Settling in at home, White Sox take big series
Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The first eight games of the 2026 season have shown White Sox fans that the floor and the ceiling for this team might be very far apart. The opening road trip was a near-perfect disaster; the Sox looked hapless in Milwaukee and were little better when they traveled to Miami. After the first six games, the offense had the second-highest strikeout rate in the league and the worst ERA by three runs per nine innings .
If that was the floor, things on the south side will get ugly quickly. The good news is the first two games of the homestand have provided a glimpse into what the Sox’ ceiling might be. Against the defending American League champion Blue Jays, they won their home opener on a walk-off on Friday and then secured a series win with a solid offensive performance and strong pitching on Saturday.
On paper at least, the White Sox should be taking a notable forward this season. They have what should be a much stronger offense than the past two seasons and a pitching staff that’s in better shape too. The difference between how the team looked on the road to open the 2026 campaign and how they’ve looked the first two games in Chicago might come down to simply getting through the nerves of the first few games of the season.
“Credit to being back home,” Colson Montgomery said of the team’s play the past two days. “Being here, we’re all very familiar. We all feel like we play the best at home.
We’re most comfortable at home playing in front of these fans. It’s easy for them to hype us up. “Progressively each game everyone’s been getting better.
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