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Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians Starting Lineups — September 16, 2026
Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.
1:10 PM ET · Progressive FieldFinal lineups locked · Sep 16, 11:10 AM ETStats updated Oct 29, 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.720
+29 ptsOPS edge
CLE
.691
Slight edge: CWS
Power
Season HR
109vs80
Discipline
Adj. OBP
.312vs.317
Top of order
Slots 1–4
.757vs.714
Bottom of order
Slots 7–9
.698vs.671
CWS wins 6 of 9 batting-order slots · CLE wins 3
CWSSlotCLE
Chase Meidroth.740
1.722Steven Kwan
Randal Grichuk.831
2.683José Ramírez
Miguel Vargas.818
3.701Jo Adell
Tommy Pham.636
4.750Travis Bazzana
Kyle Teel.704
5.683David Fry
Brenton Doyle.630
6.657Angel Genao
Colson Montgomery.712
7.707Austin Hedges
Luisangel Acuña.596
8.613Petey Halpin
Tristan Peters.789
9.691Brayan Rocchio
6 of 9 Chicago White Sox hitters have the platoon advantage vs Parker Messick (6 of 9 for Cleveland Guardians)
Chicago White Sox
- Platoon advantage in 6 of 9 spots
Cleveland Guardians
- Platoon advantage in 6 of 9 spots
- Top of the order is not the strength