3 White Sox players that must be DFA'd before September ends
The Chicago White Sox are just trying to get through September as they head into an off-season that should see some big changes for them. This season has obviously been a massive disappointment.
Chris Getz is the newly hired GM and he is ready to take his chance and run with it. Not many have faith so he is going to have to tune out the outside noise that has been coming with his new promotion.
It will be hard for him to be much worse than Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams who were in his chair before being let go. There are a lot of things that Getz needs to get done before the 2024 season begins.
Part of that is going to be removing players from this team that just don’t help them. There are a few guys that don’t do what need to do and they need to go. In fact, it wouldn’t hurt the team to let them go right now. These are the three players that the White Sox should DFA right now:
1. Aaron Bummer
The Chicago White Sox should let go of Aaron Bummer ASAP.
The signs pointed to Aaron Bummer's decline about halfway through the 2022 season but people didn't want to believe it. He went from being one of the best relievers in the league to someone who couldn't avoid giving up multiple runs per appearance.
Now, it is time for the Chicago White Sox to pull the plug on this relationship. There is no reason for him to be in there anymore. It isn't good for the team and it isn't good for the player. He needs to be freed of this team so he can move on.
Bummer will find a new job and be better for it. There are plenty of teams out there who can fix him but the White Sox are not one of them. He should be DFA'd right now.
2. Yasmani Grandal
The Chicago White Sox do not need to keep Yasmani Grandal any longer.
The Chicago White Sox is a team that needs to start making tons of personnel changes. There is no reason to keep a guy like Yasmani Grandal around any longer.
He signed with the White Sox a long time ago now and has mostly been a disappointment. Like most of his teammates, he was anything but a disappointment in 2021 but has shown nothing much outside of that one year.
Grandal was an outstanding catcher in his MLB career. He has been an offensive threat for most of it while gaining a reputation as an elite pitchframer. The unfortunate thing is that it didn't really translate to a White Sox uniform.
It was like his body broke down and he wasn't able to do the things that we came to be used to from him with other teams. The White Sox should DFA him now so he can stop playing so poorly for their team. It would also send a message that changes are coming and coming fast.
3. Elvis Andrus
The Chicago White Sox should have DFA'd Elvis Andrus a while ago.
Elvis Andrus has been a great Major League Baseball player. That included the second half of the 2022 season when he was one of the bright spots on this Chicago White Sox team.
He went the entire offseason without knowing what organization was going to pick him up. He ended up just coming right back to the Chicago White Sox. It felt like a great move at the time but that just goes to show how bad the front office associated with this team is/was.
Andrus turned out to be a pretty terrible signing for the Sox. There are better players that they could have had if they were smart/not cheap but this is the result of the cheapness.
You get Andrus instead of guys like Marcus Semien or any of the other great second basemen out there over the last handful of years. It is a shame to watch at some points.
The White Sox should cut their ties with Andrus right now. It would be much better to let the younger guys play more than having him in the lineup playing poorly. He doesn't provide much to the team and should be gone.
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