5 reasons that the Chicago White Sox lost the offseason

Opening Day is less than two weeks away for the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox are primed to repeat as AL Central Division champions for the first time in franchise history. The way the offseason went, however, makes it feel like they are contending for last place.

It is because the White Sox had a relatively low-key offseason. That would be acceptable if they were still in rebuild mode. After coming off a division title and need just a few key pieces to win a World Series, this was not the offseason to be all quiet on the free-agent front.

White Sox fans were expecting general manager Rick Hahn to go out and sign Marcus Seimen or Kris Bryant. The hope was he would sign another starting pitcher. Instead, the Sox signed a couple of bullpen arms and a player better suited to being a utilityman to play second base every day.

The rest of the contenders in the league armed themselves as if this would be their only shot at a title. The Minnesota Twins even pulled off signing the top free agent in Carlos Correa. The White Sox boasts that they signed Joe Kelly and that we should feel good about their internal solutions.

The Chicago White Sox didn’t do everything they can to win the offseason this year.

That is fine and dandy but the Sox have won just three postseason games since winning the 2005 World Series. The offseason should have been focused on making sure the Sox win three postseason series. It seemed it was more focused on how to get to the American League Championship Series.

Needless to say, the Chicago White Sox lost the 2022 offseason and there are five reasons why they failed this offseason: