Why the Chicago White Sox Must REJECT Signing Luis Arraez and Prioritize POWER Now

Why the Chicago White Sox Must REJECT Signing Luis Arraez and Prioritize POWER Now

Luis Srise is a signals machine. That’s why he does not move the needle for the White Socks who desperately need to add power to the lineup. You are Locked on White Socks, your daily Chicago White Socks podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network, your team every day. Hello, I’m Todd Welter. Welcome to Lockdown White Sox, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network. I’m a lifelong socks fan. I’ve been podcasting here for over a year and a half and covering the team well before then. And also, I’ve covered Major League Baseball for outlets such as the Associated Press. Well, I’m going to get to why prospect Caleb Bodmmer seems to be a bit underappreciated by White Sox fans, especially since Baseball America thinks he could be a top 10 prospect someday on this week’s minor league Monday segment after I discuss the recent zips rejection forecasting the White Sox to have a terrible offense, which does not bode well for adding more wins next season. But first, let’s discuss hoping the White Sox do not sign Luis Arise as some publications suggest because he’s not going to provide the offensive upgrade the White Socks need. Today’s episode is brought to you by Game Time. Download the Game Time app, create an account, and use code lockdown MLB for $20 off your first purchase. So, I feel like the White Sox are actually set with bat-toball skill guys in the lineup. Edgar Caro, Chase Maidroth, and Brooks Baldwin, I think they’re covered there. And Caro still has the potential to add power to the lineup. And power is what this lineup desperately, desperately needs. That’s why they don’t need a singles hitter like Luis Arise, like the Athletic keeps suggesting. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I still appreciate a hitter that brings back the memories of Tony Gwyn, and I still think the White Sox need to add at least three bat-toball hitters for an ideal lineup at Ratefield. I mean, they should always have at least five power hitters, maybe a swing guy that can also have good contact and also a little bit of pop, but they will always need at least three bat-toball hitters. But they need those bat- ball guys to also run the bases well and play defense. Two things Luis Arise doesn’t do well. And just because Arise barely strikes out, won three batting titles and did play for San Diego, it doesn’t mean he’s the second coming of Tony Gwyn, that does not mean he’s this generation’s Tony Gwyn. Basically, first Arisa’s career high 354 average is 40 points below Gwyn’s career high in 1994. And if there’s no strike, Gwyn may have hit 400. Second, that 354 average rise has, you know, that being his career high, that would have been Gwyn’s fifth best ever as he had three more seasons where he hit over 360, including the 1994. So he had four seasons where he hits over 360 and one where he almost hits 400 if not for a baseball strike, ruining that. And I think the thing that gets overlooked the most with Tony Gwyn other than he was very hard to strike out was he actually could slug the ball despite only hitting 135 home runs over 20 seasons. Yes, he did not put the ball over the fence, but he did slug 459. Arise his career high his career is 404. Also, Arise’s average declined to 292 this past season. Win only had one season with an average under 300 and that was his first in 1982. So, while I appreciate Arise leading the league in hits, his is all he provides. Because when you look at even the value numbers, not great. 0.9 F4 last season with a WRC plus of 104 last year or this last season. Again, the White Socks also need power out of first base, not singles. They barely got 20 home runs with Andrew Vaughn, Lenin Sosa, Miguel Vargas, Ryan Nota, Bobby Dalbach, you know, basically a revolving door. Kyle Teal, not Kyle Teal, I’m sorry, Tim Elco. basically a revolving door at first base that could barely provide the power that you want out of a power position. You don’t need any more singles. And I do appreciate the fact he doesn’t strike out, but he also doesn’t get on base much unless it’s a hit. He’s got a career 6.5% walk percentage. So, if the average continues to decline, so is the on base percentage because his on base percentage is mostly made up of getting a, you know, getting hits. But the Athletic keeps feeding this idea the White Sox should sign Arise. First it was Jim Bowden, now it’s Andy McAuliffe. Here’s what he writes when he suggested the White Socks uh sign him as part of his Black Friday discount theme that he put out last Friday. I couldn’t find a perfect fit for Arise because it’s hard to find a fit for such a player. Everyone knows the things he doesn’t do particularly well. Run the bases, play the field, hit for power. And everyone knows the thing he does as well as anyone in baseball, hit singles. Since he debuted in 2019, Arise has collected 805 singles, 71 more than the next most prolific singles hitters, Trey Turner. As the White Sox continue their rebuilding effort, it wouldn’t hurt to have a guy like