Carlos Rodon. White Sox Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports
The Chicago White Sox have sat on their hands all offseason. It’s time to make some moves in hopes of competing in 2023.
The White Sox have spent exactly $12 million to better their roster this offseason. To put that in perspective, Carlos Correa received a $350 million contract on Tuesday night. The White Sox couldn’t afford half a year of Correa at that rate.
Chicago lost Jose Abreu to start the offseason, which had to sting. This was after the White Sox reportedly made an offer to Abreu, which he qualified as “very good.”
Yet, Abreu chose to sign elsewhere, and the Sox have done very little to replace him, or improve the roster, in the meantime. So, what are fans on the south side of Chicago supposed to get excited about this offseason?
Not much, evidently. All White Sox fans want this holiday season is something, anything, to grab a hold of. Hope is on the horizon.
White Sox rumors: Sign Carlos Rodon
Oh, how simple it would be! One free-agent signing, and White Sox fans would have nothing to complain about. Well — for the most part.
Carlos Rodon pitched for Chicago in 2020, only to make his first All-Star team in one of the better comeback stories in baseball that year. Rodon had a career-best ERA at 2.37, as well as an FIP of 2.65, which at the time was the best of his young baseball life. After the season, Rodon left for greener pastures in San Francisco, as the White Sox wouldn’t give him a long-term contract, fearing his injury history.
Those fears are justified, as Rodon has missed the better part of two seasons due to injury. But, he’s pitched two straight years without much of an issue, making the All-Star team in both instances and finishing in the top-6 of Cy Young voting in 2021 and 2022. What else does this man need to prove?
Rodon is unlikely to settle for a short-term deal this time around. He reportedly wants seven years, and at just 29 years of age, the White Sox can give him just that.