With opening day one week away not only are the Chicago White Sox in the toughest division in baseball but they still have many questions that need to be answered within their own organization. In 2005 when the White Sox held the title of World Series champions they were built on pitching and defense. Although the defense may have returned with the additions of Orlando Cabrera and Nick Swisher the pitching certainly is still a question mark. When you lose a starting pitcher such as Jon Garland you lose 200 innings and anywhere from 15 to 18 wins. Not only that but you move Jose Contreras up to the number 3 spot in the rotation and that might be asking too much from someone who went 10 and 17 with a 5.57 ERA and is believed to be around 40 years old around major league baseball. Also the White sox are asking a lot from young pitchers John Danks and Gavin Floyd even though they are very unproven major league ball players. At times early last year Danks looked like he could pitch in this league but towards the end he looked as if he might have been better off down in the minors as he went 0 and 6 with a 7.62 ERA in August. When it comes to Floyd no one knows who were going to see start the year. In September Floyd had a 3.19 ERA and looked like the pitcher who they thought he could be when he was the main part of the Freddy Garcia deal but prior to that he looked as if he might turn out to be a major bust. I would say the biggest question mark for the 2008 White Sox is without a doubt the starting rotation.
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