3 Chicago White Sox early 2023 season trade targets
The Chicago White Sox are a team that might already be out of it. They have started to play better once the calendar moved to May but not good enough to be totally confident in them.
They lost ten in a row back in April and that type of early hole is something that is going to be hard to come out of.
Rick Hahn might be foolish enough, however, to think his team still has a chance to win big this season. That might force him to make some additions via the trade market.
If he were to do something like that, these three players might make good targets for him as he tries to save his job:
1. Nick Madrigal - INF - Cubs
Nick Madrigal coming back to the Chicago White Sox makes some sense.
There is a move made in 2021 that started the premature downfall of the Chicago White Sox. Rick Hahn traded Nick Madrigal and Codi Heuer to the Chicago Cubs for Craig Kimbrel.
Madrigal and Heuer haven't been anything special for the Cubs but at least they are still on the team. Acquiring Kimbrel, in hindsight, while they already had Liam Hendriks dominating 9th innings was a horrible decision.
Now, Hahn could try and get Madrigal back to undo that bad deal. They need a second baseman as Elvis Andrus has been terrible this year.
Madrigal, again, hasn't been good since leaving the White Sox. He doesn't fit in well with the Cubs at all. However, he might find that "Nicky-two-strikes" form that made his start with the White Sox feel good. If he remains bad on the south side, he'd fit right in with everyone else anyway.
2. Travis d'Arnaud - C - Braves
The Chicago White Sox might be in the market for a new catcher.
The Atlanta Braves decided to get Sean Murphy during the off-season in a three-way trade. He is a very good catcher and so is Travis d'Arnaud who has been with them for a bit now.
d'Arnaud has a club option in 2024 but it isn't likely that they keep him because of the aforementioned trade. It is a big decision for them to trade one of them this year but it might be something that they consider.
They use both of them pretty regularly as one can be the DH when he isn't catching. If they did decide to move one of them, however, they might be able to get something else that helps them in a different area of their lineup.
The White Sox don't have a great situation behind the plate as Yasmani Grandal and Seby Zavala just aren't cutting it.
If d'Arnaud came in and signed a longer-term deal beyond 2024, the White Sox might be able to have their starting catcher for a while. This isn't necessarily likely but it could happen.
3. Gleyber Torres - 2B - Yankees
Gleyber Torres could easily play second-base for the Chicago White Sox.
If the White Sox do want to make a change at second base, there are a few options out there. Well, trading for Gleyber Torres might be amongst the best options to consider.
Of course, the New York Yankees would have to be actively shopping him but that will all depend how their season goes. They play in a very tough AL East Division that is looking like it could have five teams over .500.
Torres would be perfect for the White Sox at this point. He'd come in and be the new second baseman on a regular basis right away and there really wouldn't be much of an argument about it.
Of all the trades on the table for the White Sox this year, this would be amongst the most exciting. The Yankees have seen him in rumors for a while now but haven't been able to get anything done. Maybe that means they don't want to actually move him but you never know.
If the White Sox are foolish enough to think they don't need to rebuild, it would at least be nice to see them try to win.
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