There’s no disputing the Chicago White Sox have shown improvement over one year ago.

The Sox were 28-89 on Aug. 8, 2024, the day general manager Chris Getz finally pulled the trigger on manager Pedro Grifol , mercifully ending a reign that sent the rebuild backward. They began Friday’s game against the Cleveland Guardians at 42-73, which isn’t much to brag about but still a 15-game improvement over ’24.

The offense is starting to click, the bullpen has been effective and the Sox showed an unwillingness to accept mediocrity Friday when they demoted starter Jonathan Cannon to Triple-A Charlotte instead of letting him figure it out at the major-league level.

So have the Sox turned the corner, or maybe just a corner?

“I’d say a corner,” Getz said before Friday’s game at Sox Park. “We’re

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