The White Sox were eliminated from postseason contention on Saturday with a 6-1 loss to the Houston Astros, lowering their record to an MLB-worst 30-94. That puts them a mind-boggling 38.5 games behind the third wild-card spot, with 38 games to go.
If a team getting eliminated from the playoffs on Aug. 17 sounds early, that's because it is. It's the earliest a team has been eliminated from playoff contention since the start of MLB's divisional era in 1969.
The team has already tied the American League record for consecutive losses with 21, and needs to win 11 more games to avoid tying the 1962 New York Mets for the most losses in MLB history.
Again, no one really needed objective proof that the White Sox are a horrifically bad team. They've been making that clear night in and night out for 4 1/2 months now.
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