His weighted runs created-plus (wRC+) — which estimates a player’s offensive contribution in terms of total runs and adjusts that number to account for external factors such as ballpark and era — is 100, according to fangraphs.com. The major-league average is 100.
“I know our front office has been busy and he’s one of the guys they’ve been talking about,” Sox manager Tony La Russa said before Thursday’s game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
“I haven’t heard that it’s done, so I’m pretty careful talking about somebody else’s player other than I know the kind of year he’s having.