South Side Sox Reacts: Hitting should be the most improved

With a slight turnaround from the debacle of a season start the White Sox went through — namely, sweeping the defending AL champs — it seemed like the right time to spin things a bit more positively. So the question this week prodded you to pick an aspect of White Sox baseball that has most improved in 2026.

By almost two-thirds, you chose the bats:

It’s early, and a lot depends on whether you ignore the improvement on offense in the second half (roughly, post-Colson Montgomery arrival). Undoubtedly this is a better team on offense than the start of 2025; better than the end of last year? We’ll see.

Still, it’s hard to image what to choose otherwise, with the rotation, bullpen and defense all sketchy.

The national questions this week involved picking the winners of each division. Let’s just roll them all out at once:

The Mariners being the biggest runaway in the American League, more so than the Tigers, is interesting. Still, those two popular favorites, along with the Red Sox, are all struggling early.

You can tell this survey was taken after Opening Day, because suddenly everyone is all up in the Brewers’ bandwagon.

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