Repollo
On September 24, 2026, the Chicago White Sox clinched a wild card berth with a 9-1 win in Kansas City — just two years after a 41-121 season in 2024 that set the modern MLB record for losses. Opening day playoff odds had them at 1.1%, third-lowest in baseball. Believers call it the greatest single-franchise turnaround in the sport’s history: three straight 100-loss seasons converted to October baseball in two years, powered by 11 walk-off wins, 35 comeback victories, and three 30-homer hitters. Skeptics counter that historic turnarounds are graded on where you finish, not where you started — the rotation is thin, the team ranks 25th in batting average, and a weak AL is doing as much for the Sox as the rebuild itself.