After clinching playoff berth, White Sox want 'to do everything in our power to win this division'
Clinching a playoff spot Thursday in Kansas City was a a moment of tremendous catharsis for a White Sox team that had worked to defy expectations all season — and especially for those who had labored to pull the franchise out of the morass that was the 121-loss season in 2024.‘‘Me, [Miguel] Vargas, [Andrew Benintendi], Davis [Martin] have been here since ‘24,’’ right-hander Sean Burke said in a beer- and champagne-soaked visitors’ clubhouse in Kauffman Stadium. ‘‘To see the journey it took to…
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With a full-count take on a 93 mph Tomoyuki Sugano fastball down the middle, White Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery set a new MLB single-season record for strikeouts with 224 on Friday night, passing the record Mark Reynolds set in 2009.A long-levered power hitter, strikeouts have been and will be part of Montgomery’s game. The larger problem is his overall fall-off in production. Montgomery has 31 home runs and 87 RBI while playing solid defense at shortstop, but entered Friday with a .615 OPS…