Chicago White Sox: 3 starters to trade for before the deadline

The Chicago White Sox are a team that has always had pretty good starting pitching. We expect Lucas Giolito, Lance Lynn, Michael Kopech, and Dylan Cease to lead the way for the rotation.

Johnny Cueto has also come in and been an amazing fifth guy for them this season. He will certainly be with them all year long and into the playoffs if they make it.

There is also the fear of injury as this White Sox team has dealt with it a lot over the last few years. One (or more) of these guys going down would end their chances with the roster as is.

There are some really good starters out there right now to be acquired and the White Sox could be in the market for one. These are three to consider:

Luis Castillo is the best option for the Chicago White Sox going into the deadline.

Luis Castillo is one of the best starting pitchers on the market right now. The Cincinnati Reds are one of the worst teams in baseball right now and are full-blown sellers so he is likely to be on the move. A playoff-contending team would love to have him.

He has a WAR of 3.3 as a starter on a very bad team which tells you how good he’s been. His ERA sits at 2.86 which would be amongst the best on the White Sox staff right now. As we stand right now, he would probably slot in as the number two guy behind Dylan Cease.

Any team that is serious about winning this season will at least be in on Castillo as the trade deadline looms. It would be nice to see the White Sox act like one of those teams before we reach August 2nd.

The Chicago White Sox should really consider bringing in Frankie Montas.

The Chicago White Sox are playing the Oakland A’s on the weekend before the MLB trade deadline. That is an opportunity for the two sides to discuss a trade while their two teams are going at it on the field. Frankie Montas is the guy that would make the most sense for the White Sox.

The A’s are very bad. They have sold a lot of their roster since the start of the 2021 season. They were a very good team for a few years there but could never get over the hump and now they are rebuilding again. The White Sox have a few players that would help them.

Montas used to be a member of the White Sox organization. He was a part of a three-team (Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox) trade that landed the White Sox both him and Avisail Garcia while sending Jake Peavy to Boston.

Later on, he was sent to the Los Angeles Dodgers by the White Sox in the three-team trade that landed them Todd Frazier. He then made his way to the A’s in a trade as well. Now, he is looking to get traded yet again as he hopes to land with a good team.

The White Sox might have to pay a decent price to get him but it would be worth it to land a starter like that. In fact, all three of these starters would help the team move into the stretch run of the season.