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GM: Chris Getz

Overview

REBUILD ↘ cooling
cheap & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.77× league · TAB -27.4
-27.4TAB — talent above budget30th/30
-37.6WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)30th/30
2.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars29th/30
-13.5dead WAR — sub-replacement drag30th/30
77%dead money %30th/30
0.253win %30th/30
3.6roster fWAR30th/30
-109surplus $M (value vs cost)29th/30
$124Mpayroll $M19th/30

Roster

CFLuis Robert Jr. 97GTommy Pham 30GDominic Fletcher 29G
LFAndrew Benintendi 124GMiguel Vargas 28GCorey Julks 26G
RFGavin Sheets 45GDominic Fletcher 43GCorey Julks 28G
SSNicky Lopez 45GJacob Amaya 23GBraden Shewmake 11G
2BNicky Lopez 83GLenyn Sosa 47GBrooks Baldwin 24G
3BNick Senzel 53GLenyn Sosa 52GMiguel Vargas 36G
1BAndrew Vaughn 122GGavin Sheets 43GLenyn Sosa 2G
STARTERSGarrett Crochet 4.6WARChris Flexen 1.3WARJonathan Cannon 1.1WARDavis Martin 0.6WARMichael Soroka 0.4WAR
CKorey Lee 113GMartín Maldonado 48GChuckie Robinson 26G
DHGavin Sheets 41GAndrew Vaughn 27GNick Senzel 18G
BULLPEN★ Justin Anderson 1svEnyel De Los Santos 9hSteven Wilson 9hJordan Leasure 9hJared Shuster 3hFraser Ellard 2hChad Kuhl 1hGus Varland 0h
CKorey Lee 113 · Martín Maldonado 48 · Chuckie Robinson 26
1BAndrew Vaughn 122 · Gavin Sheets 43 · Lenyn Sosa 2
2BNicky Lopez 83 · Lenyn Sosa 47 · Brooks Baldwin 24
3BNick Senzel 53 · Lenyn Sosa 52 · Miguel Vargas 36
SSNicky Lopez 45 · Jacob Amaya 23 · Braden Shewmake 11
LFAndrew Benintendi 124 · Miguel Vargas 28 · Corey Julks 26
CFLuis Robert Jr. 97 · Tommy Pham 30 · Dominic Fletcher 29
RFGavin Sheets 45 · Dominic Fletcher 43 · Corey Julks 28
DHGavin Sheets 41 · Andrew Vaughn 27 · Nick Senzel 18
SPGarrett Crochet 4.6 · Chris Flexen 1.3 · Jonathan Cannon 1.1 · Davis Martin 0.6 · Michael Soroka 0.4
BP★ Justin Anderson 1 · Enyel De Los Santos 9 · Steven Wilson 9 · Jordan Leasure 9 · Jared Shuster 3 · Fraser Ellard 2 · Chad Kuhl 1 · Gus Varland 0

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2024 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Garrett Crochet 25 arb 324.6 0.8 +18.5
Erick Fedde↔ STL 31 FA-elig 212.6 5.1 +5.6
Chris Flexen 29 FA-elig 331.3 1.8 +3.7
Paul DeJong↔ KCR 30 FA-elig 1021.1 1.3 +3.2
Jonathan Cannon 23 pre-arb 231.1 0.7 +3.7
Nicky Lopez 29 arb 1240.9 4.3 -0.6
Tanner Banks↔ PHI 32 pre-arb 410.9 0.5 +3.2
Davis Martin 27 pre-arb 110.6 0.7 +1.9
Luis Robert Jr. 26 arb 1000.6 12.5 -10.2
Gus Varland↔ LAD 27 pre-arb 190.5 0.5 +1.6
Sean Burke 24 – 40.4 0.1 +1.7
Michael Soroka 26 FA-elig 250.4 3.0 -1.5
Yoán Moncada 29 FA-elig 120.3 24.8 -23.6
Chad Kuhl 31 – 310.3 0.8 +0.3
Zach Remillard 30 pre-arb 150.3 0.1 +0.9
Tim Hill↔ NYY 34 FA-elig 270.2 0.8 +0.2
Justin Anderson 31 pre-arb 560.2 0.5 +0.3
John Brebbia↔ ATL 34 FA-elig 540.2 3.7 -2.9
Jared Shuster 25 pre-arb 390.2 0.7 -0.0
Tommy Pham↔ KCR 36 – 700.2 1.3 -0.6
Kevin Pillar↔ ANA 35 FA-elig 170.1 0.2 +0.4
Prelander Berroa 24 pre-arb 170.1 0.7 -0.3
Fraser Ellard 26 – 250.1 0.2 +0.2
Lenyn Sosa 24 pre-arb 1000.1 0.7 -0.3
Brooks Baldwin 23 – 330.1 0.3 +0.0
Zach DeLoach 25 pre-arb 220.0 0.7 -0.7
Oscar Colás 25 pre-arb 13-0.0 0.7 -0.8
Jake Eder 25 – 1-0.0 0.1 -0.1
Jairo Iriarte 22 – 6-0.0 0.1 -0.3
Sammy Peralta 26 pre-arb 9-0.0 0.7 -0.9
Matt Foster 29 arb 6-0.1 0.8 -1.1
Drew Thorpe 23 pre-arb 9-0.1 0.7 -1.1
Deivi García 25 pre-arb 14-0.1 0.1 -0.6
Jake Woodford↔ PIT 27 – 2-0.1 0.0 -0.5
Mike Clevinger 33 – 4-0.1 4.0 -4.5
Rafael Ortega 33 arb 14-0.1 0.1 -0.7
Ky Bush 24 – 4-0.1 0.2 -0.8
Andrew Vaughn 26 arb 149-0.1 3.2 -3.8
Danny Mendick 30 arb 47-0.1 0.9 -1.5
Andrew Benintendi 29 FA-elig 135-0.1 17.1 -17.7
Bryan Shaw 36 FA-elig 5-0.1 0.8 -1.4
Touki Toussaint 28 arb 11-0.2 1.3 -1.9
Duke Ellis↔ NYY 26 – 8-0.2 0.0 -0.9
Brad Keller↔ BOS 28 – 5-0.2 0.3 -1.4
Michael Kopech↔ LAD 28 FA-elig 43-0.3 1.9 -3.0
Jacob Amaya↔ HOU 25 pre-arb 23-0.3 0.7 -2.0
Robbie Grossman↔ KCR 34 – 25-0.3 0.3 -1.7
Korey Lee 25 pre-arb 125-0.4 0.7 -2.3
Jordan Leasure 25 pre-arb 33-0.4 0.7 -2.5
Dominic Leone 32 FA-elig 23-0.4 1.5 -3.3
Eloy Jiménez↔ BAL 27 arb 65-0.4 9.2 -11.0
Bryan Ramos 22 pre-arb 32-0.4 0.7 -2.5
Enyel De Los Santos↔ NYY 28 FA-elig 15-0.5 0.4 -2.5
Nick Nastrini 24 pre-arb 9-0.5 0.7 -2.9
Chuckie Robinson 29 pre-arb 26-0.5 0.7 -3.0
Nick Senzel↔ WSN 29 arb 10-0.5 0.3 -2.6
Corey Julks 28 pre-arb 66-0.6 0.8 -3.2
Braden Shewmake 26 pre-arb 29-0.7 0.7 -3.7
Steven Wilson 29 pre-arb 40-0.8 0.8 -3.9
Dominic Fletcher 26 pre-arb 72-0.8 0.7 -4.1
Gavin Sheets 28 arb 139-0.8 0.8 -4.2
Miguel Vargas↔ LAD 24 pre-arb 42-1.2 0.4 -5.3
Martín Maldonado 37 FA-elig 48-1.5 4.0 -10.3

