1. White Sox team eliminated from 2024 MLB playoffs: Updated AL and NL standings | News, scores, highlights, stats and rumors

The Chicago White Sox were eliminated from the postseason race on Saturday night with a 6-1 loss to the Houston Astros.

The loss dropped the White Sox's record to 30-94. The club remains the only MLB team with fewer than 45 wins in a season.

Here's a look at the league's updated standings now that the White Sox are officially out of the postseason race.

1. New York Yankees, 73-51
2. Cleveland Guardians, 72-51
3. Houston Astros, 66-56

1. Baltimore Orioles, 72-51
2. Minnesota Twins, 70-53
3. Kansas City Royals, 68-55

Outside the postseason bubble

1. Boston Red Sox, 64-57
2. Seattle Mariners, 63-61
3. Tampa Bay Rays, 61-61
4. Detroit Tigers, 60-64
5. Toronto Blue Jays, 57-66
6. Texas Rangers, 56-68
7. Los Angeles Angels, 53-69
8. Oakland Athletics, 53-70
9. Chicago White Sox, 30-94 (eliminated from postseason)

1. Philadelphia Phillies, 73-50
2. Los Angeles Dodgers, 72-52
3. Milwaukee Brewers, 71-52

1. San Diego Padres, 69-54
2. Arizona Diamondbacks, 69-55
3. Atlanta Braves, 64-58

Outside the postseason bubble

1. New York Mets, 64-59
2. San Francisco Giants, 62-63
3. St. Louis Cardinals, 61-62
4. Chicago Cubs, 61-63
5. Cincinnati Reds, 60–63
6. Pittsburgh Pirates, 58-64
7. Washington Nationals, 55-69
8. Colorado Rockies, 45-78
9. Miami Marlins, 45-78

The White Sox were eliminated from the postseason race earlier than any other MLB team last season. In 2023, the Oakland Athletics became the first team mathematically eliminated on August 25, while the White Sox were technically in the race until September 11.

With 38 games left in the season, the White Sox could win at most 68 games, which would not be enough to keep the team at the top of the standings or a wild-card spot even if all other teams lose.

The White Sox's disappointing 2024 season was marked by an AL-record 21-game losing streak, the firing of manager Pedro Grifol and a planned reduction in season ticket prices for 2025.

Now the franchise is facing another ignominious defeat and a new record for losses in a single MLB season. The 1962 New York Mets currently hold the record with a 40-120 loss in the team's first season, so the White Sox could set a new standard by finishing 11-27 or worse in the final stretch of the season.

The White Sox last qualified for the postseason in 2021, when the team lost the AL Division Series to the Houston Astros.

Chicago has only moved away from the postseason since then. The team's 61-101 record in 2023 was the worst franchise mark since its 56-win 1970 season, and the 2024 club is on track to set a new White Sox standard.

The White Sox's path forward is made even more difficult by the fact that the franchise cannot select higher than No. 10 in the upcoming MLB Draft. Team management indicated after Grifol's firing that the franchise would look outside the White Sox for a new manager to lead the team through the upcoming rebuild, according to Jesse Rogers of ESPN.