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The Chicago White Sox are off to another horrendous start in 2025. With 40 games in the books, Chicago is 11-29 and has already fallen 15 games behind the first-place Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. And despite making White Sox fan Pope Leo XIV proud by getting a win on his first full day in the Vatican, Chicago was quickly back to its losing ways.<\/p>\n

The White Sox most recent defeat, a 3-2 loss to the Miami Marlins Saturday, was particularly disheartening as it wasted yet another excellent outing from Shane Smith.<\/p>\n

Smith has been one of the team\u2019s very few bright spots in 2025 and on Saturday he continued his impressive rookie campaign, throwing six shutout innings, allowing four hits and no walks while striking out seven.<\/p>\n

Despite yet another strong effort from Smith, the White Sox lost. And with the defeat, Smith became the only MLB pitcher with an ERA below 2.50 over his first eight starts to have his team lose seven of the eight starts, according to OptaSTATS on X.<\/p>\n

White Sox pitcher tosses another gem and the team loses yet again<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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On the season, Smith is now 1-2 with a 2.08 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 1.1 bWAR and 38 strikeouts in 43.1 innings. The 25-year-old righty has easily been the White Sox best pitcher this season. But the team has been unable to provide run support as Chicago has been outscored 28-15 in Smith\u2019s starts and the White Sox have gone 1-7, with the team\u2019s sole victory coming in a rain-shortened win over the Twins that was called after seven innings.<\/p>\n

While the White Sox have been the laughingstock of the league of late, culminating in last season\u2019s historically awful campaign during which Chicago lost an MLB-record 121 games, the team, and GM Chris Getz, deserves credit for acquiring Smith.<\/p>\n

The rookie hurler signed as an undrafted free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2021. The team was content using him as a reliever in the minors and failed to elevate him. But Getz and the White Sox saw Smith\u2019s potential as a starter and selected him in the Rule 5 draft last December.<\/p>\n

Players taken in the Rule 5 draft are immediately promoted to their new club\u2019s 40-man roster. While Smith had been effective in the Brewers\u2019 farm system, he\u2019s been the White Sox’s best pitcher since joining the team\u2019s Major League rotation.<\/p>\n

Now he just needs some run support. Perhaps the new pope can put in a good word for him.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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