3 Chicago White Sox players to get rid of before May
The Chicago White Sox are a horrifically bad baseball team. They came into 2023 hoping to make things better after a bad 2022 season that saw them go 81-81.
Well, at this point, it appears as if this team isn't even good enough to do that. They don't pitch well when they hit well and they don't hit well when they pitch well.
Their bullpen is amongst the worst in the league and most of their starters have been awful. It makes it even worse when you think about the fact that their prospect farm is awful.
In order to start sending a message, it is time that they make some moves. These are the three players that should be gone before we even reach May:
1. Hanser Alberto
The Chicago White Sox should not be employing Hanser Alberto.
Hanser Albert is on the Injured List so we will have to wait until that stint is over but it will be before we hit May. He shouldn't even have made the team out of camp but that is just one of a million bad decisions made by the team.
They should have probably kept Leury Garcia over him if we are being honest (although having neither of them would be best). Their career numbers are almost identical.
He was the story of spring training but it was obvious from the beginning that he wasn't going to pan out with the team. It isn't like he became a great player overnight.
Jake Burger is amongst the American League leaders in lots of offensive categories so he should stay no matter what and Albert should be on the move.
2. Jake Diekman
The Chicago White Sox should have cut Jake Diekman a long time ago.
Rick Hahn's big trade deadline acquisition in 2022, a year in the middle of the competitive window according to him, was Jake Diekman.
They sent Reese McGuire (who was terrible with the White Sox as well) to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Diekman. Since the trade, however, McGuire has been good and Diekman has been bad.
Diekman is amongst the worst left-handed bullpen arms in the league at this point. The White Sox use him way too much as Pedro Grifol seems to love him but he is just not effective with them at all. When he comes into a game, it feels like it is over, and not in a good way.
Diekman should be off the roster as soon as possible. They already DFA'd Jose Ruiz so they should have no problem doing it with Diekman. With Garrett Crochet and Liam Hendriks coming back soon (we hope), it shouldn't be that hard of a decision.
3. Tanner Banks
Tanner Banks should never throw a ball for the Chicago White Sox again.
The Chicago White Sox should firmly be a contender for the division. Who else in the league is actually of that level? The Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, and Atlanta Braves amongst others fit that bill.
Absolutely none of them would be using Tanner Banks in any way. Injuries play a part in it but other teams would try different people instead of trotting out the same bad relievers every day. The White Sox should be trying other guys in this role as the season goes along.
By May, Banks should be in the minors again or with another team. This is just unacceptable to see that Rick Hahn paid all of this money for the bullpen and Tanner Banks gets used along with Jake Diekman.
There are other players that deserve an honorable mention but most of the team just grossly underperforms on a daily basis. If they don't figure it out soon, they will be selling off lots of players and thinking about the best possible draft pick for next year instead.
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