Players Currently In DFA Limbo

[WhiteSox2023]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/players-currently-in-dfa-limbo.html

[ChiSoxFanMike]

I’d take Canario and Eguy Rosario.

[46DidIt]

Probably a pointless question since I doubt Getz even claims anyone, but if two claims are submitted simultaneously does that mean the second claim has to run through the other teams first?

[WhiteSox2023]

38 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said:

I’d take Canario and Eguy Rosario.

Agreed.  I’d dump Jankowski for Canario for sure and consider dumping Maton for Rosario.

The 40-man roster is currently full but Colas, Fletcher, and Eder are all off of it, regardless of what happens to them going forward.

The problem would be who do you option or DFA to activate some of the injured guys below to the 26-man active roster?  I think it’s still worth trying even if you have to try to slip guys like Canario and Rosario through waivers to AAA.  Jankowski and Maton would be no great losses and are easily replaceable.

Mike Tauchman:  IL-10

Josh Rojas:  IL-10

Bryan Ramos:  IL-10

Tyler Gilbert:  IL-15

Edited March 28 by WhiteSox2023

[caulfield12]

37 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said:

I’d take Canario and Eguy Rosario.

Rosario's fine...and the White Sox already THINK they have that player in Brooks Baldwin.

https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/204501/

While he's already 25, he has a career 783 OPS in around 100 MLB at-bats, which is pretty darned good for an infielder these days.  Can play all four infield positions, RF....and undoubtedly LF if he practiced.

890 ops in the minor leagues last year.

Career minor league OPS of .789, so pretty consistent production throughout his career.   Quintessential 2-2.5-3.0ish fWAR guy, maybe, IF IF IF he could ever earn consistent everyday playing time.

 

Canario's the much more interesting/exciting/entertaining "all or nothing" player...Rosario perhaps more useful, but the White Sox just don't have any legit OF prospects in AA/AAA.

Edited March 28 by caulfield12

[WhiteSox2023]

12 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Rosario's fine...and the White Sox already THINK they have that player in Brooks Baldwin.

https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/204501/

While he's already 25, he has a career 783 OPS in around 100 MLB at-bats, which is pretty darned good for an infielder these days.  Can play all four infield positions, RF....and undoubtedly LF if he practiced.

890 ops in the minor leagues last year.

Career minor league OPS of .789, so pretty consistent production throughout his career.   Quintessential 2-2.5-3.0ish fWAR guy, maybe, IF IF IF he could ever earn consistent everyday playing time.

That’s why I’m not sure I’d claim Rosario.  Baldwin should be the same type of player and is a year younger.

But of the entire list of DFA’s, those are the two players I would think teams could be interested in.  But it will be tough for most teams to make a move right after opening day rosters were set.  But the Sox have enough AAAA players on their roster to take a chance on someone.

Edited March 28 by WhiteSox2023

[WhiteSox2023]

1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

Canario's the much more interesting/exciting/entertaining "all or nothing" player...Rosario perhaps more useful, but the White Sox just don't have any legit OF prospects in AA/AAA.

This.  We have two legitimate OF prospect in Montgomery and Wolkow right now, and Wolkow is big time boom or bust with his strikeout issues.

Edited March 28 by WhiteSox2023

[Chicago White Sox]

8 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Agreed.  I’d dump Jankowski for Canario for sure and consider dumping Maton for Rosario.

The 40-man roster is currently full but Colas, Fletcher, and Eder are all off of it, regardless of what happens to them going forward.

The problem would be who do you option or DFA to activate some of the injured guys below to the 26-man active roster?  I think it’s still worth trying even if you have to try to slip guys like Canario and Rosario through waivers to AAA.  Jankowski and Maton would be no great losses and are easily replaceable.

