Three Chicago White Sox who’ll be gone by All-Star break
Things have been up and down to start the season for the Chicago White Sox. We don’t expect that to continue as the roster gets a bit more healthy this season. It will also be an improved team when the stars wake up a little bit more.
By the All-Star break, they should be well over .500. As of right now, there are three guys on the roster who probably won’t even make it to that point with the team. If everyone gets healthy and the right guys are playing well, these are the three you can expect to be gone by that time:
128. . OF. Chicago White Sox. Billy Hamilton. 00. player
The Chicago White Sox already has Billy Hamilton on the injured list this year.
Billy Hamilton was brought in during spring training. He is a guy who made the roster because of the fact that Eloy Jimenez was injured and likely going to be out for a very long time. It also didn’t help that Adam Engel is out too. Engel, however, should be back sometime next week so that means that Hamilton’s days are probably numbered. It doesn’t help that he himself got hurt and hasn’t been able to prove that he should stick.
Hamilton is a nice guy to have on your bench as a speedy guy who can play some outfield. For the Sox, however, they have plenty of other players who can do that job and them some better. Don’t be surprised if he sticks for a little bit after his injury but by the All-Star break, he should be gone. The White Sox need to be using players who are much better if they want to compete for the playoffs seriously.
player. 128. . INF. Chicago White Sox. Danny Mendick. 20
Danny Mendick might be up and down with the Chicago White Sox this season.
Danny Mendick is one of the most interesting players on the Chicago White Sox. He provides tremendous value to the team defensively but little to nothing offensively. He was a Gold Glove nominee in 2020 as a backup second baseman. It was a short 60 game season but the people voting clearly think he is a great defender. That makes sense but the White Sox might not have enough room on the roster by the All-Star break.
If he is on the playoff roster as a bench guy, that would make sense. He is great to put in defensively late in the game but the White Sox might want to get their best nine in on most days throughout the season.
Mendick would probably be on the team full-time if it weren’t for Eloy Jimenez’s injury. Now that his offense is out, they need to keep as many bats as they can. Tim Anderson going down for a bit made them call Mendick up. He has stayed now that Anderson is back and Nick Williams was the one who is gone. Once Adam Engel is back, however, Mendick is one of the candidates to be gone. By the All-Star break, that should be the case but we know he can be helpful sometime in the future.
128. . INF. Chicago White Sox. Jake Lamb. 23. player
Jake Lamb hasn’t been hitting well for the Chicago White Sox so far this season.
The Chicago White Sox brought in Jake Lamb during spring training. He was already on his second team of the spring by the time he arrived with the Sox but he stuck around thanks to some of the depth issues that they had. He made the team over Danny Mendick because his bat was needed more thanks to the Jimenez injury.
So far, Lamb hasn’t lived up to his end of the bargain. The bat hasn’t been as effective as we would have thought. In fact, Danny Mendick probably provides more value to the team all-around even without Eloy in the lineup. We hope that he can get his bat going while he is here but we don’t expect him to stick for very long this year.
None of these guys are guaranteed to be gone but it does seem like they are the three most likely. This team is World Series good when healthy but they need to be more consistent. That won’t happen if guys like this are playing every day trying to win games in the bottom of the 10th inning. Some better decisions have to be made going forward and playing the best players that you have available to you is one of them.