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South Side Sox Roster Ranking: Round 10

Who is the 10th-most important member of the White Sox major-league roster?

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Congratulations, Matt Davidson! By the slimmest of margins, the rock-’em, sock-’em DH is the ninth-most important member of the White Sox roster.

Davidson took 31% (33 of 104 votes) in the poll, eking out a win over Carson Fulmer by a single vote. May the controversy begin!

Joining the competition now is OF-IF and part-time vendor Leury García.

South Side Sox White Sox Roster Ranking for 2018

  1. Reynaldo Lopez — 34% (Abreu 28%, Moncada 26%, Anderson 4%, Giolito 3%, García 2%, Rodon 1%-4 votes, Sánchez/Davidson 1%-3 votes, Jones 0%)
  2. Yoan Moncada — 42% (Abreu 26%, Giolito 11%, Anderson 7%, Rodon 5%, Sánchez 3%, García 2%-4, Davidson 2%-3, Jones/Fulmer 1%)
  3. José Abreu — 34% (Giolito 24%, Anderson 19%, Rodon 10%, García 8%, Davidson/Sánchez/Jones 2%, Fulmer 1%, Engel 0%)
  4. Tim Anderson — 44% (Giolito 25%, García 10%, Rodon 9%, Davidson 4%, Sánchez 3%, Castillo/Fulmer 2%, Engel 1%, Jones 0%)
  5. Lucas Giolito — 56% (García 17%, Rodon 14%, Sánchez 5%, Fulmer 3%-4, Davidson 3%-3, Engel 2%, Delmonico 1%, Castillo/Jones 0%)
  6. Carlos Rodon — 40% (García 33%, Davidson 10%, Sánchez 7%, Fulmer/Castillo 4%, Engel 1%-2, Delmonico/Jones 1%-1, Narvaez 0%)
  7. Avisail García — 60% (Sánchez 16%, Fulmer 9%, Davidson 6%, Jones 4%, Delmonico 2%, Castillo/Bummer 1%, Engel/Narvaez 0%)
  8. Yolmer Sánchez — 32% (Davidson 20%, Fulmer 18%, Jones 10%, Castillo 9%, Delmonico 7%, Engel 4%, Bummer 1%, Narváez/Rondón 0%)
  9. Matt Davidson — 31% (Fulmer 30%, Castillo 14%, Jones 11%, Delmonico 10%, Shields 2%, Rondón 1%, Narváez/Engel/Bummer 0%)

Here are your choices for the 10th round of voting:

Aaron Bummer, RP

2018 Age: 26

Overall 2017/career stats: 4.50 ERA ▪️ 6.16 FIP ▪️ 7.0 K/9 ▪️ 6.1 BB/9 ▪️ 1.1 K/BB ▪️ 0.2 WAR ▪️ $535,000 salary


Welington Castillo, C

2018 Age: 31

Overall 2017 stats: 20 HR ▪️ 53 RBI ▪️ .282/.323/.490 ▪️ 2.1 WAR ▪️ $6,000,000 salary

Career stats: 82 HR ▪️ 287 RBI ▪️ .258/.318/.429 ▪️ 11.8 WAR


Nicky Delmonico, LF

2018 Age: 25

Overall 2017/career stats: 9 HR ▪️ 23 RBI ▪️ .262/.373/.482 ▪️ 1.1 WAR ▪️ $535,000 salary


Adam Engel, CF

2018 Age: 26

Overall 2017/career stats: 6 HR ▪️ 21 RBI ▪️ 8 SB ▪️ 1 CS ▪️ .166/.235/.282 ▪️ -0.7 WAR ▪️ $535,000 salary


Carson Fulmer, SP

2018 Age: 24

Overall 2017 stats: 3.86 ERA ▪️ 5.69 FIP ▪️ 7.3 K/9 ▪️ 5.0 BB/9 ▪️ 1.5 K/BB ▪️ 0.5 WAR ▪️ $535,000 salary

Career stats: 5.40 ERA ▪️ 5.26 FIP ▪️ 7.7 K/9 ▪️ 4.7 BB/9 ▪️ 1.6 K/BB ▪️ 0.2 WAR


Leury García, OF-IF

2018 Age: 27

Overall 2017 stats: 9 HR ▪️ 33 RBI ▪️ .270/.316/.423 ▪️ 1.2 WAR ▪️ $546,500 salary

Career stats: 11 HR ▪️ 49 RBI ▪️ .230/.274/.329 ▪️ 1.0 WAR


Nate Jones, RP

2018 Age: 32

Overall 2017 stats: 2.31 ERA ▪️ 3.50 FIP ▪️ 11.6 K/9 ▪️ 4.6 BB/9 ▪️ 2.5 K/BB ▪️ 0.4 WAR ▪️ $1,900,000 salary

Career stats: 3.11 ERA ▪️ 3.15 FIP ▪️ 9.9 K/9 ▪️ 3.1 BB/9 ▪️ 3.2 K/BB ▪️ 5.8 WAR


Omar Narvaez, C

2018 Age: 26

Overall 2017 stats: 2 HR ▪️ 14 RBI ▪️ .277/.373/.340 ▪️ 1.2 WAR ▪️ $540,000 salary

Career stats: 3 HR ▪️ 24 RBI ▪️ .274/.367/.341 ▪️ 1.9 WAR


Bruce Rondón, RP

2018 Age: 27

Overall 2017 stats: 10.91 ERA ▪️ 3.29 FIP ▪️ 12.6 K/9 ▪️ 5.7 BB/9 ▪️ 2.2 K/BB ▪️ -1.0 WAR ▪️ $850,000 salary

Career stats: 4.94 ERA ▪️ 3.50 FIP ▪️ 8.2 K/9 ▪️ 4.1 BB/9 ▪️ 2.6 K/BB ▪️ -0.3 WAR


James Shields, SP

2018 Age: 36

Overall 2017 stats: 5.23 ERA ▪️ 5.83 FIP ▪️ 7.9 K/9 ▪️ 4.1 BB/9 ▪️ 1.9 K/BB ▪️ 0.3 WAR ▪️ $21,000,000 salary

Career stats: 3.97 ERA ▪️ 4.09 FIP ▪️ 7.7 K/9 ▪️ 2.5 BB/9 ▪️ 3.1 K/BB ▪️ 29.1 WAR

Poll

Who is the 10th-most important member of the White Sox roster?

This poll is closed

  • 3%
    Aaron Bummer
    (3 votes)
  • 13%
    Welington Castillo
    (11 votes)
  • 11%
    Nicky Delmonico
    (9 votes)
  • 2%
    Adam Engel
    (2 votes)
  • 31%
    Carson Fulmer
    (25 votes)
  • 8%
    Leury García
    (7 votes)
  • 21%
    Nate Jones
    (17 votes)
  • 1%
    Omar Narváez
    (1 vote)
  • 2%
    Bruce Rondón
    (2 votes)
  • 3%
    James Shields
    (3 votes)
80 votes total Vote Now