3 Chicago White Sox players to cut before Easter Sunday
The Chicago White Sox are off to a 2-3 start but the first four games came against the defending World Series champion Houston Astros and they split the series.
They only played terribly in the loss to the San Francisco Giants that just also happened to be their home opener. Now, they are going to try and get back to playing well so they can compete in the AL Central Division.
Through five games, however, you can start to see trends. Obviously, it might be a bit early to judge people for the entire year. However, with past performances in other years combined with how things are going in 2023, it is clear that a few players on the team shouldn't be there.
Easter Sunday is approaching and these are three White Sox players who should be cut before we reach that day:
1. Jose Ruiz
Jose Ruiz needs to be let go by the Chicago White Sox right now.
The Chicago White Sox don't need to waste their time with Jose Ruiz on the roster anymore. He has nasty stuff sometimes but he is far too inconsistent to be on this team. That will be especially true when Garrett Crochet and Liam Hendriks return to action.
Ruiz was brilliant in the World Baseball Classic and that made some people believe that he was going to have this dominant season in 2023 with the White Sox. Turns out that he left that magic at the tournament because he has been awful in Chicago so far.
If the White Sox want to prove to everyone that they are serious, Ruiz will be off the team sooner than later if he keeps letting up a bunch of runs.
2. Jake Diekman
The Chicago White Sox don't need Jake Diekman there anymore.
Like Jose Ruiz, Jake Diekman doesn't need to be a member of the Chicago White Sox roster anymore. He is a lefty which might give him a tiebreaker over other pitchers but he has not been good either. The White Sox would be better off with many other people pitching in that spot.
As mentioned before, Garrett Crochet and Liam Hendriks are going to return which will make it easier to use only good pitchers. The team desperately needs them to return at some point.
Like Ruiz, Diekman doesn't need to be used in high-leverage situations. Aaron Bummer and Reynaldo Lopez are better suited for that type of role with the team at this point in time.
The faster that Rick Hahn accepts that trading for Diekman was a bad move and moves on, the better the White Sox will be in the long run.
3. Hanser Alberto
It is time for the White Sox to realize that Hanser Alberto isn't the guy.
Hanser Albert making the team out of camp was a really nice story. He was outstanding for the Chicago White Sox at spring training. However, his career statistics in a large sample size suggest that he isn't suited to be on a roster trying to compete.
The White Sox don't even use him very often which is a reason to move on and get someone in there that is going to actually find ways to help. Having Jake Burger on the roster would make a lot more sense than having someone like Alberto.
Leury Garcia was let go because he wasn't good enough to be on the team. However, you can't make a move like that and then have Alberto on the roster. Throughout their careers, they have pretty much been the same player. At that point, they might as well have kept Garcia.
Now, it is highly unlikely that any of these guys are going to actually be let go by Easter but they should be. This team has what it takes to win a division title and good decisions have to be made. If they don't prove that they are turning it around soon, they should be gone.
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