u/FWdem

White Sox have climbed to 2nd in the AL Central Power rankings (12 overall), behind Cleveland (10th overall).

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-power-rankings-may-11-17/

>Last week’s slate of games concluded with Rivalry Weekend, leading to some dramatic games between crosstown and cross-state foes, most notably between the New York teams and the Chicago clubs. Maybe those come-from-behind wins will spark the Mets and White Sox to greater things over the next few weeks.

To everyone’s surprise, the White Sox are two games over .500! They swept the Royals last week and then won a dramatic Crosstown Classic against the Cubs over the weekend. This is the first time they’ve been more than a game over .500 since September 22, 2022. Two unlikely heroes made the difference in Sunday’s walk-off win in extra innings. The game was tied in the eighth inning when light-hitting center fielder Tristan Peters hit his career first home run to put the team ahead by three. After the Cubs tied the game in the ninth inning and scored once in the top of the 10th, struggling catcher Edgar Quero smacked his first home run of the season, a two-run blast in the bottom of the frame, to give the Sox the victory.