Prominent National Outlet Shreds Chicago White Sox Offseason Coming Off Historic Season

Coming off a year in which they went 41-121 and set the Modern Era record for losses, the White Sox continued to sell off assets heading into 2025, with USA Today thinking they failed to get enough of a return.

Teammates Roman Anthony (left) and Kyle Teel watch batting practice ahead of the WooSox game on Tuesday at Polar Park. | WooSox Photo/Ashley Green / USA TODAY NETWORK

Coming off a year in which they set the Modern Era record for losses (121), the Chicago White Sox continued to sell off assets this offseason, trading away All-Star pitcher Garrett Crochet to the Boston Red Sox.

As a result of that deal, and a subpar return, USA Today gave the White Sox a "D" grade in a story that came out on Wednesday.

A decent but not overwhelming return for Crochet, as Braden Montgomery and Kyle Teel profile as potential regulars, if they can navigate this moribund franchise without incident.

Teel profiles as this team's catcher of the future, and he showed off his power on Tuesday by taking Roki Sasaki deep on the backfields at Camelback Ranch. He's expected to be up in 2025 as the White Sox start the long process of turning the franchise around under first-year manager Will Venable.

Kyle Teel off Roki Sasaki 👀 pic.twitter.com/UhCRmkvJvp

— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) February 25, 2025

The White Sox didn't do much this offseason aside from trading away Crochet, but they did bring in veteran pitcher Martin Perez, who should help stabilize the rotation a bit in his absence. Furthermore, they signed veteran outfielder Austin Slater.

The White Sox will continue with the Cactus League schedule for the next four weeks and then they'll get ready to open up the regular season on March 27 against the Los Angeles Angels.

The Angels also finished last in the American League West last season, but they figure to be better as well after adding Yusei Kikuchi and Jorge Soler this offseason. They've also brought in former White Sox Tim Anderson and Yoan Moncada.

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