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Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians Starting Lineups — September 15, 2026
Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.
6:40 PM ET · Progressive FieldFinal lineups locked · Sep 15, 3:40 PM ETStats updated Oct 27, 4:32 AM ET
Lineup strength vs today's starter
Weighted by batting-order spot. Season rates are regressed toward league average before they enter the model.
CWS.733
+41 ptsOPS edge
CLE
.692
Clear edge: CWS
Power
Season HR
117vs90
Discipline
Adj. OBP
.323vs.314
Top of order
Slots 1–4
.796vs.711
Bottom of order
Slots 7–9
.671vs.646
CWS wins 7 of 9 batting-order slots · CLE wins 2
CWSSlotCLE
Chase Meidroth.737
1.721Steven Kwan
Randal Grichuk.837
2.689José Ramírez
Miguel Vargas.817
3.697Jo Adell
Munetaka Murakami.795
4.736Travis Bazzana
Brenton Doyle.616
5.763Nathaniel Lowe
Sam Antonacci.752
6.670Angel Genao
Jake Rogers.632
7.631Patrick Bailey
Luisangel Acuña.596
8.623Petey Halpin
Tristan Peters.789
9.686Brayan Rocchio
6 of 9 Chicago White Sox hitters have the platoon advantage vs Foster Griffin (5 of 9 for Cleveland Guardians)
Chicago White Sox
- Strong top of the order
- Platoon advantage in 6 of 9 spots
- The stronger lineup on paper today
Cleveland Guardians
- Balanced lineup, no standout strength or weakness
- Bottom third drops off sharply
- Top of the order is not the strength