Mike Tauchman:  IL-10

Josh Rojas:  IL-10

Bryan Ramos:  IL-10

Tyler Gilbert:  IL-15

We really don’t need more infielders unless it’s a dude that can play SS.  Vargas & Sosa need a ton of run-way this year.  Both can factor in at DH, but even then you got Meidroth & Baldwin as dudes who will need significant playing time and should be a big part of the 2B & 3B mix.  Ramos hopefully should be pushing for time at 3B at some point as well.  Throw in Rojas when he comes back and we are packed at those two spots and will already need to clear one 40 man roster spot to make room Chase.  Point is any upgrades over Amaya & Maton is almost guaranteed to be short-term and the juice won’t be worth the squeeze.

Canario is the far more interesting play because we lack compelling young OFs that could be push for playing time at any point this season.  I don’t really have a great grasp on waiver wire strategy and when’s the best time to try to sneak someone through.  However, the reality is that we have a spot to give right now in Jankowski and should at least claim Canario and then attempt to pass him through to Charlotte whenever Tauchman is about to come back.  There is zero downside to doing this.

[Bob Sacamano]

Yeah Canario didn't really make sense the first time since we had 5 healthy OFs on MLB deals and it would be hard to roster him, but now that there is an injury and the DH spot is pretty open, it makes sense.

Edited March 28 by Bob Sacamano

[WhiteSox2023]

34 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

We really don’t need more infielders unless it’s a dude that can play SS.  Vargas & Sosa need a ton of run-way this year.  Both can factor in at DH, but even then you got Meidroth & Baldwin as dudes who will need significant playing time and should be a big part of the 2B & 3B mix.  Ramos hopefully should be pushing for time at 3B at some point as well.  Throw in Rojas when he comes back and we are packed at those two spots and will already need to clear one 40 man roster spot to make room Chase.  Point is any upgrades over Amaya & Maton is almost guaranteed to be short-term and the juice won’t be worth the squeeze.

Canario is the far more interesting play because we lack compelling young OFs that could be push for playing time at any point this season.  I don’t really have a great grasp on waiver wire strategy and when’s the best time to try to sneak someone through.  However, the reality is that we have a spot to give right now in Jankowski and should at least claim Canario and then attempt to pass him through to Charlotte whenever Tauchman is about to come back.  There is zero downside to doing this.

Agreed, we have a glut of infielders and we have too many guys on the IL to activate eventually so I’d pass on Rosario as well.

But yes, dump Jankowski for Canario.  He’s only a year older than Meidroth so he fits the rebuild timeline.  Taylor is then your primary CF backup.  Hell, even Tauchman, Slater, and Canario have all played some CF recently so you really don’t need Jankowski at all.  Not saying they would be great defensively there but Venable would still have options.

If they do obtain Canario, I’d love to see Venable make Benintendi mostly a full-time DH with Canario in LF.  Give the kid the majority of at bats and see what he can do.  Stick with the Tauchman/Slater platoon in RF once Tauchman is back.  That could actually be a decent OF until Robert is traded.

Worry about who to dump later when Tauchman, Rojas, and Ramos are healthy.

By the way, do Ramos and Baldwin have options left?  Then it could be easy to keep Canario on the roster, along with cutting Maton.  But obviously Amaya has to stay until Colson is ready since he’s the only true defensive SS on the team right now.

Edited March 28 by WhiteSox2023

[Chicago White Sox]

12 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Agreed, we have a glut of infielders and we have too many guys on the IL to activate eventually so I’d pass on Rosario as well.

But yes, dump Jankowski for Canario.  He’s only a year older than Meidroth so he fits the rebuild timeline.  Taylor is then your primary CF backup.  Hell, even Canario and Tauchman have played some CF recently so you really don’t need Jankowski at all.  Not saying they would be great defensively there but Venable would still have options.

If they do obtain Canario, I’d love to see Venable make Benintendi mostly a full-time DH with Canario in LF.  Give the kid the majority of at bats and see what he can do.  Stick with the Tauchman/Slater platoon in RF once Tauchman is back.  That could actually be a decent OF until Robert is traded.

