The Chicago White Sox will need to make solid free agent acquisitions this offseason if they hope to contend next season. With the Sox holding the 12th pick in next year’s draft, the team will most likely have to steer away from signing free agents with qualifying offers.
This means the Sox could potentially pass on free agents such as Dexter Fowler, Edwin Encarnacion, and maybe Yoenis Cespedes. With the Sox being mired in mediocrity, they need to reignite a frustrated fanbase. It doesn’t help when the crosstown rival just won its first World Series in 108 years either.