Article: Beating Vegas: The Chicago White Sox

[John Bonnes]

Show us you can beat Vegas and you can win a Harry’s Razor starter kit!  Though they had won only 73 games in 2014, an active offseason had Vegas thinking the White Sox would be at least competitive in 2015. Think again. Their offense somehow got worse and they finished in fourth place in the AL Central again, albeit with 76 wins.Vegas’ Line: 80.5 wins

 

What The Line Is Saying

"Why does this team keep underperforming? They can’t keep underperforming, right?”

 

They’ll Beat Vegas If…

They score some freaking runs. Jose Abreu sits in the middle of this lineup, scaring the snot out of opposing pitchers, but he can only do so much damage when the team’s on-base percentage is .306.

 

 If you beat Vegas, you can win a free Harry’s Razor starter set. Just leave a comment with your choice of the “Over” or” Under” and your reasoning. At the end of the season, for each team, we’ll randomly pick one of the winning predictions for a free Truman Razor set.  

 

They’ll Lose To Vegas If…

Let me count the ways. 1) Chris Sale could be human for a year. 2) The White Sox starting rotation could quit overachieving. 3) The dysfunction that we saw during the Adam LaRoche saga spreads due to a slow start. 4) Robin Ventura ‘s status turns into a distraction. 5) …

 

I’ll Bet The….

UNDER

I cannot figure out what Vegas sees in this team. This is a team stuck in the same way that the Rays are stuck, only they’re older and have no help coming from the minors. I wouldn’t be shocked if they’re in full tank mode by the end of the year.

 

 Now it’s your turn. Give us your prediction in the comment section (you’ll need to register first) and you’re automatically entered. We’ll be giving out a free Harry’s Razor Truman Set to one of the winning correct predictions for each team, so we’ll be give away 15 sets of razors! You can also click over to Harry’s Razors and get $5 off on your first order using the promo code ‘gleeman’.  

 

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[Pardon My Dinger]

Sing it!

[Mike Sixel]

Under, and clever to hide it in the minor league section of the site........

[Vanimal46]

Way under. This team is already divided from the LaRoche situation. I would bet 6 months rent in Vegas on the under.  

[alanwil2]

Under.  Good teams will win against them.

 

[pbrezeasap]

I was going to say under before I even saw the Vegas number, but 80.5 really? Way under.

[Willihammer]

Over. Laroche leaving is the cherry on top of a good offseason.

[Craig Arko]

Are the White Sox considered a minor league team now? Choices could depend on this.

[David Zeller]

Under, Robin Ventura will end up being too much of a distraction

[Brock Beauchamp]

Under because they lack any kind of depth. They have some really nice pieces at the top but very little underneath. I think the Sox will end up as the worst team in the division.

[TheLeviathan]

Under

[Jrfabian6]

Under they are wasting the prime years of Sale

[Wookiee of the Year]

So many of you are taking the under, that I'll take the Over. (I expect they'll finish right around .500.)

[Mike Sixel]

 

So many of you are taking the under, that I'll take the Over. (I expect they'll finish right around .500.)

 

80.5 is right around .500......

[Blake]

I'm hoping we see the Sox repeat last year.

 

Sox fielding was so dreadful last year it made for much merriment in game threads.

 

Anyway, under.

[Wookiee of the Year]

 

80.5 is right around .500......

Right--and if my goal is to win a razor kit and I think 80.5 is a near-perfect over/under, then my best option is to bet against the crowd.

[Lee-The-Twins-Fan]

Under... again. The Sox have poor defense, and not enough offense. I also don't know what Vegas sees in them. 

 

I'll split the difference in the last two years – 75 wins.

[ekkerb]

under!

[biggentleben]

If I were going to bet, I'd put their number on 79-82 wins, so this is really a perfect line. I'll take the over, but just by the skin of teeth.

[bird]

 

If I were going to bet, I'd put their number on 79-82 wins, so this is really a perfect line. I'll take the over, but just by the skin of teeth.

 

And I'll take the under by a game. But agreed, it's a reasonable enough line. They improved over the winter, but lack of rotation depth might haunt them unless they miraculously avoid injuries.

[spinowner]

Under.