The 44-77 White Sox have had a turbulent season. From an abysmal 5-21 April, to churning through relievers and once highly-sought prospects, to finally turning the bats on in July, Chicago can’t decide whether it wants to be a good team.

At first glance, many stats paint a negative picture of the Sox. They’re currently in 29th place with a -74 run differential and have the third-worst road record among all teams. Additionally, the lineup’s .229 batting average and .670 slugging percentage are the second-lowest in MLB. These quite ugly figures, however, aren’t representative of this team’s complete talent.

The Sox’s record largely represents the old era Sox: 38 of their 77 losses came from April and May alone, during which the lineup was severely in flux. Andrew Benintendi and Mike Tauchman were on the IL for nearly six weeks, Andrew Vaughn was still the primary first baseman, Kyle Teel still hadn’t debuted, and Colson Montgomery was riding the struggle bus in Charlotte. It was clear that Chris Getz was throwing spaghetti at the wall to figure out what stuck. These early struggles significantly set Chicago’s record back.

Chicago’s lopsided record for one-run games also distorts its record, as 9-27 is even worse than Colorado’s one-run record, which says all you need to know. And 14 of those 27 games lost were against teams who are currently better than .500, and flipping the right six of those 27 losses would result in series wins instead of setbacks. Even if a third of those losses were wins, the Sox would be on pace for 70 victories this year.

Despite their most recent 1-0 loss to the Tigers on Wednesday, where the offense hardly mustered two hits, that effort doesn’t truly reflect the potential the Sox have. Chicago has comfortably sat in 29th place for the majority of the season — but they have a lot more working for them than what meets the eye.