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BP Daily: Sorting out AL playoff chances

By Jay Jaffe
Baseball Prospectus

Thursday, August 27, 2009

August hasn't been terribly kind to the Chicago White Sox. Neither their buzzer-beating trade for Jake Peavy nor their shocking waiver claim of Alex Rios has panned out yet. Peavy is still on the shelf, Rios isn't hitting and the team has gone just 10-12 while falling three games farther behind the Tigers in the American League Central race. This last issue is an even bigger problem, though, because the White Sox are tied for the honor of the toughest remaining schedule among the eight AL team ...

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