Chicago White Sox: 3 potential trades heading into deadline

3. Trade Alex Colome, Evan Marshall to the Colorado Rockies

A constant among contending teams heading into this trade deadline is the need for relief pitchers.

Perhaps the contender with the biggest need for relief pitching is the Colorado Rockies, who will certainly be looking to add a bullpen arm or two, especially a closer.

No better team to ask just that than the White Sox, who will be able to satisfy the Rockies’ needs with a pair of arms, Evan Marshall and Alex Colome.

Colome is a lockdown closer, while Marshall, who has been a breakout reliever in the White Sox bullpen, would fill the need for a middle relief pitcher.

In return for Colome and Marshall, the White Sox would fill their need for young pitching. This would be headlined by Peter Lambert, a former top-100 prospect and rookie starting pitcher in the Rockies rotation.

Lambert has struggled during his first major league campaign, mostly due to the ominous conditions for pitchers in Coors Field. If Lambert were to be relieved of pitching half of his games there, I think his numbers would improve mightily.

Another pitcher that the White Sox have always had interest in is Riley Pint, the Rockies seventh-ranked prospect. Pint is a hard-throwing right handed starting pitcher, but has struggled throughout his minor league career and would make a great reclamation project for the White Sox.

Finishing off the deal is Ben Bowden, a left-handed prospect who could become a solid relief pitcher in the White Sox bullpen in a matter of years.

Regardless of what the White Sox end up doing, I would fully expect this to be the last year for the foreseeable future in which the White Sox sell. If they stand pat, then I would expect the White Sox to be massive buyers this winter, whether it be in the free agent market or via trade.