Arise, especially if his bat catches fire and he can be dealt for prospects in July. But my concern is if that’s the, you know, hey, we’re going to flip him at the deadline, what type of prospect package is he going to bring back? I don’t think it’s going to be this elite prospect package. I mean, yes, he was traded to the Marlins for Pablo Lopez, big league player for big league player. I could see that happening, but the White Socks probably still need more young talent with controllable years. I mean, since he doesn’t hit for power, a lot of teams are probably going to be looking more for a power first baseman first rather than a singles hitter. And singles and walks are pretty much the same thing. So, if he produced more doubles, yeah, I’d be interested. Basically, if he was this generation’s Tony Quinn in terms of being able to slug the ball more, I would say sign him up because he is a professional bat, but he’s a professional singles hitter. He’s not a professional slugger that just can’t put the ball over the fence sometimes. I mean, I would rather see if Lenin Sosa can be an everyday first baseman because at least he can hit between 260 and 280. So, you get a still solid average, but most importantly, he can hit home runs. Yes, I would take Lenin Sosa over Luis Arise because again of the power potential and the fact that Lenin Sosa can still get better and he’s still under control for more years. He still comes cheaper and he’s not going to cost you as much as Arise is. and the White Socks ultimately need more power because the only other value that I could see our eyes bringing to the southside is he does all right hitting with runners in scoring position and that is something the White Sox need to improve on. He had a 287 clip in our ISP last year. However, when you look at the rim probability added like you know determining did it really make some noise, his win probability is barely above zero. So, it’s not like he’s going to be bringing these clutch hits when you definitely definitely need it. So, that’s why I’d rather see Lenin Sosa possibly get better rather than potentially tying up 17 million for two seasons in a rise like ESPN projects. You know, I would rather see that 17 million used towards uh a long-term contract for Kazuma Okamoto. you know, use that 17 million as part of that. Hopefully getting them at the floor of 36 million over three or even five for 70 or maybe even going to 90. I’d rather have that or that 17 million used on the starting rotation because I actually agree with the front office angles that most teams have according to ESPN’s Jeff Passen. Here’s what he recently wrote on ESPN.com. teams can’t help but see Arise for everything he isn’t like a passable defender or a source of any power or even a halfway decent base runner. Arise is perhaps the greatest litmus test yet for the power of batting average in the modern game. He’s an absolute contact savant striking out only 21 times in 675 played appearances this season. The lowest strikeout rate since Tony Gwyn was fanned 15 times in 577 played appearances 30 years ago. And in a game in which offense has been poisoned by the punch out, Arise’s ability is worth a lot, just not enough in the minds of executives to warrant a big money deal. Arise won’t be begging for a job by any means. But because poor defense pushed him from second to first base, where he was not particularly adept either, and his 292 batting average was barely better than a league average hitter, his contact offers won’t be b his contract offers won’t be bustling. Arise is generally great at what he does. what he does so great just happens to not be valued the way it used to be. And it should be because average is part of the story of a hitter. It’s part of the slashline. Can you get hits? And then the on base percentage. Can you get on base more than the hits that you get? And then the slug. Can you cause damage? Can you hit more doubles and triples and home runs? That’s why I like to put together the slash line. You know, if you’re just a singles hitter, great. you get on first base. A walk and a single are the same thing. You’re on first base. But maybe a rise could at least help improve the White Sox offense with a singles ability. Something has to be done though to avoid a brutal projection for the offense next year according to fan graphs. And let’s discuss the zip projection for a bad offense coming up after the break. NFL Sundays move fast. One big play and suddenly everything feels different. That’s what makes live betting with FanDuel so exciting. You’re not just watching the game, you’re reacting to it in real time. With FanDuel, you can place bets as the action unfolds. Every drive, every momentum swing, every highlight moment. Live betting is best when the game starts to shift. A receiver gets hot, a defense tightens up, or the momentum flips after a turnover. And my favorite is the same game parlay or the player props. It gives you a chance at a bigger payout. For example, you really think Chicago is going to pound Green Bay by 14 or more points. Well, that is at plus 1300 the last time I checked. So 10 bucks on that and it hitting could pay out $130. 