The Chicago White Sox entered the season with the expectation that Luis Robert Jr. would be the veteran the team could bank on trading this summer. Unfortunately, Robert is batting .194/.279/.311 with an ops of .590 and just six home runs and 28 RBI.
This week, the White Sox traded another struggling veteran first baseman Andrew Vaughn to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for starting pitcher Aaron Civale. Civale has a 1-2 record this season with a 4.91 ERA in five starts.
The Chicago White Sox don’t plan to keep Aaron Civale for long
Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the White Sox were “thrilled” to land Civale this week. However, they don’t plan to keep the right-handed pitcher on their roster for long. Civale, 30, is expected to become trade bait before the trade deadline.
“The Chicago White Sox were thrilled getting veteran starter Aaron Civale from the Milwaukee Brewers for first baseman Andrew Vaughn, who had been demoted to the minors a month ago,” Nightengale wrote. “Still, they won’t have Civale in uniform long.
“They plan to trade him at the July 31 deadline, believing they could get at least a couple of mid-tier prospects in return.”
The White Sox are 23-48, 22.5 games back from the Detroit Tigers for first place in the AL Central. Clearly, the team has no ned for a 30-year-old starting pitcher at this point. Chicago will be much better off if they can land players who can develop into solid starters in future years.
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