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26. Chicago White Sox (72-90, fifth in AL Central, 683 runs scored, 782 runs allowed).
Modest Proposal: Last year, pitching for the Red Sox and A’s, Sean Newcomb had 14 relief appearances of at least two innings. Across the minors and majors, Grant Taylor had seven relief appearances of at least two innings, plus six short starts of at least 2 1/3 innings. Will Venable should lean into that kind of usage for the two of them, rather than fall into the one-clean-inning model.