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Also, make sure to check out my written content at southidsockoxs.com and on tapsportsnetss.com. Well, I talked about the White Sock Zips projection on Friday’s show. Fan graphs is Dan Zimorski forecast, you know, that uh system that he has to forecast what uh might happen next season does project the talent level to be raised enough to where the White Sox will likely have no negative war players. Celebration, hey, they’ve hit at least the bare minimum. However, he also projects a terrible offense. And if the White Socks want to have that internal improvement so the win total can continue to improve, the Bats have got to beat this poor projection. That is why I do want to see an upgrade at right field and first base made in the offseason to improve the offensive output because again, as I talked about on Friday’s show, Zips has not, you know, taken into account any of the offseason additions that that could potentially be made. And here’s what Zimbski writes about the lineup. There are still questions about Coulson Montgomery and he likely won’t ever be a favorite to put up a good batting average or on base percentage, but his power arrived and he can play credibly, but and he can credibly play shortstop. The power has most certainly not arrived for Chase Maid, but he’s shown he can hack it at second base. He’s fairly disciplined at the plate and he’s pretty and he’s a pretty solid contact hitter. He doesn’t have a lot of star potential, but if the batting average keeps up a bit, he can be a useful OBP heavy second baseman. White Socks haven’t figured out their catching spot yet, but Kyle Thiel probably has the best average outlook and the highest upside. So hopefully he’ll be given every chance to push out the competition and seize control of the job. Surprisingly, Zips thinks Luis Robert Jr. still has a decent amount of upside left. And the Socks might as well play him and see since I don’t believe any team is going to be willing to pay the pal hose what they’d want to part with him. Miguel Vargas is a is fine as a stop gap third baseman and he showed that many analysts had given up on his bat too quickly, but he’s still too much of a tweener. not good enough defensively to be uh plus to be plus at third and not really interesting as a hitter if useful at first base or designated hitter. Of all the left fielders in baseball, Andrew Benendi is one of them. Lenin Sosa will mostly play first base since the White Sox don’t have an obvious place to play him otherwise. And he kind of hits and right field and DH will largely be populated by whoever’s hanging around on the roster and isn’t starting elsewhere. This offense will almost certainly be one of the worst in baseball in 2026, but I’d much rather watch this group than the one the team had entering 2024. So, hey, at least they’ve made some progress from 2024. But again, the progress you want to see is these guys basically beating these projections. You want to see Koulson Montgomery have a little bit of a better on base percentage, little bit of better average, and then sock a ton of home runs. You know, you want him to beat the 23 home runs Zips projects Coast Montgomery to hit. And I think he’s going to do that. I mean, he hit 21 home runs in 71 games this past season. But there is maybe some potential regression being projected because Zips projects a guy like Lenin Sosa to only hit 18 home runs next season. Uh and not projecting, like I said, a ton of power. Uh Kyle Teal 12 homers, Edgar Carroll, eight, Vargas 16. And then when it comes to like having a slug over 400, there’s only four regulars projected to have that. Coulson, Luis Robert Jr., Vargas and Brooks Baldwin. And even then, the reason why I’m uh lumping Baldwin in as the regulars is right now he’s probably your starting everyday right fielder without an upgrade. And even if he is, you know, even if they do make a signing in right field, he’s probably still that Ben Zbras that they view. So, he’s going to be getting a lot of at bats next season. Now, the good news is though, the 8020 scale projection, basically the floor and ceiling, does project a couple of hitters potentially ending up in that 2 to3 F4 range if they hit their ceiling next season. I mean, TM Montgomery project to 3.7 if they hit their ceilings. LRJ 3.3 F4, Chase Maid 2.8 F4, Vargas 2.9. However, the floor, let’s say everybody just stinks, which did happen in 2024, so it’s possible. The highest F4 would be Teals 1.2. So, yeah, the key is getting an internal improvement, you know, and they need to get that internal improvement where these guys, these young players reach their ceilings rather than their floors. That has to be the key goal. They cannot have regression or stagnation. And I keep saying that it’s not just for the rebuild because you know I keep saying wins and losses again are not going to matter much next season. I mean basically Chris Gus has come out and said it’s going to be internal improvement. And I do think though one of the ways that wins sort of matter though is again you can see if this internal improvement is happening by them adding more wins to the win column. You know, yes, 