White Sox: Eloy Jiménez , No. 6
It's a guess again on the number -- his 2018 number at Triple-A, 16, is retired by the White Sox (Ted Lyons) -- but, like Vlad Jr., everyone's going to have this jersey soon enough.

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/best-mlb-jerseys-to-buy-in-2019

Puig, Harper and Machado on the list.

 

Other AL Central names...not exactly the most exhilarating list compared to the other divisions!

AL CENTRAL

Indians: Hanley Ramirez, No. 13
If Hanley has a successful comeback with the Indians, it'll be one of the most enjoyable stories of the year.

Royals: Billy Hamilton, No. 6
The speedster will be the primary reason to pay close attention to every second at Kauffman Stadium this year.

Tigers: Niko Goodrum, No. 28
He's one of the young bright spots on a team that's a few years away, and plus, it's a terrific name.

Twins: Nelson Cruz, No. 23
It may be just one year, but what a fun year it will be.

Billy Hamilton is the prime attention getter in KC? 

God are they bad.

Jimenez has said he intends to wear number 74, as he does in spring training.  In an interview last year he stated that he liked the number because no one else wears it, and he wants to "create that number".

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/eloy-jimenez-on-his-white-sox-future-and-the-first-hell-accomplish-on-day-1/

Edited March 18, 20197 yr by hogan873

52 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

Billy Hamilton is the prime attention getter in KC? 

God are they bad.

Sal Perez or Gordon were the previous choices....probably go with Mondesi Jr., or Soler if I was forced at gunpoint to buy ONE.

29 minutes ago, hogan873 said:

Jimenez has said he intends to wear number 74, as he does in spring training.  In an interview last year he stated that he liked the number because no one else wears it, and he wants to "create that number".

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/eloy-jimenez-on-his-white-sox-future-and-the-first-hell-accomplish-on-day-1/

Yessir. That was reiterated again this year. He’ll be #74.

 

 

Have they already started selling Jimenez jerseys at the souvenir shop at GRF or is that now allowed until his big league debut?

Also #6 is unofficially retired for Lau.

He is going to be #74, it has been mentioned a number of times by Eloy.

41 minutes ago, Quin said:

Also #6 is unofficially retired for Lau.

I had it in my head that #6 was out, thanks for this.

Yea Beckham wanted 6 which leads to one of my 2 conspiracy theories on why he sucked.