3 Chicago White Sox players that deserve less playing time
The Chicago White Sox are a bad baseball team and some players don't deserve to play much.
The Chicago White Sox are one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball. They could go on to be the 30th-place team by the end of the year. If that happened, nobody should be surprised.
There are a lot of reasons for this madness. The coaches, front office and ownership deserve most of the blame but the talent on the roster isn't there either. Players don't deserve zero blame.
Although the White Sox swept their weekend series, nobody should change their mind about them. The Sox winning the three games ended a seven game losing streak and was the first time they won two in a row all season (let alone three).
That will probably be the last time they sweep a series this season. It is sad to have this mindset but it is the way it is right now.
These three players deserve to have their playing time reduced based on their production so far this season...
Andrew Benintendi is looking like the worst contract in White Sox history
The Chicago White Sox pay Andrew Benintendi a lot of money. However, he hasn't been worth much of it since coming to the team.
Over the weekend he had a big weekend and they won some games as a result. That should annoy White Sox fans even more because it is clear that everything would be different if he lived up to his contract.
He deserves less playing time because of how bad he's been. Don't let one good weekend fool you. A guy with a .521 OPS should not be playing as often as he does. It doesn't matter how much he makes.
It is time to stop giving Braden Shewmake a ton of playing time
Braden Shewmake was a nice story early in the season but his stats have been terrible for a few weeks now.
Right now, he sits with a slash of .171/.186/.293 with an OPS of .497. Those are some of the worst numbers on the entire team right now.
He gets time at shortstop because they need someone to actually play the position but there has to be someone else that could do it at a replacement level while hitting better than shewmake.
He wouldn't be on the MLB roster of any team in the league yet the White Sox have him playing semi-regularly. There is no reason that this guy should be on this team right now.
At minimum, he needs to be getting significantly less playing time than he is right now. This doesn't mean that he'll never be a good player but he would be better elsewhere in the organization right now.
Nicky Lopez plays a lot for the White Sox and he shouldn't be
The Chicago White Sox have a love of players that used to be in the Kansas City Royals organziation. That is because Chris Getz is their GM now.
People stick with people that they are comfortable with in nature but it is hurting the White Sox from a baseball point of view.
One former Royal that plays for the White Sox way too much is Nicky Lopez. He was their leadoff hitter on Sunday against the Rays. He is probably the worst leadoff hitter in the league whenever he is that guy.
It doesn't matter that he is from Naperville. He should be from Naperville playing in Charlotte based on his production this season.
Right now, Lopez slashes .211/.302/.224 with an OPS of .526. There is a good chance that he finishes this year with somewhere between zero and two home runs. It just isn't good enough for him. He (along with everyone on this list) should not be in the lineup as much as they are.
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