19 a 19 game win improvement in 2025 was great, but all it did was get them back to the factory standards of winning 60 games. That’s the bare minimum in baseball. That’s the bare minimum belief. Guaranteed to win 60, guaranteed to lose 60 is what you do with the other 42. That matters. So what you want to see to make sure that this rebuild is going in the right direction is not only yes internal improvement, you know, guys like Coulson and Teal and Caro and Maid all making sure that they’re producing better than what they did in their rookie year. But also I would like to see another 15 win improvement. It would be nice to see the White Sox get to 75 wins because then you can definitely feel confident in, okay, once the CBA gets worked out, you can go into free agency in 2027 or go into the trade market and know, hey, we got to add this guy, this guy, this guy, and this guy to make sure we’re competitive because we’ve been all hoping it’s by 2027 that they’re at least starting to be competitive. You know, they’re starting to be in that wild card race. Maybe they’re starting to flirt with the division title, but you can’t really have that feeling or that answer unless you start to see the White Socks actually make a meaningful leap like 15 games in the win column. So that’s where wins and losses will matter because yeah, if they only win 65 games next season, it’s kind of hard to feel confident that they’re going in the right direction unless again they, you know, kind of maybe move in the goalpost is if Coulson hits 40 home runs, Kyle Teal hits 25 dingers and, you know, he’s hitting 290, Lenin Sosa had 25 to 30 home runs, Miguel Vargas is at 20. I mean, Edgar Caro is hitting 15 to 20 bombs and producing, you know, a 300 average. I mean, then you might be able to say, “Okay, but again, if at least lineup wise, if it’s still just a stagnation, it’s really hard to be like, hey, this thing is going in the right direction.” So, that’s why you want to still maybe get some upgrades to help, you know, potentially increase that win total. You know, if they can get that ceiling production, then you’ve got to really, really like the White Sox chances of showing improvement next season. But if it’s the floor, you know, i.e. that regression and stagnation, then it yeah, I would be concerned if this rebuild is heading in the right direction. Well, one prospect that could eventually be part of the franchise being competitive is Caleb Bonomemer. And Baseball America thinks he could be a top 10 prospect someday. So, let’s discuss how he still feels though a little underappreciated after the break. The World Cup is coming back to North America for the first time since 1994 with 48 teams for the first time ever. It’s going to be massive. But let’s be honest, getting tickets is usually the hardest part. That’s why the Game Time app is clutch. Finally giving fans a real advantage when it comes to snagging seats. With Game Time, you can track price drops in real time, get alerts when great seats open, and buy tickets the moment they hit the app. It puts the power back in your hands, and makes going to the World Cup realistic instead of impossible. 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And Lockdown is rolling out the Everyday Darers Club, which will feature a whole bunch of neat stuff like a Discord chat with me and fellow White Sox fans. Uh an ad free audio podcast and so much more. I’m still waiting for the final pricing for the subscription. So once I get that, I’ll let you know. But I hope you know once I get all that information, you sign up and be part of the Everyday Club. Well, I feel like Caleb Bonamer is really underappreciated by the fan base. And the one reason why I feel that is I keep seeing like comments in the YouTube uh channel on the episode page or I even still see it on Twitter every now and again like with White Sox social media about you know Conor Griffin and JJ Weatherholt. What could have been if the White Sox drafted them in the 2024 draft. Two top five prospects per MLB pipeline with Griffin being ranked number one overall and the White Socks passed on them and they were tied to them. I mean, these were guys that they were potentially sniffing around at to draft number five overall. Instead, they took pitcher Hagen Smith out of Arkansas. And I know I’ve even critiqued the process the club used in last year’s draft. I know I’m kind of one of them. And yes, I would love for the club to have taken Griffin or Weatherhold. you know, I I I definitely believe they needed a high ceiling bat in the 2024 draft, but you know, it is what it is. And the other reason why I’ve always been fine though with them taking Smith was and I think that’s the thing that keeps getting missed by some people that always just look in the, you know, the black and white, you know, with the blinders on is, and I’m going to advocate the club mitigated passing on Griffin and Weather Hold by drafting Caleb Bonamer in the second round. You know, he might have the potential to someday join Griffin and Weatherhold as a top 10 prospect someday. at least according to Baseball America’s JJ Cooper and Jeff Pontis, you know, because both discussed