Worry about who to dump later when Tauchman, Rojas, and Ramos are healthy.

By the way, do Ramos and Baldwin have options left?

Ramos and Baldwin should each have two options left.

[WhiteSox2023]

24 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Yeah Canario didn't really make sense the first time since we had 5 healthy OFs on MLB deals and it would be hard to roster him, but now that there is an injury and the DH spot is pretty open, it makes sense.

I would argue that a 24-year formerly highly rated OF prospect would always make sense for the Sox regardless of Getz bringing in so many veteran outfielders.  The Sox don’t have a load of OF prospects and I don’t think cutting a $1.75 to $2 million dollar salary would be a huge deal to add an OF prospect in a losing season.  I realize JR and Getz wouldn’t see it that way, but a rebuilding team should be looking to add young talent where they don’t have too much of it.  This is where I did like Hahn’s strategy a bit more — while it didn’t work out very well, the guy would jump on any and every young former highly rated prospect that became available on the waiver wire.

But yeah, some hindsight of Canario becoming available would have been nice.  Then, maybe Getz doesn’t add Taylor who was signed 10 days before the Cubs DFA’ed Canario, and Canario is already a White Sox.

Edited March 28 by WhiteSox2023

[WhiteSox2023]

29 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Ramos and Baldwin should each have two options left.

So…

1.)  Trade for/claim Canario and DFA Jankowski.

2.)  Option Ramos to activate Tauchman.  Give Ramos some time at AAA to get back on track from not being able to throw for weeks and to get his bat hot.

3.)  Cut Maton or option Baldwin to activate Rojas.

Canario stays on the active roster and doesn’t need to be snuck through waivers…  yet.  See what he can do with the bulk of at bats in LF.  Consider Benintendi the primary DH outside of specific handedness and pitcher matchups and we would have 5 outfielders — Canario, Robert, Tauchman, Slater, and Taylor.  Seems like it’s doable with all the position flexibility of our infielders.  I also didn’t realize that Slater has played some 1B as well.

Edited March 28 by WhiteSox2023

[Bob Sacamano]

18 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

I would argue that a 24-year formerly highly rated OF prospect would always make sense for the Sox regardless of Getz bringing in so many veteran outfielders.  The Sox don’t have a load of OF prospects and I don’t think cutting a $1.75 to $2 million dollar salary would be a huge deal to add an OF prospect in a losing season.  I realize JR and Getz wouldn’t see it that way, but a rebuilding team should be looking to add young talent where they don’t have too much of it.  This is where I did like Hahn’s strategy a bit more — while it didn’t work out very well, the guy would jump on any and every young former highly rated prospect that became available on the waiver wire.

But yeah, some hindsight of Canario becoming available would have been nice.  Then, maybe Getz doesn’t add Taylor who was signed 10 days before the Cubs DFA’ed Canario, and Canario is already a White Sox.

Of course he made sense but they weren’t cutting anyone on an MLB deal.

[Harold's Leg Lift]

If they don't put in a claim for Canario it certainly won't be the end of the world.  This roster isn't set in stone. They're gonna churn it all season.  Guys will be coming up and guys will be moving out.  They were close to two trades the last week of spring training which tells me it won't be long before both are executed.  

[WhiteSox2023]

12 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

If they don't put in a claim for Canario it certainly won't be the end of the world.  This roster isn't set in stone. They're gonna churn it all season.  Guys will be coming up and guys will be moving out.  They were close to two trades the last week of spring training which tells me it won't be long before both are executed.  

Agreed, I just think Canario makes the most sense from the perspective of him still being young and playing a position of need for the Sox.  I’m sure more players will become available throughout the season but I can’t imagine a better young fit for the Sox becoming available — an outfielder with youth and massive power potential, albeit strikeouts being an issue.

Curious what close trades you are referring to.  I’m assuming Robert?

Edited March 28 by WhiteSox2023

[Chicago White Sox]

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

So…

1.)  Trade for/claim Canario and DFA Jankowski.

