Gavin Sheets
Injuries to Eloy Jimenez allowed Sheets to get into the lineup regularly. Trading Jimenez away at the trade deadline allowed Sheets to play 139 games.
He was decent at getting on base as he was one of two players on the Sox with an on-base percentage above .300. It was not by much.
Otherwise, he was a -0.9 fWAR player with an 88 wRC+ and just 10 home runs.
His pop off the bench has been overrated for years. Once he became an everyday player, he was unable to prove he was a replacement-level player.
The Sox could get that kind of production from Elko or a host of other bargain basement free agents. That is why it would be easy to non-tender him to continue to save on costs.
He is left-handed and will be 29 next season. His numbers are not going to earn him a huge reason so there is logic in keeping him.
However, the Sox should reserve the designated hitter spot for top-five prospect Edgar Quero to get at-bats on days he is not catching next season.