Week 21 Hitters Poll: Your Middle Infield Carrying Your Offense Is Rarely A Good Sign

You're not going to believe this considering the White Sox have gone 2-5 since last week's Hitters Poll, but there weren't exactly a lot of points scored by our South Side Hitmen this week.

In fact, only two Sox players even managed to break the 20-point mark this week, and it was from that bastian of power hitting, the White Sox middle infield.

Here's the latest.

RANK	PLAYER	POINTS	LW	+/-
1	Alex Rios	495	1	11
2	Adam Dunn	421	2	6
3	Paul Konerko	413	3	13
4	A.J. Pierzynski	403	4	7
5	Alejandro De Aza	369	5	8
5	Alexei Ramirez	369	6	25
7	Gordon Beckham	320	7	24
8	Dayan Viciedo	298	8	12
9	Kevin Youkilis	221	9	4
10	Dewayne Wise	67	11	11
11	Tyler Flowers	58	10	-2
11	Orlando Hudson	58	12	4
13	Eduardo Escobar	45	13	0
14	Brent Morel	33	14	0
15	Jordan Danks	32	15	0
16	Brent Lillibridge	18	16	0
16	Kosuke Fukudome	18	16	0
18	Ray Olmedo	11	18	0
19	Dan Johnson	4	NA	4
20	Hector Gimenez	3	NA	3
20	Jose Lopez	3	NA	3

Yeah, Alexei Ramirez continues his hot hitting of the last few weeks -- you know the old saying, when the weather warms up, so does Alexei three months after the weather warms up -- but the biggest surprise here is Gordon Beckham.

Is it nice to see Gordon having such a strong week? Of course, it's better than the alternative. The problem is that when Gordon Beckham is your biggest bat in the lineup for a week you're going to go 2-5 and watch your division lead shrink rapidly.

Another problem is having Alejandro De Aza out-produce Adam Dunn, Kevin Youkilis and A.J. Pierzynski in only two games.

Last week's rankings can be found here.