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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
James Fegan

The White Sox were the walking dead in 2023

Chicago White Sox’s Yoan Moncada reacts after being called out on strikes during the eighth inning of the team’s baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. The Cubs won 4-3. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

During one of his many productive seasons before leaving for Houston a year ago, former White Sox slugger Jose Abreu confessed of his aggressive plate approach: “I like to swing. It’s not a secret.”

The Sox retained Abreu’s madness but not his method. For the second straight season and the third in the last five years, they drew walks at the lowest rate in MLB.

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