Congratulations, Blake Rutherford, you have been voted the 16th Most Essential White Sox player!
Rutherford took 22% (28 of 130 ballots) in a razor-thin win, surging from just 5% of the vote last time around. Earlier this season, Rutherford was named the ninth most important White Sox prospect, garnering 31% of the ninth vote, so in the Essential race Rutherford has leapfrogged Zack Burdi.
With Rutherford advancing, Ian Clarkin is added to the ballot.
- Yoán Moncada — 34% (Jiménez 28%, Abreu 21%, Kopech 11%, López/Robert 2%, Cease 1%, Anderson/Giolito/Hansen 0%)
- Eloy Jiménez — 38% (Kopech 26%, Abreu 17%, López 7%, Rodon 5%, Anderson 4%, Giolito 1%, Cease/Hansen/Robert 0%)
- Michael Kopech — 59% (Abreu 14%, López 10%, Robert 7%, Rodon 4% [8], Anderson 4% [7], Giolito/Dunning 1%, Cease/Hansen 0%)
- Dane Dunning — 26% (López 20%, Abreu 17%, Rodon 13% [36], Robert 13% [34], Anderson 6%, Giolito 4%, Cease 1%, Burdi/Hansen 0%)
- Reynaldo López — 31% (Abreu 21%, Robert 19%, Anderson 9%, Giolito 8%, Rodon 7%, Cease 5%, Hansen 2%, Burger/Burdi 0%)
- Luis Robert — 33% (Abreu 25%, Rodon 18%, Anderson 12%, Cease 7%, Giolito 3%, Hansen/García 1%, Burger/Burdi 0%)
- José Abreu — 33% (Rodon 27%, Anderson 18%, Cease 11%, Hansen 5%, Giolito 3%, Burdi 2%, Rutherford/Burger 1%, García 0%)
- Carlos Rodon — 39% (Anderson 25%, Cease 13%, Sánchez 11%, Giolito 5%, Hansen 4%, Rutherford/García 1%, Burdi/Burger 0%)
- Tim Anderson — 44% (Cease 20%, Hansen 13%, Sánchez/Giolito 8%, García 3%, Burdi/Davidson 2%, Burger 1%, Rutherford 0%)
- Lucas Giolito — 31% (Cease 23%, Hansen 18%, Sánchez 16%, Davidson 4%, García/Rutherford/Burdi 2%, Fulmer/Burger 0%)
- Dylan Cease — 50% (Hansen 19%, Sánchez 10%, Burdi 5%, Burger 4%, Davidson/Fulmer/García 3%, Jones 2%, Rutherford 1%)
- Alec Hansen — 50% (Sánchez 14%, Davidson 7%, Adolfo/Burdi/Rutherford/García 6%, Fulmer/Jones 3%, Burger 1%)
- Yolmer Sánchez — 21% (Adolfo 18%, Burdi 17%, Rutherford 16%, García 8%, Davidson 6%, Burger 5%, Fulmer/Jones 4%, Basabe 2%)
- Micker Adolfo — 27% (Burdi 19%, García 16%, Rutherford 12%, Davidson 11%, Jones 6%, Burger 4%, Basabe 2% Fulmer/Delmonico 1%)
- Zack Collins — 37% (Burdi 18%, Davidson 13%, García 12%, Rutherford 5% [7], Basabe 5% [6], Burger/Fulmer 4%, Jones/Delmonico 2%)
- Blake Rutherford — 22% (Burdi 21%, García 14%, Davidson 13%, Basabe 10%, Burger 8%, Adams 5%, Fulmer 4%, Jones 2%, Delmonico 1%)