2.)  Option Ramos to activate Tauchman.  Give Ramos some time at AAA to get back on track from not being able to throw for weeks and to get his bat hot.

3.)  Cut Maton or option Baldwin to activate Rojas.

Canario stays on the active roster and doesn’t need to be snuck through waivers…  yet.  See what he can do with the bulk of at bats in LF.  Consider Benintendi the primary DH outside of specific handedness and pitcher matchups and we would have 5 outfielders — Canario, Robert, Tauchman, Slater, and Taylor.  Seems like it’s doable with all the position flexibility of our infielders.  I also didn’t realize that Slater has played some 1B as well.

Ramos isn’t on the 26 man roster, so a different move would be needed to make room for Tauchman. 

[Chicago White Sox]

1 hour ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

If they don't put in a claim for Canario it certainly won't be the end of the world.  This roster isn't set in stone. They're gonna churn it all season.  Guys will be coming up and guys will be moving out.  They were close to two trades the last week of spring training which tells me it won't be long before both are executed.  

Trading away vets or acquiring younger depth type options?

[WhiteSox2023]

23 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Ramos isn’t on the 26 man roster, so a different move would be needed to make room for Tauchman. 

Oops, that’s right.  My mistake.  DFA Maton.

[WhiteSox2023]

“Preller: Padres Exploring Eguy Rosario Trades“

[T R U]

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

“Preller: Padres Exploring Eguy Rosario Trades“

If they're available on waivers, im taking Rosario and dumping Maton and Canario and dumping Jankowsi.

[Squirmin' for Yermin]

4 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Trading away vets or acquiring younger depth type options?

A few weeks back he kinda insinuated something with Robert I thought... HMMM

[Bob Sacamano]

5 hours ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

If they don't put in a claim for Canario it certainly won't be the end of the world.  This roster isn't set in stone. They're gonna churn it all season.  Guys will be coming up and guys will be moving out.  They were close to two trades the last week of spring training which tells me it won't be long before both are executed.  

Robert and who else?

[WestEddy]

FanGraphs reviewed Eguy Rosaria last year:

San Diego Padres Top 31 Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball

11. Eguy Rosario, 3B

Signed: July 2nd Period, 2015 from Dominican Republic (SDP)

Age	24.1	Height	5′ 7″	Weight	175	Bat / Thr	R / R	FV	40

Tool Grades (Present/Future)

Hit	Raw Power	Game Power	Run	Fielding	Throw
30/35	50/50	45/50	40/40	55/55	60

Rosario was part of San Diego’s 2015 international class, which also included Emmanuel Clase and Andrés Muñoz. He was barely old enough to sign in 2015; had he been born a few days later he would have had to have waited until the following July. The Padres pushed him pretty quickly and he got his first taste of Double-A at age 18. He made his big league debut in 2022, then suffered a broken ankle playing winter ball in early 2023. He was still able to play a little bit in the big leagues later that year but not enough to lose rookie status. Injuries pressed him into action in 2024 and Rosario graduates as chase-prone, power-hitting third baseman.

 

Rosario’s defense at third is highly entertaining. He loves to show off his arm and will wait an extra beat to let the ball go so he can throw it over there hard. He has mostly played third base of late. Eguy also loves to swing. He’s chase prone and dying to do damage to his pull side. When he leans on one, it can go a long way, but all the chase has caused a ton of strikeouts during his big league stints. Rosario is still very young and could probably play third base every day for a handful of big league teams. Ideally he’ll reintroduce another position or two to his toolbelt as a way of staying on a good roster.

[GreenSox]

I certainly wouldn't trade for this guy; sure claim him, as he's more interesting than several on the 40 man.
Well, we could trade Colas for him. 

Sox have first priority - there will be other interesting players available in the coming days/weeks.  NO need to start trading now.
As an aside, for how long do the Sox have the #1 waiver pick?

Edited March 29 by GreenSox