MLB Power Rankings: Has the magic run out on the White Sox’s feel-good Cinderella story?

The feel-good story of the 2026 season, at least on a team level, is arguably the Chicago White Sox. You know, the team that was parked in No. 30 in these Power Rankings the last umpteen weeks of 2024 and was at or near the bottom for most of 2025. They looked like a feisty bunch early this season and then started hanging around first place in June and July before building a lead as big as 5 ½ games in August.

That lead is now down to a half game, as the Sox just finished a 1-5 week against the Pirates and Cardinals. They still sit in first place, but it might not be for long. The Guardians don't exactly seem enthused at trying to win the division as they do more often than not these days, given that they only went 3-3 last week, but it's been enough to thrust them up right in the White Sox's rearview mirror so aggressively that it is fogging up.

And now, it's a head-to-head battle.

The Guardians host the White Sox for a three-game series starting on Monday.

So far this season, the White Sox lead the season series, 6-4, so…

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