3 White Sox players that should be traded before February but won't be
The Chicago White Sox should be making some big moves but they won't.
The Chicago White Sox are coming off a terrible 2023 season. They were the fourth-worst team in the league at 61-101. This putrid effort came in a year when they were supposed to bounce back from a mediocre 2022 season.
Just about everyone on the team underperformed. Both Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams were fired. The future is very bleak based on the way things are right now.
A lot of the players at the MLB level made it clear that they aren't stars and the prospect pool is as bare as it's ever been. It is time to make major changes with Chris Getz making the calls now.
February is approaching, which means that players are going to start reporting to Spring Training very soon. Before that happens, however, these are the three players that they should trade before February begins.
It is finally time for the Chicago White Sox to trade Eloy Jimenez
Eloy Jimenez, when healthy, is one of the better hitters on the team. The problem is that he's barely ever healthy. There isn’t a lot he can contribute to the team if he isn’t healthy.
If he was able to stay healthy, he might be able to hit tons of home runs, reach base a lot, and help this team score runs. It's just a big "if" every year.
It's time for the White Sox to move on. He can’t play defense, he isn’t fast, and they already have a ton of players that need to be a DH. While he still has some sort of value based on what he could become, they can still get a decent return.
If they traded him, one of two things would happen. The first possibility is that he goes somewhere else, stays healthy, and becomes a great hitter daily. The other option is that he continues to get hurt all the time and the Sox look smart.
The latter feels most likely so trading him now might be the only way to get something out of him going forward. Sadly, this is where we are at with him, but it is the truth.
The Chicago White Sox need to get rid of Dylan Cease
The Chicago White Sox have been involved in many rumors over this current offseason. One of the biggest ones is their upcoming decision on Dylan Cease.
Cease was an elite pitcher in 2022 as he came in second place for the American League Cy Young. He then came back down to earth in 2023. He wasn’t terrible by any means but he was far from the stud that he was a year prior.
It probably would have been wise for the White Sox to trade him last season but they failed to do so. His value is decreasing right now, especially with a new season on the horizon.
Cease will be the Opening Day starter if they bring him back. The White Sox should be selling him before he has another letdown season in 2024. The hope that he will be elite might make another team overpay.
This team is going to be terrible so it would be hard to watch him unmotivated. He deserves to have a chance to pitch well on a good team. He should have already been traded but it’s not too late.
The Chicago White Sox need to trade Gavin Sheets if they can
Gavin Sheets can hit home runs. There is no doubt that he is a powerful left-handed bat. That will always make him an attractive piece as teams love that.
He is never going to be a star with the White Sox. They force him to play the outfield and it isn’t a good look. It doesn’t make him feel good about himself and it isn’t smart from a strategy standpoint.
If Sheets went to another team, you can expect him to find a role that gets the most out of his talent. They wouldn’t force him into situations that he doesn’t have the tools to handle.
Sheets might not get the White Sox a lot in return but something is better than nothing. A contender might even consider overpaying for someone to come hit dingers from the left side.
It has been fun watching Sheets progress enough to make an impact at the MLB level but the White Sox need to finally move on from him. It is far from his fault.