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GM: Chris Getz

Overview

REBUILD ↗ rising
cheap & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 0.47× league · TAB -7.3
-7.3TAB — talent above budget26th/30
-12.2WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)29th/30
2.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars28th/30
-8.8dead WAR — sub-replacement drag28th/30
57%dead money %27th/30
0.370win %29th/30
17.7roster fWAR27th/30
-3surplus $M (value vs cost)13th/30
$73Mpayroll $M26th/30

Roster

CFLuis Robert Jr. 105GDerek Hill 54GMichael A. Taylor 47G
LFAndrew Benintendi 69GMichael A. Taylor 43GBrooks Baldwin 37G
RFMike Tauchman 73GMichael A. Taylor 42GJoshua Palacios 36G
SSChase Meidroth 76GColson Montgomery 60GJacob Amaya 35G
2BLenyn Sosa 99GChase Meidroth 61GJosh Rojas 24G
3BMiguel Vargas 79GJosh Rojas 47GCurtis Mead 29G
1BMiguel Vargas 63GLenyn Sosa 42GCurtis Mead 32G
STARTERSShane Smith 2.2WARDavis Martin 1.3WARMartín Pérez 0.8WARTyler Alexander 0.8WARSean Burke 0.7WAR
CEdgar Quero 72GKyle Teel 61GKorey Lee 16G
DHAndrew Benintendi 44GEdgar Quero 29GMike Tauchman 19G
BULLPEN★ Jordan Leasure 7svSteven Wilson 10hBrandon Eisert 9hCam Booser 9hGrant Taylor 9hMike Vasil 3hDan Altavilla 2hFraser Ellard 2h
CEdgar Quero 72 · Kyle Teel 61 · Korey Lee 16
1BMiguel Vargas 63 · Lenyn Sosa 42 · Curtis Mead 32
2BLenyn Sosa 99 · Chase Meidroth 61 · Josh Rojas 24
3BMiguel Vargas 79 · Josh Rojas 47 · Curtis Mead 29
SSChase Meidroth 76 · Colson Montgomery 60 · Jacob Amaya 35
LFAndrew Benintendi 69 · Michael A. Taylor 43 · Brooks Baldwin 37
CFLuis Robert Jr. 105 · Derek Hill 54 · Michael A. Taylor 47
RFMike Tauchman 73 · Michael A. Taylor 42 · Joshua Palacios 36
DHAndrew Benintendi 44 · Edgar Quero 29 · Mike Tauchman 19
SPShane Smith 2.2 · Davis Martin 1.3 · Martín Pérez 0.8 · Tyler Alexander 0.8 · Sean Burke 0.7
BP★ Jordan Leasure 7 · Steven Wilson 10 · Brandon Eisert 9 · Cam Booser 9 · Grant Taylor 9 · Mike Vasil 3 · Dan Altavilla 2 · Fraser Ellard 2

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.

2025 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Colson Montgomery 23 – 712.7 0.4 +10.3
Shane Smith 25 – 292.2 0.8 +7.9
Kyle Teel 23 – 781.9 0.5 +7.0
Adrian Houser↔ TBR 32 – 111.7 0.3 +6.6
Grant Taylor 23 – 361.7 0.5 +6.3
Mike Tauchman 34 arb 931.4 2.2 +3.3
Chase Meidroth 23 – 1221.4 0.7 +4.7
Miguel Vargas 25 pre-arb 1381.3 0.8 +4.6
Lenyn Sosa 25 pre-arb 1401.3 0.8 +4.5
Luis Robert Jr. 27 – 1101.3 15.0 -9.9
Davis Martin 28 pre-arb 261.3 0.8 +4.3
Aaron Civale↔ CHC 30 – 130.9 2.6 +1.1
Martín Pérez 34 FA-elig 110.8 3.5 -0.2
Tyler Alexander↔ MIL 30 arb 310.8 0.7 +2.5
Sean Burke 25 pre-arb 280.7 0.7 +2.2
Matt Thaiss↔ TBR 30 – 350.6 0.4 +2.0
Jordan Leasure 26 pre-arb 680.5 0.8 +1.3
Mike Vasil 25 – 470.4 0.8 +1.0
Steven Wilson 30 arb 590.4 0.8 +0.8
Tyler Gilbert 31 pre-arb 460.4 0.8 +0.8
Jonathan Cannon 24 pre-arb 220.4 0.7 +0.9
Yoendrys Gómez↔ LAD 25 pre-arb 120.4 0.1 +1.4
Austin Slater↔ NYY 32 – 510.3 1.0 +0.4
Dominic Fletcher 27 pre-arb 120.3 0.1 +1.2
Wikelman González 23 – 160.3 0.2 +0.9
Jared Shuster 26 – 120.2 0.5 +0.3
Andrew Benintendi 30 FA-elig 1160.2 17.1 -16.4
Korey Lee 26 pre-arb 260.2 0.5 +0.3
Derek Hill↔ MIA 29 pre-arb 40.1 0.1 +0.4
Brandon Eisert 27 pre-arb 720.1 0.7 -0.4
Elvis Peguero↔ MIL 28 pre-arb 20.1 0.1 +0.3
Bobby Dalbec 30 – 70.1 0.1 +0.2
Omar Narváez 33 FA-elig 40.0 0.1 -0.0
Jake Palisch 26 – 10.0 0.1 -0.0
Owen White 25 pre-arb 3-0.0 0.2 -0.2
Bryan Ramos 23 pre-arb 4-0.0 0.2 -0.2
Fraser Ellard 27 pre-arb 18-0.0 0.5 -0.6
Greg Jones 27 – 3-0.0 0.1 -0.1
Corey Julks 29 pre-arb 6-0.0 0.1 -0.2
Caleb Freeman 27 – 5-0.1 0.1 -0.3
Travis Jankowski↔ NYM 34 – 7-0.1 0.1 -0.3
Michael A. Taylor 34 – 134-0.1 2.2 -2.5
Bryan Hudson↔ MIL 28 pre-arb 4-0.1 0.1 -0.4
Gage Workman↔ CHC 25 – 3-0.1 0.0 -0.4
Mike Clevinger 34 FA-elig 8-0.1 1.5 -1.9
Penn Murfee 31 pre-arb 15-0.1 0.8 -1.3
Miguel Castro 30 FA-elig 6-0.1 1.1 -1.6
Nick Maton 28 pre-arb 25-0.1 0.9 -1.4
Edgar Quero 22 – 111-0.2 0.7 -1.3
Brooks Baldwin 24 pre-arb 103-0.2 0.6 -1.3
Dan Altavilla 32 – 28-0.2 0.6 -1.4
Vinny Capra↔ MIL 28 pre-arb 23-0.2 0.1 -1.0
Curtis Mead↔ TBR 24 pre-arb 41-0.3 0.3 -1.4
Ryan Noda↔ BAL 29 – 16-0.3 0.1 -1.5
Bryse Wilson 27 arb 20-0.5 1.1 -3.1
Tim Elko 26 – 23-0.5 0.3 -2.5
Cam Booser 33 pre-arb 39-0.6 0.5 -2.8
Joshua Palacios 29 pre-arb 51-0.7 0.3 -3.0
Will Robertson↔ TOR 27 – 24-0.8 0.2 -3.2
Jacob Amaya 26 pre-arb 37-0.8 0.3 -3.4
Josh Rojas 31 – 69-1.3 3.5 -8.6
Andrew Vaughn↔ MIL 27 – 48-1.3 2.0 -7.2

