Why the Chicago White Sox Should Sign These Free Agents

Entering this offseason, the Chicago White Sox, barring any trades, have already secured four spots for 2025: center field: Louis Robert Jr., catcher: Corey Lee, 1st base: Andrew Vaughn and left field: Andrew Benintendi. . Otherwise, it is a positional battle in which, after the first two months of the season, the club will decide who will take the majority of the representatives in the future. For example, we’ll see Miguel Vargas, who was acquired from the Dodgers last season, compete at third base with young prospect Brian Ramos, who has just 32 games under his belt.

Some areas where the Chicago White Sox can still improve with their current 40-man roster of 38 is the DH spot, where Andrew Vaughn is the only player listed when looking at their depth chart, the outfield, at which all three spots could be up for grabs, with the White Sox having already expressed their interest in trading Luis Robert Jr. at last year’s trade deadline, as well as recent rumors circulating about that Andrew Benintendi is on the market and right field is currently held by Dominic Fletcher, but there is always room for improvement.

Paul Goldschmidt

The oldest I’ll name, Goldschmidt, 37, had a down year (in terms of his entire career) in his final season in St. Louis. Playing in 154 games, in his 4th year he had over 150 games in a season, Goldie had 147 hits, 33 doubles, 1 triple, 22 HR, 65 RBI, 11 stolen bases, 0 caught stealing (not bad for 37), per slash .245/.302/.414 for both OPS and OPS+ of .716 and 98.

Paul Goldschmidt, in my opinion, having watched his entire career since he came to the big leagues, still has something to offer any team willing to sign him. If he signs with the Chicago White Sox, it will be his 15th season, and he will be just two years removed from winning an MVP, a Silver Slugger, and becoming a star. In my opinion, Goldschmidt is poised to bounce back this year and the White Sox should capitalize on that.

Brandon Drury

Brandon Drury, 31, is coming off one of the worst seasons of his 10-year major league career, which is another reason for the Chicago White Sox to simply offer him a one-year deal to see what happens. . Primarily a second baseman but can play third, outfielder Drury played in 97 games for the Angels, where he hit .169/.242/.228 with an OPS and OPS+ of .469 and 35. The only shining light, which bodes well for good results. As for Drury, he’s only been removed for one season in which he had 26 HRs, a .262 batting average and an .803 OPS, hitting someone like Drury can only benefit the Chicago White Sox.

Another 1st base/DH type, Ty France could be another name the Chicago White Sox could use at 1st base whenever they decide to give Vaughn some time at DH. His career fielding percentage is .997, and there will be no decline on defense as Andrew Waugh maintains a nearly identical percentage at .994. Between Seattle and Cincinnati last year, France played a total of 140 games in which he slashed .234/.305/.365 with an OPS and OPS+ of .670 and 92.

A couple of leaflets

The Los Angeles Angels made a number of moves at the non-competitive deadline yesterday, two of which decided not to give contracts to outfielders Jordyn Adams and Bryce Teodosio. Both Adams and Teodosio had nowhere to play for the Angels, who have a crowded outfield with names like Mike Trout, Mickey Moniak, Taylor Ward, and with the recent acquisition of Jorge Soler, these two have no roof over their heads.

Adams, 25, had 126 hits, 22 doubles, 4 triples, 10 HR, 58 RBI, 28 stolen bases (caught 11 times) with a .261/.333 slash line last year for the Angels’ Triple-A affiliate in 123 games. /.377. Teodosio, 26, in 114 games at Triple-A had 113 hits, 19 doubles, 12 triples, 5 HR, 51 RBI, 40 stolen bases (caught just 4 times), with a slash line of .276/.339/.418. and OPS 0.757. Both are still young enough that the Chicago White Sox would be banking on growth and potential and signing one or even both of these young players would really help them.