White Sox: 3 players we can’t believe Chicago didn’t trade

The Chicago White Sox have been a disappointment all season and things aren’t getting any better for them.

The Chicago White Sox are one game above .500 on the season at 57-56 and while they are only 2.5 games back in the AL Wild Card picture, they have not shown any signs of getting any better. Since the beginning of August, they are 6-6. Since the All-Star break, they are 11-10. In their last 50 games, they are 26-24. They aren’t getting worse but they aren’t getting substantively better, especially when players like Tim Anderson are now on the injured list.

The White Sox were both buyers and sellers at the trade deadline but if they were all in on selling, then they could have gotten some substantial prospects in return for some of their players.

Here are three players we’re surprised the White Sox didn’t trade.

White Sox: 3 players we can’t believe they didn’t trade

1) José Abreu

Of all of the players that the White Sox considered trading at the trade deadline, José Abreu would have gotten the most in a trade return.

Abreu is the White Sox best hitter and has been for a long time. This year, he’s leading the American League in hits with 126 and he has 14 home runs, 55 RBI, and 28 doubles. He’s got a .298/.374/.463 with an OPS+ of 137 as well. In the last five seasons, he has received MVP votes four times, been an All-Star twice, and won a Silver Slugger Award twice. His best season was in 2020, when he won the AL MVP award.

He is a free agent at the end of the season so while he wouldn’t have received a Juan Soto-like trade return, there would have been plenty of teams that would have been interested in him to upgrade their first base or DH situation.