"The team carried a .756 second-half OPS into Sunday, leaps and bounds better than the .639 mark it had before the All-Star break. And the Sox' .674 team OPS on the season is higher than the .618 number from last year. This isn't the Sox going from worst to first, and there's a lot of ground left to cover before Chris Getz's rebuild shifts into contention mode. But don't let that sour the hope of better days ahead."
""A lot of things to be proud of, but also a lot of work still to be done," Fuller said Sunday. "When you look at where we were last year in almost every category, it [was] the bottom third. And we're making meaningful progress. But we want to be top five, we want to be one of the best."
""To move the needle in a lot of the things we value, year over year, in one year, especially the first year of implementing a new system, is really encouraging. But you have more work to be done. Not going to be satisfied until we're the best at the things we value.""
The White Sox are pursuing incremental rebuilding progress rather than immediate contention. Team offensive performance improved markedly in the second half, with a .756 second-half OPS versus .639 before the All-Star break and a season OPS of .674 compared with .618 last year. Significant positional contributors emerged at the major-league level, including infielders Colson Montgomery, Chase Meidroth and Miguel Vargas, catchers Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero, and outfield prospect Braden Montgomery. Colson Montgomery provided notable power late in the season. The organization views these developments as meaningful steps while acknowledging more work remains to reach top-tier goals.
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