3 White Sox prospects to trade before spring training begins
The Chicago White Sox are going to be watching their prospects a lot this season. There are a few of them that stand out above the rest as players that can make an impact at the MLB level one day.
With the team going through a retool, they would love to use their prospects to help the Major League roster improve. That could either be by using them as players or by trading them for help.
There are still a few valuable prospects in the system that might be able to help the White Sox become a better team by trading them for help on other parts of the field.
These are the three prospects that the White Sox might consider trading before spring training starts to address a need:
Lenyn Sosa
Lenyn Sosa might be someone that the White Sox can trade for help now.
The Chicago White Sox are hoping that one of Lenyn Sosa or Romy Gonzalez can steal the show at second base in 2023.
They both had good flashes in 2022 but neither of them made anyone believe that they are going to be the guy in the long term.
Of the two, Sosa has the highest upside and might be able to land them someone good in a trade that can help right now whether it be another second baseman or somewhere else. The White Sox don't have time to wait for him to blossom.
There are plenty of rebuilding teams out there that might take a chance on a prospect like this so the White Sox should consider moving him for someone that helps in 2023 and not 2025.
Noah Schultz
Noah Schultz is good but it is going to be a while before he sees the MLB.
The Chicago White Sox have some good prospects. There are a lot of people who rip on their farm system but there are going to be some MLB players that come out of this group. They aren't the highest of graded players at this point but the upside is certainly there.
Noah Schultz is one of those players. He was the first pick in the draft for the Chicago White Sox in the 2022 MLB Draft. He was taken out of high school which is something that the White Sox almost never do. They went 21 years without drafting a high school pitcher in the first round.
Schultz is going to be a good professional pitcher and he is going to be given every opportunity to make it to the Major Leagues one day. The White Sox would love to see him end up in their uniform making starts for them. After being a first-round pick, that is certainly possible.
However, there might be a team that sees his potential and goes after him if the White Sox want to make a move that makes them better right now. It is going to be a while before we see Schultz in the big leagues. The White Sox are trying to win now and a trade like this might help that happen.
Yoelqui Cespedes
Yoelqui Cespedes might be an outfielder worth trading for the White Sox.
When the Chicago White Sox signed Yoelqui Cespedes as an international free agent, nobody thought we'd ever actually be talking about trading him. That is the reality of the situation though as he might have been passed by in the organization a little bit.
Oscar Colas is going to be the right fielder and Andrew Benintendi was signed for five years to play left field. With Luis Robert as the centerfielder and Eloy Jimenez, Gavin Sheets, and Andrew Vaughn amongst a few others as options, Yoelqui Cespedes is deep in the line.
Cespedes might be someone that another team looking for some outfield help in the minors or even at the Major League level is looking for. There might be a second baseman or pitcher out there that the White Sox consider packaging Cespedes for in a trade. It is not a bad idea to consider for them.
Rick Hahn made it clear that he doesn't see this team as the final product before spring training. That doesn't mean that he will for sure make a move but you'd like to think at least a little move is coming. That could absolutely be a trade that involves one of these players. Hopefully, they get better in some way, shape, or form.
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