With 10% of the season in the books, it’s time to kick out an initial, and admittedly premature, value survey of the season.
Last year, GM Rick Hahn basically didn’t help the White Sox, nor hurt them, with his moves. These value surveys, which I’ll try to undertake every 15-20 games this season, attempt to identify where Hahn is getting bargains this season — as well as where he may not have spent wisely.
As of Sunday, approximately 10% of the season had been played. The White Sox have 12 players providing positive surplus value (SV), 22 with negative value (including Jonathan Stiever, Jace Fry, Jimmy Cordero, Eloy Jiménez and Adam Engel, who have yet to play this season).