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South Side Sox Roster Ranking: Round 16

Who is the 16th-most important member of the White Sox major-league roster?

MLB: Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox
Raise the Roof: Minaya only has made a cameo at the start of the 2018 season after finishing 2017 as the White Sox closer.
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Newcomer Trayce Thompson wins the No. 15 spot on our roster ranking!

In our closest overall battle yet, Thompson took just 18% (16 of 88 votes).

Next up is last year’s closer ... who is not this year’s closer.

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%)
  10. Carson Fulmer — 31% (Jones 21%, Castillo 14%, Delmonico 11%, García 9%, Bummer/Shields 4%, Engel/Rondón 3%, Narvaez 1%)
  11. Nate Jones — 35% (Castillo 27%, Delmonico 20%, Engel/García 4%, Shields 3%, Rondón/Bummer 2%, Avilan/Narváez 1%)
  12. Nicky Delmonico — 43% (Castillo 28%, Shields 7%, Engel 6%-11, García 6%-10, Santiago 4%, Bummer 2%-4, Avilan/Rondón 2%-3, Narváez 1%)
  13. Welington Castillo — 51% (Engel/García 14%, Rondón 8%, Bummer 5%, Shields 3%, Santiago/Narváez 2%, Soria 1%, Avilan 0%)
  14. Leury García — 26% (Engel 20%, Rondón 17%, Bummer 10%, Soria 9%, Shields 7%, Avilan 6%, Santiago/Smith 2%, Narváez 1%)
  15. Trayce Thompson — 18% (Rondón/Engel 17%, Bummer 13%, Shields 11%, Narváez/Santiago 8%, Soria 6%, Avilan/Smith 1%)

Here are your choices for the 16th round of voting:

Luis Avilan, RP

2018 Age: 28

Overall 2017 stats: 2.93 ERA ▪️ 2.96 FIP ▪️ 8.2 K/9 ▪️ 4.3 BB/9 ▪️ 2.4 K/BB ▪️ 0.6 WAR ▪️ $1,500,000 salary

Career stats: 2.96 ERA ▪️ 3.25 FIP ▪️ 7.8 K/9 ▪️ 3.4 BB/9 ▪️ 2.3 K/BB ▪️ 4.2 WAR


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


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


Juan Minaya, RP

2018 Age: 27

Overall 2017 stats: 4.53 ERA ▪️ 4.55 FIP ▪️ 10.5 K/9 ▪️ 4.1 BB/9 ▪️ 2.6 K/BB ▪️ 0.3 WAR ▪️ $535,000 salary

Career stats: 4.91 ERA ▪️ 4.66 FIP ▪️ 9.5 K/9 ▪️ 4.9 BB/9 ▪️ 1.9 K/BB ▪️ 0.1 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


Hector Santiago, P

2018 Age: 30

Overall 2017 stats: 5.63 ERA ▪️ 6.02 FIP ▪️ 6.5 K/9 ▪️ 4.0 BB/9 ▪️ 1.7 K/BB ▪️ 0.0 WAR ▪️ $8,000,000 salary

Career stats: 4.01 ERA ▪️ 4.85 FIP ▪️ 7.8 K/9 ▪️ 4.0 BB/9 ▪️ 2.0 K/BB ▪️ 7.9 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


Kevan Smith, C

2018 Age: 29

Overall 2017 stats: 4 HR ▪️ 30 RBI ▪️ .283/.309/.388 ▪️ 0.0 WAR ▪️ $535,000 salary

Career stats: 4 HR ▪️ 30 RBI ▪️ .274/.300/.373 ▪️ -0.2 WAR


Joakim Soria, RP

2018 Age: 34

Overall 2017 stats: 3.70 ERA ▪️ 2.23 FIP ▪️ 10.3 K/9 ▪️ 3.2 BB/9 ▪️ 3.2 K/BB ▪️ 1.1 WAR ▪️ $8,000,000 salary

Career stats: 2.88 ERA ▪️ 3.08 FIP ▪️ 9.6 K/9 ▪️ 2.7 BB/9 ▪️ 3.6 K/BB ▪️ 16.4 WAR

Poll

Who is the 16th-most important member of the White Sox roster?

This poll is closed

  • 4%
    Luis Avilan
    (3 votes)
  • 18%
    Aaron Bummer
    (14 votes)
  • 24%
    Adam Engel
    (18 votes)
  • 1%
    Juan Minaya
    (1 vote)
  • 6%
    Omar Narváez
    (5 votes)
  • 14%
    Bruce Rondón
    (11 votes)
  • 14%
    Hector Santiago
    (11 votes)
  • 5%
    James Shields
    (4 votes)
  • 2%
    Kevan Smith
    (2 votes)
  • 6%
    Joakim Soria
    (5 votes)
74 votes total Vote Now