The Chicago White Sox are going to be among the most active teams in baseball this offseason. But, in order to truly contend, the team will need to see some of their young players breakout in 2020.
In 2019, White Sox fans got to see some of their best young talent on full display with Eloy Jimenez breaking camp with the club on his way to a 30-homer season.
Meanwhile, the team’s three best players were Lucas Giolito, Yoan Moncada, and Tim Anderson, all of which had not previously shown even close to as much success in the past.
While Yasmani Grandal and any other addition the team makes this offseason will help, the only way for the White Sox to contend in 2020 is if the players mentioned previously continue to play near or at the same level they did in 2019 and some more players breakout.
This is not giving the team a pass on spending money this offseason because they definitely need to add pieces for this team to succeed.
It is merely explaining that they can’t fix all of their problems through one offseason’s work and in order to become the team they want to be in 2020, they need some of their players to live up to previously held expectations.