3 Chicago White Sox trade targets for Braves following Ronald Acuna Jr news
The Chicago White Sox have a few players who can help the Atlanta Braves following the Ronald Acuna Jr. injury.
The Chicago White Sox are the worst team in Major League Baseball. That doesn’t mean that they are the only team that has had some bad things happen to them.
Last week, we learned that the Atlanta Braves will be without Ronald Acuna Jr. for the rest of 2024. That is a massive blow.
The Braves are consistently one of the best teams in the league but now they will be without a perennial NL MVP candidate the rest of the way. It is a tough pill to swallow for everyone involved.
Atlanta will now be on the search for help that can step in for him. This happened to them once before with Acuna (2021) and they made the subsequent moves necessary to end up winning the World Series.
The Chicago White Sox are far from contenders so they might be able to help. The Atlanta Braves should consider one of these White Sox players when trying to replace Acuna:
Luis Robert Jr. would be a great option but that is a much larger trade
The Chicago White Sox may be looking to get a haul for Luis Robert Jr. He is their best player on the team but they are going nowhere. They might as well try at this point.
Atlanta’s contention window is right now so they might be willing to give up an abundance of future talent to get a guy that can help them win in 2024.
The last time the Braves lost Acuna during the season for the year, they won the World Series after making some big trades. Adding Robert Jr. would certainly qualify as a big trade. If Atlanta could keep him healthy, they’d get way more out of him than the White Sox got.
Tommy Pham might be able to help the Braves out if he gets healthy
The Chicago White Sox added Tommy Pham as the season was starting. He has come in and been one of the best players on the team. Nobody expected it but he has been a bright spot on a bad team.
It makes you wonder why it took so long to latch onto a team. Now that he’s proven himself, it is clear that he won’t spend the entire season on the lowly White Sox. Both sides will benefit if he were to be traded.
Nobody can replace Ronald Acuna Jr. Few others could even come close the way that Luis Robert Jr. could but the Braves might not want to make a big trade like that.
Pham wouldn’t cost all that much but he’d be able to help the Braves on a smaller scale. It is an investment worth looking into. Even if they have a bigger deal in mind with another team, Pham could play a small role in helping them overcome this injury to Acuna.
Gavin Sheets might be a lefty that teams consider ahead of the deadline
The Atlanta Braves would love to add a big left-handed bat that can also play in the outfield from time to time. A player like Gavin Sheets makes sense for them in that way.
Sheets doesn’t have to play every day. He can be a platoon guy based on the opposing starting pitcher because he is a lefty. He can also play in the outfield or play as the designated hitter.
Like Pham and unlike Robert, this wouldn’t be a blockbuster trade. However, it could be one of those depth trades that works out for a team looking to make a run in the postseason.
Sheets is having a pretty good season based on his team’s circumstances. He also was very good in his one playoff appearance with the White Sox (2021). A player that has these types of qualities would fit in very well on a championship team looking to replace their star like the Braves.
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