3 White Sox that should have been traded during spring training
The Chicago White Sox should have traded these guys during spring training.
The Chicago White Sox have been even worse than some might have thought so far this season. Nobody predicted them to be anything other than last in the AL Central but this is even worse.
They should have sold even more players during spring training when they had the chance. Teams are always looking to make big upgrades and the White Sox have a few pieces left that they can move for future assets.
Now, we are a month into the season and there are some players that won't be tradable for different reasons.
It would have been nice if the White Sox were smart and made more moves earlier. These are the three players that they should have moved during spring ball:
Luis Robert Jr. would have landed the Chicago White Sox a haul.
The Chicago White Sox are lucky to have had Luis Robert Jr. He is an incredible talent who has MVP potential. It is just unfortunate that he ended up with an organization that wasn't able to put a winning product around him.
Robert has also been incredibly injury-prone during his time with the White Sox. Because the White Sox are a bad team and don't have time to wait him out, they should have moved him after 2023.
Now, he is injured badly again and won't be back for a while. If they were to have traded him during spring training knowing how bad they were going to be, they would have been smart to try and land a haul for him. He was incredible in 2023 and that makes him attractive to other teams.
This team needs to continue tearing it down and trading Robert before the season would have been a tough but good move. They missed that one more than any other player.
The White Sox should have traded Eloy Jimenez a long time ago.
Eloy Jimenez has been nothing but a great power hitter when he's healthy. The problem is that he has been hurt way more than healthy over the course of his White Sox tenure.
It would have been smart to trade him in each of the last few White Sox spring training periods. He is always a risk to get hurt no matter what time of year it is.
He has even been hurt for a stretch already this season. He came back a lot faster than some would have thought but he did miss some time.
This is a rebuilding team. The White Sox are not going to be good while and Eloy Jimenez certainly won't be able to help them by the time they are ready to win again.
If he went to a new team, he wouldn't have much pressure to be a star offensive producer like he has had in Chicago. That could help him relax and get back to being the hitter that everyone knows he can be.
There are plenty of reasons to take a chance on him if you're a contender. He'd be able to come into anyone's sixth spot of the order and help them win. It still could happen but they probably should have done it during spring training.
Gavin Sheets could have been a trade candidate during spring training.
The Chicago White Sox have had some good moments with Gavin Sheets. He is what he is which is a power hitting lefty. He isn't a gamebreaking star or anything like that but he can produce from time to time.
A lot of teams would love to add a power hitting lefty that could play first base or the outfield. He could also just simply be a designated hitter as well.
If they traded Gavin Sheets during spring training, a team would be getting 162 games worth of chances to platoon him.
The good thing for the White Sox is that he got off to an incredibly hot start so his value may continue to climb over time. As of right now, Sheets is slashing .267/.362/.444 with an OPS of .806. He has three HRs, 11 RBIs, and 9 runs scored.
He was good in spring training too so they could have gotten something for him then if they wanted. You never know what teams may offer if the White Sox made him available.
The important thing now is that they get rid of him before he really starts to hit a slump. His value may be the highest it ever is going to be.
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