Key additions (new vs 2024)

PlayerfWAR
Colson Montgomery2.7
Shane Smith2.2
Kyle Teel1.9
Adrian Houser1.7
Grant Taylor1.7
Mike Tauchman1.4

Key subtractions (gone from 2024)

Player2024 fWAR
Garrett Crochet4.6
Erick Fedde2.6
Chris Flexen1.3
Paul DeJong1.1
Nicky Lopez0.9
Tanner Banks0.9

Current & Historical Payroll

2025 payroll
$73.2M
2026 guaranteed
$17.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 2025, 2025–2031. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2025; 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 (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2025202620272028202920302031
Andrew Benintendi308.062$17.1M$17.1M$15.1MFREE AGENT
Martín Pérez3412.038$3.5MFREE AGENT
Michael A. Taylor3411.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Mike Clevinger348.008$1.5MFREE AGENT
Miguel Castro308.033$1.1MFREE AGENT
Austin Slater326.147$1.0MFREE AGENT
Omar Narváez337.159$89kFREE AGENT
Travis Jankowski347.153$72kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2025202620272028202920302031
Luis Robert Jr.275.000$15.0MFREE AGENT
Josh Rojas314.126$3.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Civale305.058$2.6MFREE AGENT
Mike Tauchman344.143$2.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Vaughn274.000$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryse Wilson274.036$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Steven Wilson303.000$848kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Alexander305.011$728kFREE AGENT
Dan Altavilla325.063$559kFREE AGENT
Matt Thaiss303.038$392kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adrian Houser325.136$279kFREE AGENT
Bobby Dalbec303.115$108kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (42)

PlayerAgeSvc2025202620272028202920302031
Nick Maton282.017$900kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Gilbert311.076$827kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Penn Murfee312.169$780kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel Vargas251.101$770kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lenyn Sosa251.044$770kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jordan Leasure260.162$766kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Davis Martin280.117$765kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shane Smith250.000$760kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Vasil250.000$760kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Eisert270.034$744kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chase Meidroth230.000$699kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edgar Quero220.000$674kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sean Burke250.020$666kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Cannon240.127$657kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brooks Baldwin240.073$599kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fraser Ellard270.062$529kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cam Booser330.150$525kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jared Shuster261.066$512kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Teel230.000$470kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Grant Taylor230.000$454kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Korey Lee261.071$452kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Colson Montgomery230.000$355kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Elko26–$327k
Curtis Mead240.103$302kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joshua Palacios291.111$273kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jacob Amaya260.054$262kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wikelman González230.000$225kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Owen White250.042$192kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Will Robertson27–$181k
Bryan Ramos230.053$180kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Noda291.080$140kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dominic Fletcher271.040$120kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vinny Capra280.084$106kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Corey Julks291.105$82kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Palisch26–$74k
Yoendrys Gómez250.029$71kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Caleb Freeman27–$64k
Bryan Hudson281.005$59kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Elvis Peguero282.072$57kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Derek Hill292.040$57kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Jones271.016$53kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gage Workman25–$32k

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = White Sox 2025; 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.