The Chicago White Sox need a significant overhaul both in effort and culture. Bringing in players to help re-establish a hardworking culture to slot in next to previous core members could have positive effects. If nothing, this is a decent bridge until the next core is ready.
ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
- Dylan Cease: $8.8M - Tender
- Andrew Vaughn: $3.7M - Tender
- Michael Kopech: $3.6M - Tender
- Touki Toussaint: $1.7M - Tender
- Trayce Thompson: $1.7M - Non -Tender
- Garrett Crochet: $900K - Tender
- Clint Frazier: $900K - Non - Tender
- Matt Foster: $740K - Non - Tender
CLUB OPTIONS
- Tim Anderson: $14M ($1M buyout) - Buyout
- Liam Hendriks: $15M ($15M buyout, paid $1.5M annually over next 10 years) - Buyout
MUTUAL OPTIONS
- Mike Clevinger: $12M mutual option ($4 million buyout) - Buyout
OTHER IMPENDING FREE AGENTS
- Yasmani Grandal (Made $18.25M in 2023) - Let go.
- Elvis Andrus ($3M) - Let go.
- Bryan Shaw ($720K) - Let go.
- José Ureña ($720K) - Let go.
FREE AGENTS -Mixture of Spotrac and MLBTRADERUMORS suggested salaries.
No. 1: Whit Merrifield 1yr - 9Mil
No. 2: Isiah Kiner-Falefa -2yr - 14mil
No. 3: Kevin Kiermaier - 2yr - 26mil
No. 4: Luis Severino 1 yr - 14mil
No. 5: Jack Flaherty - 2yr - 26mil
No. 6: Seth Lugo - 2 yrs 30mil
TRADES - All ran through Baseball Trade Values
No. 1: Dylan Cease, Aaron Bummer, and Davis Martin-> Baltimore for Coby Mayo, Connor Norby, Enrique Bradfield Jr, and Chayce McDermott.
No. 2: Yoan Moncada -> Kansas City for Salvador Perez, Blake Wolters, Frank Mozzicato, and Noah Cameron. *Perez carries so much negative value this is as close as I could get the trade*
No. 3: Micheal Kopech, Oscar Colas, and Matthew Thompson-> Mets for Drew Gilbert.
SUMMARY
| Position | Name | Salary (Millions) |
| Catcher | Salvador Perez | 20 |
| 1st Base | Andrew Vaughn | 3.7 |
| 2nd Base | Connor Norby | 0.77 |
| 3rd Base | Coby Mayo | 0.77 |
| Short Stop | Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 7 |
| Left Field | Andrew Benintendi | 17.1 |
| Center Field | Luis Robert | 12.5 |
| Right Field | Kevin Kiermaier | 13 |
| Designated Hitter | Eloy Jimenez | 13.8 |
| Bench | Whit Merrifield | 9 |
| Bench | Korey Lee | 0.77 |
| Bench | Gavin Sheets | 0.78 |
| Bench | Zach Remillard | 0.77 |
| Starting Pitcher 1 | Seth Lugo | 15 |
| Starting Pitcher 2 | Jack Flaherty | 13 |
| Starting Pitcher 3 | Luis Severino | 14 |
| Starting Pitcher 4 | Touki Toussaint | 1.7 |
| Staring Pitcher 5 | (Stiever, Nastrini, Eder, Bush, McDermott) | 1 |
| LHRP | Tanner Banks | 0.77 |
| LHRP | Sammy Peralta | 0.77 |
| RHRP | Luis Patino | 0.7 |
| RHRP | Jimmy Lambert | 0.77 |
| RP | Deivi Garcia | 0.77 |
| RP | Garrett Crochet | 0.78 |
| Closer | Greg Santos | 0.77 |
| 2024 Payroll | 149.99 |
