MLB rumors: Fire sale coming, Mets spend again, Rangers’ bad deal, more

The latest MLB rumors include an inevitable fire sale for the White Sox, the Mets trying to spend their way out of trouble and concern over Aroldis Chapman.

MLB rumors: White Sox fire sale coming

The White Sox are kidding themselves if they think they won’t be selling at the MLB trade deadline.

Chicago is fourth in an uninspiring AL Central and just 7.5 games out. So the season isn’t dead in the water just yet. But the White Sox just aren’t good enough to make up that gap and, critically, they’re in too good of a position to not hold a fire sale.

As Jon Heyman pointed out on the Mully & Haugh Show on 670 The Score, “They should have a better sale than most because they do have talent and they do have expiring contracts.”

Ken Rosenthal echoed that sentiment in The Athletic (subscription required), writing that the White Sox haven’t conceded to selling just yet “but that moment should be coming soon.”

If they don’t sell, Chicago will watch Lucas Giolito, Keynan Middleton and Reynaldo Lopez walk for nothing. With expensive club options for 2024, Lance Lynn and Tim Anderson have also been named as potentially available figures.

The White Sox don’t need to completely blow things up. They can build around Luis Robert Jr., Andrew Vaughn, Eloy Jimenez, Dylan Cease and Michael Kopech, among others. The best investment for this season would be to give it up, cash in and set up the future for that core.