3 Chicago White Sox players we were wrong about
The Chicago White Sox are not off to a good start in 2023. In fact, they are off to as bad of a start as you could imagine. The rebuild appears to be a failure and changes are certainly coming.
The management team/front office is obviously going to take most of the blame but some of the players deserve blame as well.
A few of the players have also proved people wrong in a positive way as well so it isn't all lousy. This is just a very strange team in every way.
Early in the year, there were players we were worried about and players that we were excited about. We were wrong about a lot of them but these three stick out the most:
1. Luis Robert Jr.
Luis Robert Jr. has been impressive over the last few weeks.
The Chicago White Sox saw Luis Robert Jr. look like he didn't care about playing at a high level a few weeks ago. He couldn't be bothered to run out a ground ball. It got him benched.
Since that benching, however, he has been one of the very best players in the entire league. A lot of people were down on him early in the year (because of his potential not being reached) but it appears as if we were wrong.
We are seeing that Robert is an elite player and is only getting better with each passing day. He is powerful and very capable of producing runs at a high level.
In addition to his bat improving, he is an elite defensive centerfielder which is very important for a baseball team. Hopefully, Robert continues to play well so that people won't be wrong about him actually being a good player now.
2. Oscar Colas
Oscar Colas isn't even with the Chicago White Sox at this point in time.
Oscar Colas came into the 2023 season with a lot of hype. He is a very highly touted prospect and he has been even going back to before the White Sox signed him.
Colas was outstanding in spring training. He was so good that it looked like the White Sox might have their answer to the right field position for a long time.
He made the team out of camp and it was a very exciting moment. Unfortunately, he didn't get off to that good of a start once the games started to count.
That got him sent to AAA to keep developing with the Charlotte Knights. Clearly, everyone who thought that he was going to make a huge impact all year were wrong. That doesn't mean that he won't be a good player but we were wrong about him this season.
3. Lucas Giolito
Lucas Giolito has been much better than anyone thought this season.
The Chicago White Sox have had a lot of issues over the last two years. One of the big issues in 2022 was Lucas Giolito who didn't look like the elite player that he was in 2019-2021.
A lot of people were wondering if he was never going to be a good player again. Coming into 2023, he was the biggest question mark in the starting rotation.
Well, it is clear that we were wrong about him as well. He has been the best pitcher in the Chicago White Sox rotation this year and yes, that includes Dylan Cease.
Giolito has a lot of people that didn't want to give him credit but there is no doubt that he has lived up to getting better again this year. Hopefully, it keeps going.
We would like to be wrong about all of the players that we doubted and right about all the players we believed in. It would be nice for it all to come together and deliver a winning product sooner than later.
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