Originally Published: August 27, 2009
BP Daily: Sorting out AL playoff chances
Schedule strength says the White Sox should fade and the Rangers can make a run
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.
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