3 prospects that the White Sox could trade for MLB help
The Chicago White Sox are a great baseball team. They have been playing much better lately and finally look like that team that could win the division and potentially makes a deep playoff run. They are hoping that this success can be sustained for a very long time. It is fair t believe that they can.
In order to stay up at the MLB level, you need to have very good players all over the place. You also need to replace players if they leave or get hurt. Part of doing that is having a good Minor League system.
You also need a good Minor League system to make trades for MLB help that can give you what you need in the present moment. The White Sox could trade one of these three prospects if they feel the need to upgrade somewhere:
1. Jared Kelley
Jared Kelley is someone for the Chicago White Sox to consider trading away.
Jared Kelley was a high draft pick in 2020. The White Sox took him in the second round of the draft out of Refugio High School in Texas. He is a right-handed pitcher that is known for being an absolute fireballer.
Kelley was projected to be a first-round pick before 2020 but COVID-19 impacted the high school season a bit more than the college season so he fell a bit. The White Sox looked at both Kelley and Garrett Crochet (taken in the first round of the same draft by the White Sox) as future starters.
Kelley is 20 years old and now playing in Kannapolis of A ball. He is very good but it will be a while before he is in Major League Baseball. If the White Sox wanted to add a position player or another pitcher that can help right now, he is someone to consider moving. A rebuilding team would love to have him.
2. Colson Montgomery
Colson Montgomery is someone that the Chicago White Sox could get a lot for.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Colson Montgomery with their first-round pick (22nd overall) of the 2021 MLB Draft. He is a shortstop out of Southridge High School in Huntingburg, Indiana. As of the latest MLB dot com update, he is the number one prospect in the White Sox system.
This is a kid that bats left and throws right. That could be something that helps the White Sox if he ever does make it to the Major League Baseball field. He currently has an estimated time of arrival set in 2025. Three years could be just enough time to get this kid developed enough to play in the bigs.
With that in mind, the White Sox could consider moving him in the right type of trade. If they traded their number one prospect, that would mean that he is being traded for someone that can make an elite type of impact.
It would have to be an arm that can dominate hitters or a batter that can put runs up in bunches. We’ve seen World Series contenders make moves like this but it is always a bit scary. If you don’t at least win the pennant after a trade like that, it will always be a complete and utter failure. Still, this window won’t be open forever so it is something to consider.
3. Jose Rodriguez
The Chicago White Sox might have an underrated gem in Jose Rodriguez.
The Chicago White Sox have a lot of prospects that are known well by the casual fan. The previously mentioned guys in Jared Kelley and Colson Montgomery are examples along with guys like Yoelqui Cespedes, Oscar Colas, and Wes Kath.
One player that goes a bit under the radar right now is Jose Rodriguez. He is currently ranked as the number three prospect in the Chicago White Sox system right now. It will be interesting to see what comes of his career.
The White Sox signed him in 2018 out of the Dominican Republic. Since then, he has burst onto the scene and impressed a lot of people within the organization. He is a shortstop hoping to make it onto the MLB stage one day.
With Tim Anderson in the long-term plans at shortstop along with Montgomery (another shortstop) in the pipeline ahead of him, Rodriguez might be the man out. If that is the case, the White Sox should trade him for some MLB help.
This is a very good team with a contention window that is wide open right now. Those don’t stay open for very long, however, so the White Sox might want to do what they can to take the next step. That might take trading one of these prospects.
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