3 White Sox players who don't deserve to be back in 2024
The Chicago White Sox were a truly terrible team in 2023. They only have a handful of games left as they prepare for a series at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox this weekend.
We can already start thinking about the players that don't deserve to be there by the time 2024 rolls around. This team needs a drastic makeover and Chris Getz was hired to do just that.
There are going to be new players but that will also mean shipping out some older players. There are a ton of White Sox players that don't deserve to be there in 2024.
These are the three players who should absolutely not be back on the roster when the team gets going for the 2024 MLB season:
1. Aaron Bummer
Aaron Bummer has not been a good pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.
There is no doubt that Aaron Bummer has been terrible with the Chicago White Sox over the year. He started to really get bad at the end of the 2022 season but he has taken it to a whole new level this year.
It is hard to pinpoint exactly why Bummer has fallen off the way that he has but there is no doubt that he has been terrible.
Bummer clearly needs a new team. A change of scenery will do him good. He still has nasty stuff but he isn't getting outs the way he should with the White Sox.
We've seen guys like Jake Diekman and Jose Ruiz find new life with better organizations. Aaron Bummer very well could end up being someone like that. The White Sox can't have him back in 2024.
2. Trayce Thompson
The Chicago White Sox don't need to have Trayce Thompson anymore.
The Chicago White Sox brought back Trayce Thompson this season. Unfortunately, he is not the player that is going to help them win games.
He wasn't very good in his first stint with the White Sox but he was pretty good in a few different seasons with other teams across the league.
When the White Sox brought him back, it was specifically for trade purposes and not because anyone thought that he was going to help them in the long-term.
Thompson is arbitration-eligible in 2024 but there is no reason to keep him around. They need to let him walk and move on.
There are better options for this team. Even though they likely won't be a winner, they will certainly be a team that has younger players who deserve playing time more.
3. Lenyn Sosa
The White Sox shouldn't keep players on their roster if they aren't good.
The Chicago White Sox have failed a lot of prospects over the last few years. One of them is Lenyn Sosa who has been nothing short of a disaster since making his MLB debut.
The White Sox called him up from AA in 2022 and he was terrible so they sent him back down to AAA. Usually, it is hard to jump two levels like that.
This season, he has spent time with AAA Charlotte and MLB Chicago and it hasn't gone all that well for him. Just because he is a former top prospect doesn't mean he should just automatically be on the team again in 2024.
Out of everyone on this list, he is the most likely to get another chance because of his status as a young player but he doesn't deserve it.
Moving on from guys like Sosa (when they clearly aren't good) is how this team can start to turn things around. Hopefully, Getz is smarter than that.
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