3 former Cubs for the White Sox to consider in free agency
It is so nice to wake up now knowing that there will be Major League Baseball in the year 2022. It was looking extremely bad as recently as a day ago and now we will have a full 162 game season. It is going to get underway soon enough but there is still more offseason business to take care of for teams like the Chicago White Sox.
This team was so good in 2021 and they weren’t even close to full strength. They were missing some of their key players for most of the year and still managed to win 93 games. Have some faith in this team because they are outstanding.
However, as good as they are, there are still a few teams that are a bit better. The White Sox were humbled once they reached the Houston Astros in the postseason so now it is about getting better as a team.
Rick Hahn is certainly going to try and add a few more free agents before the season really starts. The team on the other side of town in the Chicagoo Cubs that have some former players that are unrestricted free agents looking for a new home.
The Chicago White Sox should still consider bringing in a free agent or two.
Coming to Chicago would probably be really nice for a lot of them, even if the Cubs don’t want them. The White Sox are also a significantly better team right now so playing for them might actually be really intriguing. There is a lot of talent there. These are three former Chicago Cubs players to consider adding before the 2022 season begins:
Kyle Schwarber
The Chicago White Sox would eventually look amazing if they signed Kyle Schwarber.
The Chicago Cubs did not end things well with Kyle Schwarber. They chose Joc Pederson over him who is a pretty good player but he is nothing like this version of Schwarber. He signed with the Washington Nationals after the Cubs cut him which was tough to see.
Schwarber was an all-star for his first half of the season with Washington as he was one of the best hitters going in the game. Because of the fact that Washington was terrible, they became sellers so Schwarber ended up on the Boston Red Sox where he went all the way to the ALCS.
Now, Schwarber is looking for a new team and the White Sox would be a great fit. He would make an outstanding designated hitter with them and he could also play some solid defensive outfield if they wanted to get him out there, especially in right field.
Adding a bat like that to this lineup would do some serious damage. Whatever team he does sing with needs to make sure that he is confident in himself. He is more of his 2021 self than he was anything prior. There is a lot of power left in that bat and the White Sox would be lucky to have him.
Kris Bryant
Few free agents would fit in on the Chicago White Sox more than Kris Bryant.
Kris Bryant would make an outstanding business decision if he signed with the Chicago White Sox for the long-term betterment of the team. It would also be a very good move for the Chicago White Sox as they would be getting an elite hitter that can field pretty much every position.
It is hard to call him a utility man because he is a player that has won a World Series, a Rookie of the Year, MVP, and four All-Star appearances. He is one of the most decorated Cubs of all time. It didn’t work out long term for him in Chicago but there is no doubt that his memory will last for a long time.
The Cubs traded Kris Bryant to the San Francisco Giants in the middle of this 2021 season. He went from a bad Cubs team to an elite Giants team. Bryant and the Giants took the Los Angeles Dodgers to the brink of the first round but LA prevailed. It was certainly a well-played series from both sides.
If he came to the White Sox, he would probably mostly play right field but he can play whatever a coach like Tony La Russa needs. There are going to be injuries and off-days where Bryant could fill in as well. When you combine this with one of the best bats in the game, you are getting a really good player.
Nick Castellanos
The Chicago White Sox should really consider adding someone like Nick Castellanos.
Nick Castellanos has become a meme over the past couple of seasons, as there’s a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run and so that will make it a 4-0 ballgame. You have heard it by now if you follow baseball closely and it never stops being funny.
However, it is not funny that the White Sox still needs help in right field after all of these years. Nick Castellanos isn’t a Gold Glove Award winner by any means but he is a tremendous hitter. He had MVP-like numbers in years prior to this so he will be worth a look for every team.
If the White Sox added a bat like that to right field, their lineup would be even scarier. He has game-breaking power that can help change a game with just one swing. He also knows that he has had success on the southside from his days with the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs before making his way to the Cincinnati Reds.
He was also extra special in his short stint with the Cubs. The man just loves playing baseball in Chicago so the Sox should really consider bringing him back in. It would make a lot of difference in the clubhouse if they made a signing like that.
We have no clue what direction the White Sox are going to go in as the dust settles from the lockout. There are already teams making calls from one another to agents so it will be fun to see what Rick Hahn has up his sleeve. As of right now, these former Cubs sound appealing for the Sox.
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