Surprise Success of the White Sox in MLB 2026 Season

You know, you mentioned Chicago. I'll ask you about both Chicago teams. Who are you more surprised with? I mean, obviously the Cubs were supposed to be in the contention for, you know, their division here. But how about those White Sox? I mean, Will Venable has to be considered the manager of the year. I mean, I never saw the Chicago White Sox come in. So I would assume you're probably like me here. The Chicago White Sox have to be maybe one of the most surprising teams in baseball this year. Oh, absolutely. And they have the signing of the year with Munetaka Murakami, who missed some time but is going to end up a 30 home run guy overseas on such a small contract. That was huge. I have another player, Colson Montgomery, a young player who's playing great. Miguel Vargas, who was in the trade that the White Sox made with the Dodgers a couple of years ago. So look, the White Sox are a little bit ahead of schedule. They made the trade for Luis Castillo. That shows you that they want to make a little bit of a push here and inject some life into their rotation. Realistically speaking, the White Sox are battling those Cleveland Guardians, Dan. Those are the same Guardians who won 10 games in a row in September last year. They were left for dead and then caught the Tigers and won the division. So that's who they're going to have to fight with, I think, to win the division. They've been a surprise as far as the Cubs go. I think, Dan, they're trending toward the postseason. But I got to tell you, it feels a little icky to me with the Cubs every year or the Cubs a couple of years ago. They had it locked in. They didn't get in. Sometimes they make the playoffs. They get knocked out right away. I don't know. I feel like whoever plays that Cubs team in the first round, the Cubs will be favored. I'll probably take the other side.