.7	7.2	59.5	66.9
Jake Rogers	141	4	1	0.178	0.286	0.331	28.4	12.8	70.9	69.6
Joey Bart	128	4	0	0.214	0.305	0.357	27.3	5.5	89.0	85.0
Kyle Teel	70	2	0	0.190	0.271	0.317	38.6	8.6	66.3	77.2
Junior Perez	36	3	0	0.171	0.194	0.429	38.9	2.8
Reese McGuire	34	0	0	0.172	0.273	0.172	26.5	5.9
Tanner Murray	33	1	0	0.214	0.281	0.321	21.2	6.1
Rikuu Nishida	30	0	0	0.241	0.241	0.241	16.7	0.0

Pitchers

Player	BF	HR	K%	BB%	AVG	OPS	PITCH+
Sean Burke	595	17	26.6	7.1	0.222	0.664	107.7
Anthony Kay	565	16	18.4	8.0	0.254	0.750
Davis Martin	530	12	20.9	7.4	0.266	0.732	97.7
Luis Castillo	524	21	20.0	7.1	0.274	0.799	91.5
Erick Fedde	496	22	16.5	8.5	0.264	0.783	92.4
Noah Schultz	291	9	20.3	10.7	0.251	0.777
Sean Newcomb	286	2	22.7	9.4	0.203	0.594	113.9
Grant Taylor	267	4	32.6	8.2	0.190	0.535	122.9
Trevor Richards	251	9	22.3	7.6	0.215	0.658	109.8
Huascar Brazobán	248	5	21.8	10.9	0.190	0.605	114.3
Bryan Hudson	226	4	23.0	7.5	0.262	0.678	106.1
Jordan Hicks	172	2	27.3	14.5	0.222	0.657	104.0
Chris Murphy	132	2	22.0	11.4	0.234	0.701	99.5
Tyler Schweitzer	116	2	12.1	8.6	0.257	0.712
Tyler Davis	106	2	20.8	14.2	0.191	0.583
David Sandlin	106	6	22.6	11.3	0.237	0.793
Osvaldo Bido	81	3	13.6	12.3	0.224	0.761	90.9
Jordan Leasure	78	6	23.1	10.3	0.217	0.802	92.4
José Urquidy	71	2	23.9	2.8	0.319	0.831	87.0
Joe Rock	53	0	22.6	20.8	0.275	0.753	83.6
Shane Smith	48	1	22.9	18.8	0.316	0.958
Lucas Sims	46	1	21.7	15.2	0.257	0.786

Payroll

Player	Pos	Terms	2026 salary	Value
Andrew Benintendi	lf	5 y/$75M (23-27)	$17,100,000	$-12.3M
Munetaka Murakami	1b	2 y/$34M (26-27)	$16,500,000
Jordan Hicks	rhp	4 y/$44M (24-27)	$12,500,000	$-9.0M
Luis Castillo	rhp-s	5 yr/$108M (23-27)+28 v opt	$7,934,492	+$8.3M
Anthony Kay	lhp-s	2 y/$12M (26-27)+28 m opt	$5,000,000
Sean Newcomb	lhp	1 y/$4.5M (26)	$4,500,000	$-1.2M
Erick Fedde	rhp-s	1 y/$1.5M (26)	$1,500,000	+$4.8M
Trevor Richards	rhp-s	1 y (26)	$969,251	+$0.2M
Brenton Doyle	cf	1 y/$3.1M (26)	$911,765	+$1.4M
Miguel Vargas	3b	1 y/$805,700 (26)	$805,700	+$24.2M
Davis Martin	rhp-s	1 y/$798,900 (26)	$798,900	+$7.2M
Colson Montgomery	ss	1 y/$798,500 (26)	$798,500	+$12.1M
Mike Vasil	rhp	1 y/$795,050 (26)	$795,050	+$3.2M
Sean Burke	rhp-s	1 y/$793,200 (26)	$793,200	+$7.1M
Brooks Baldwin	2b-3b	1 y/$789,250 (26)	$789,250
Chase Meidroth	2b	1 y/$789,100 (26)	$789,100	+$14.1M
Drew Thorpe	rhp	1 y/$788,600 (26)	$788,600
Kyle Teel	c	1 y/$788,050 (26)	$788,050	+$13.0M
Grant Taylor	rhp	1 y/$787,900 (26)	$787,900	+$1.9M
Luisangel Acuña	cf	1 y/$785,950 (26)	$785,950	+$0.8M
Ky Bush	lhp	1 y/$785,200 (26)	$785,200
Prelander Berroa	rhp	1 y/$785,200 (26)	$785,200
Tristan Peters	of	1 y/$780,350 (26)	$780,350	+$4.3M
Bryan Hudson	lhp	1 y (26)	$777,327	+$0.8M
Jordan Leasure	rhp	1 y/$797,550 (26)	$762,072	+$1.2M
Joey Bart	c	1 y/$2.53M (26)	$744,118	+$7.1M
Tanner Murray	2b	1 y (26)	$737,860
Chris Murphy	lhp	1 y/$797,250 (26)	$723,377	+$1.0M
Sam Antonacci	lf	1 y (26)	$692,407
Drew Romo	c	1 y (26)	$650,696	+$6.9M

Season to date through August 23, 2026, players with 30 plate appearances or batters faced for the club. Payroll figures are public estimates from Cot's Baseball Contracts. Click a column to sort; click a name for the career page.