Murakami White Sox Reach Two Games Above .500 After 6-2 Win
murakami white sox moved to two games above.500 on Thursday after beating the Minnesota Twins 6-2. The club had not been below.500 in more than two weeks, and if the season ended then, it would have been in a wild-card position.
Getz Sees The Shift
Chris Getz said the record reflects more than one win. In a 40-minute phone conversation Thursday, the White Sox general manager said, "We starting to really have this winning kind of mindset" as the organization continued to move away from the kind of internal drift he said once slowed it down.
Getz took over as general manager in October of 2023, then watched the White Sox set a modern-day record for losses in one season before the turnaround gained traction. Chicago won 41 games in 2024, and the gap between that season and this one is the difference between a rebuild stuck in place and a club sitting above.500 in late summer.
Montgomery And Teel Arrive
Two prospects helped drive that change once they reached the majors. Colson Montgomery and Kyle Teel were described as immediate impact players after being called up from the minors in 2025, giving the lineup two more pieces that fit a team looking for younger, more productive regulars.
That rise did not happen in a vacuum. The White Sox had already put together a positive run differential after the All-Star break in late 2025, then swept a series in Pittsburgh, took two of three against the Phillies, and ran off a six-game winning streak in early September.
From 41 Wins To.500+
Jerry Reinsdorf’s club had been to the playoffs once in 14 seasons, not counting the shortened 2020 season, so Thursday’s position carried real weight even before the standings settled. More than two weeks above.500, the White Sox are no longer chasing respectability one step at a time; they are sitting in a spot that would have mattered in a postseason race if the schedule stopped now.
For the White Sox, the practical change is simple: the standings now show a team with something to protect instead of one trying to dig out of the bottom. The next test is whether the gains in the roster and the mindset survive the rest of the season, because that is what will decide whether Thursday looks like a peak or a starting point.
