3 Chicago Cubs trade targets for the White Sox to consider
Willson Contreras. 40. player. 9. . C. Chicago Cubs
Willson Contreras is someone who could help the White Sox in multiple ways.
The Chicago White Sox needs help in a lot of areas. One of them is leadership. Tony La Russa is a mostly bad manager these days and they only have a few players in the clubhouse that have demonstrated leadership ability.
Willson Contreras provides that. He is absolutely obsessed with winning baseball games and it shows every single time he is on the field. It is obvious that what the Cubs have become bothers him so bad. He does not like losing. Bringing a guy like that to the White Sox would be amazing.
He is also a very good player on an expiring contract. They wouldn’t have to give up all that much for him as he is a rental and the Cubs waited for way too long to trade him. It still would cost something but it wouldn’t be like the Sox had to sell their farm to get him on their team.
The Sox have Yasmani Grandal and Reese McGuire catching this season but Willson Contreras might be an upgrade over both of them at this point. He can also play other positions on defense as well but bringing in his bat is what would really help.
The White Sox have mostly struggled to score runs this season and he provides a huge presence in the middle of any lineup. If he is not extended and put out there on the market, the White Sox should absolutely consider it.
9. . RP. Chicago Cubs. Scott Effross. 57. player
The Chicago White Sox could make their bullpen better via a big crosstown trade.
The Chicago White Sox have a very nice bullpen when healthy. Although they lost Garrett Crochet to Tommy John surgery before the season started, they signed very good arms like Joe Kelly and Kendall Graveman to come to help out.
With guys like Liam Hendriks and Aaron Bummer already there, it is a very nice group. However, there have also been arms in the pen that have no business pitching there this year like Bennett Sousa, Kyle Crick, and Tanner Banks. That is why the Sox could use a little more help.
The Chicago Cubs, despite their struggles this year, have a very nice bullpen. One of the best right now is Scott Effross. He is certainly someone that the Cubs are going to consider trading by the time this season is all said and done. The White Sox should be in on him.
Of course, the Cubs and White Sox made two reliever trades in 2021. One worked out okay and one fell flat. We know that the Craig Kimbrel trade didn’t work out for the Sox as he was awful (although Nick Madrigal has been nothing short of a disaster for the Cubs and Codi Heuer is out for the year).
Despite that, the trade for Ryan Tepera actually worked out nicely for the Sox. Neither guy is with the team anymore (they each play for one of the Los Angeles teams now, oddly enough) but the idea was right for the White Sox at the time. Now, they should try again with Effross who has been brilliant so far in 2022.
28. player. 9. . SP. Chicago Cubs. Kyle Hendricks
Kyle Hendricks would really help the Chicago White Sox rotation in 2022.
There are actually a lot of really good starting pitchers playing for bad teams in the National League Central. The Chicago Cubs are no exception as Kyle Hendricks is one of the best pitchers in Chicago Cubs history. He is someone that has been so good for so long.
Unfortunately, Kyle isn’t what he once was but he can still be an effective starter on a good team that provides him with a chance to win. Although there have been struggles this season, the White Sox will still provide that down the stretch. You would also see Hendricks gain steam with a change of scenery in a positive way.
He is a little bit different than the rest of the White Sox starting pitchers. He is not a power pitcher and has never been. He pitches to contact by painting the zone. That is something that could make the White Sox rotation even harder to face should they qualify for the playoffs.
Hendricks could be exactly what the White Sox needed from Dallas Keuchel before he became the worst pitcher in baseball. He is also someone who has experience making deep postseason runs. His talent combined with that experience could help everyone around him get better. It is something to consider for both teams at this point.
The White Sox and Cubs have made more trades in the last handful of years than they had in the 20 leading up to them. They could very well do it again but you just never know. There is no doubt, regardless of what happens, that these three players would help the Sox.
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