Chicago White Sox: 2 prospects who could make an impact in September
The Chicago White Sox are a great baseball team. They are going to go to the playoffs for the second year in a row first time in franchise history this year. This time, they aren’t just going to be content with making the playoffs. They want to win the World Series. That is obviously hard but it is going to be their goal for the next handful of years.
There are a lot of reasons that people believe that they can do it. One is the great starting rotation that they have. They have a great bullpen on paper but Tony La Russa is still figuring out how to manage them to get the most out of everyone. That will come with time. We can only hope that it happens in time for the postseason.
The White Sox have dealt with a lot of injuries so far this season. They saw players like Eloy Jimenez, Luis Robert, and Yasmani Grandal all miss significant time. Having all three of them back is going to be the best spark that they could possibly have.
The offense has hit its slumps from time to time but it has been good enough to win a lot of baseball games. When fully healthy, they can compete with any lineup in the league. It is starting to look like the group that they were intended to be more and more with each passing day.
The Chicago White Sox has a lot of great players that can contribute offense.
The best part about the lineup is its depth. There are nine really good players to start on any given night and the backups aren’t too shabby either. When rosters go from 26 to 28, they might call up some of their big bat prospects as well. These are the two players that they should consider calling up in September:
32. player. 128. . 1B/OF. Chicago White Sox. Gavin Sheets
Gavin Sheets deserves to play for the Chicago White Sox again this season.
The Chicago White Sox have had a lot of help from unlikely sources this season. As we mentioned before, there have been some serious injuries to consequential players this season. That has forced everyone to step up and exceed expectations. One player who has done that for them has been Gavin Sheets.
This kid came into the season with almost no expectations to be a Major League Baseball player but he proved he is worthy. He was so good in AAA so the White Sox gave him a call up a few months ago. He impressed and had some really big hits. One of those hits was a walk-off home run. That was one of the many moments where he showed he belonged in a big-league clubhouse.
Unfortunately, the roster is only so big so he had to go back to AAA as the team got healthier. Now that the rosters are going to be expanded, he deserves to be the first player called up. He can contribute offense, play multiple positions well, and be a good bench piece. He probably won’t play as much as he did when he was up earlier but he could be useful off the bench in more than one way.
128. . 3B/DH. Chicago White Sox. Jake Burger. 30. player
Jake Burger has been an amazing story in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Jake Burger is a very good baseball player. The Chicago White Sox knew that when they drafted him in the first round of the 2017 MLB Draft with the 11th overall pick. He was known as an elite-hitting prospect before some bad injuries derailed his career. It really looked like he was going to never make it to the big leagues but he battled all the way back.
Now, Burger is looking like that awesome prospect that he was a few years ago. He got his chance with the White Sox after dominating AAA just like Sheets. He was just as good if not better. His former injury shows no sign of hurting him at all. He played in 15 games for the White Sox where he slashed .263/.333.474 for an OPS of .807. He hit 1 home run and had RBIs with five runs scored. It was a small sample size but a very good one at that.
Burger deserves to be called up when the White Sox expand their rosters. He can provide offense for them when they rest players down the stretch and he can hit in big spots if someone gets hurt or is cold for a game. He deserves the opportunity in every way.
The White Sox have an outstanding offense. Gaining a bit of depth with guys like Sheets and Burger would go a long way. The lineup is so good and adding guys like this to the mix could go a long way.
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