The White Sox got knocked off by the Astros on Tuesday, and are now forced to look ahead to the offseason and how to get deeper into the postseason next year. One of their first orders of business will be to pick up or decline the $16 million option for the closer for 2022. Bob Nightengale is reporting that the plan right now is to pick up that option, but with the intention to trade him.
This is certainly not what the White Sox had in mind when they acquired the closer in a crosstown trade with the Cubs, giving up Nick Madrigal and Codi Heuer in the process.