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White Sox rumors: Only rental players available at trade deadline

By Jordan Campbell

Lucas Giolito, of the White Sox, steps down to the dugout after pitching five innings of no-hit ball. Giolito pitched one more inning of no-hit ball before being pulled from the game due to a high pitch count. A thick haze hovered over Yankee Stadium due to the Canadian wildfires. Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Lucas Giolito, of the White Sox, steps down to the dugout after pitching five innings of no-hit ball. Giolito pitched one more inning of no-hit ball before being pulled from the game due to a high pitch count. A thick haze hovered over Yankee Stadium due to the Canadian wildfires. Tuesday, June 6, 2023 /
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The Chicago White Sox are 10 games under the .500 mark on the season as the team begins a weekend series against the Seattle Mariners.

After a deflating loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night, it would seem that the team is inching closer to becoming sellers at the Major League Baseball trade deadline this season.

But, this is the White Sox. Nothing that the White Sox ever do is the right move in terms of baseball logic.

That would be the reason why the latest report from Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic is no surprise.

"• The White Sox, 5 1/2 out in the AL Central but 10 games under .500, telling prospective trade partners that, at least at this point, they might only be willing to trade players under expiring contracts and not those with greater control.The potential rentals include right-handers Lucas Giolito and Mike Clevinger, catcher Yasmani Grandal, second baseman Elvis Andrus, and relievers Reynaldo López and Keynan Middleton. Shortstop Tim Anderson, closer Liam Hendriks and reliever Kendall Graveman are all under control through 2024, right-hander Dylan Cease through ‘25.-Ken Rosenthal via The Athletic"

The Chicago White Sox appears to be facing indecisiveness ahead of the MLB Trade Deadline.

This strategy from the White Sox should not surprise anyone. The White Sox are a team that desperately needs to take a wrecking ball to their core and admit that their latest rebuild attempt was a failure.

But the shot callers that would make that decision–general manager Rick Hahn and vice president of baseball operations Kenny Williams–are part of the problem.

White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, as long as he is the majority owner of the team, is not going to scapegoat Hahn or Williams.

The result of Reinsdorf’s’ unwavering loyalty is the half-measure that the White Sox are destined to take at the Major League Baseball trade deadline.

Trading rental players is fine for a team like the White Sox but it gives off the impression that there is a genuine belief that the team can return to contention next season.

That is a broken strategy for the White Sox and the fix is not likely to be had with this current front office structure.

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