Key additions (new vs 2023)

PlayerfWAR
Erick Fedde2.6
Chris Flexen1.3
Paul DeJong1.1
Jonathan Cannon1.1
Nicky Lopez0.9
Davis Martin0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 2023)

Player2023 fWAR
Dylan Cease3.6
Lucas Giolito1.6
Gregory Santos1.5
Elvis Andrus1.2
Jake Burger1.2
Aaron Bummer0.7

Current & Historical Payroll

2024 payroll
$124.4M
2025 guaranteed
$17.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 2024, 2024–2030. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2024; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2024202520262027202820292030
Yoán Moncada296.106$24.8MFREE AGENT
Andrew Benintendi297.062$17.1M$17.1M$17.1M$15.1MFREE AGENT
Mike Clevinger337.033$4.0MFREE AGENT
Martín Maldonado3713.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
John Brebbia346.078$3.7MFREE AGENT
Dominic Leone327.133$1.5MFREE AGENT
Tommy Pham368.107$1.3MFREE AGENT
Paul DeJong306.057$1.3MFREE AGENT
Bryan Shaw3613.000$800kFREE AGENT
Chad Kuhl318.000$798kFREE AGENT
Enyel De Los Santos286.000$375kFREE AGENT
Brad Keller286.000$347kFREE AGENT
Robbie Grossman349.060$269kFREE AGENT
Kevin Pillar359.072$170kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2024202520262027202820292030
Luis Robert Jr.264.000$12.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Eloy Jiménez275.000$9.2MFREE AGENT
Erick Fedde314.099$5.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Nicky Lopez294.139$4.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Vaughn263.000$3.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Soroka265.009$3.0MFREE AGENT
Michael Kopech284.041$1.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Flexen293.107$1.8MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Touki Toussaint283.071$1.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Mendick303.058$866kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Garrett Crochet253.028$800kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Hill345.112$784kFREE AGENT
Matt Foster293.093$750kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Senzel294.150$270kARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Ortega333.035$108kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Woodford273.048$26kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (33)

PlayerAgeSvc2024202520262027202820292030
Gavin Sheets282.076$757kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Corey Julks280.141$756kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steven Wilson292.000$752kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dominic Fletcher260.062$743kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Korey Lee250.071$742kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Braden Shewmake260.014$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Davis Martin270.052$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chuckie Robinson290.045$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jared Shuster250.077$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Drew Thorpe230.000$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Ramos220.000$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Oscar Colás251.000$740kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Nastrini240.000$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jordan Leasure250.000$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sammy Peralta260.054$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Prelander Berroa240.005$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lenyn Sosa240.090$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zach DeLoach250.000$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Cannon230.000$740kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jacob Amaya250.010$709kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gus Varland270.102$541kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Anderson312.161$525kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tanner Banks321.092$491kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel Vargas240.142$432kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brooks Baldwin230.000$290kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fraser Ellard260.000$247kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ky Bush240.000$223kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zach Remillard300.099$141kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Deivi García250.084$127kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jairo Iriarte220.000$115kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sean Burke240.000$80kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Eder250.000$71kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Duke Ellis26–$36k

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = White Sox 2024; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.