that he is a prospect within the White Sox system that could crack a top 10 list someday on their recent podcast. Uh Pontes pointed out um this is basically the takeaway and this is the quote I’ll share with you uh about why he thinks Caleb Bonamer is the one prospect in their system that could eventually be a top 10 prospect. This is what he says. quote, “A really good all-around player with athleticism, remaining projection, and a real and really a foundation of a hit tool, power, and approach.” End quote. And BA considers him one of the White Sox top five prospects. I believe they were one of the first to add them to their top 100 list or was baseball perspectus. It was one of the two. He is currently ranked number 73 overall per MLB pipeline, but it did take Pipeline a little bit to kind of be on board that hey, this guy’s a top 100 prospect. And he is the fourth best prospect in the White Sox system per MLB pipeline. But maybe we kind of underappreciate him because it feels like the White Socks just did use the poor process in passing up on Griffin and Weatherhold. But I’m fine with Hagen Smith, especially after his Arizona Fall League performance renewed my faith in him still having a good to great potential MLB career. I mean, I I do really think going into a hit environment in Arizona, in the Arizona Fall League, Smith really cleared a bar by being, you know, by pitching so well and especially by avoiding walks because command was a huge issue for him and the arm fatigue at double A. But when he was pitching, he did struggle with command. And in the Arizona Fall League, that definitely favors hitters. Smith passed with flying colors in terms of limiting the free uh passes to first base. But when you look at the process though, the White Sox had left Noah Schultz in the system to replace Garrett Crochet someday as that special ace. So they probably didn’t need to double down to get Hagen Smith. I mean, I did think the White Sox needed to make sure they got a good big league player with the fifth pick in the 2024 draft. I know, go back and listen to some of my shows in 2024. Everydayers might recall because they were not going to be drafting in the top 10 in 2025 because of the lottery rules. So, they definitely had to get a big league player that projected to get to the majors. But I do feel they went too safe based on their history of developing left-handed aces. You know, I think they definitely needed that potential high impact bat just a bit more and they kind of cowered away. But it’s fine because the club did follow good process by circling back in the second round to get Bonamer and then make sure he signed on the dotted line. They paid him a $3 million signing bonus to make sure he didn’t go to college ball, you know, and if Smith becomes an ace or at least a solid rotation starting pitcher and Bonmer Bonmer develops into a great player, then who cares if the White Sox passed on Griffin and Weatherhol, you know, basically they would have gotten now two for one. You know, that’s why it could be good process in that the White Sox took Hagen Smith, who has the potential to still be an ace and, you know, for them to feel comfortable that, hey, we develop left-handed pitching, and then get Bonamer because if you have two guys that still have good high ceilings that could potentially help you at the big league level, I’ll take that over say just having Connor Griffin right now or having JJ Weatherhold. And what I like about Baltimore, too, is he he keeps clearing every bar thrown in front of him. I mean, think about it. He was supposedly stiff. Now he’s being viewed as athletic. You know, he may have not had good, you know, swing decisions. Now he’s got great swing decisions. You know, they gave him a taste at high a ball and he absolutely rate. And his age is also perfect as he could be headlining the second wave of prospects that come up and reinforce this lineup when the team is ready to be competitive because that’s another thing they talked about. He might be one of those missing pieces because remember one of the things that destroyed last decade’s rebuild was there was no second wave of elite prospects that came up behind the core guys. Remember all the core guys came up basically at the same time. you know, Eloy and Luis Robert Jr. and Michael Copek, although he was hurt and then but even then when he came and Garrick Rocher and you know all the guys basically came up between 2017 in 2020 and then they were competitive but then there were still holes at second base and like right field and you still could have used you know maybe some help in the you know depth part and they just they never got those reinforcements or they never got those players that other teams wanted besides their core guys to make those huge trades. that put you over the top. They had to keep going bargain bin shopping for like Lance Lynn, you know, that type of stuff. But the other thing is is maybe Bonberg continues to ascend. If he continues to ascend at the rate he has been, maybe he beats the timeline of making it to the big leagues in 2028. Maybe he’s up in 2027. And the White Socks do like to challenge their top prospects to beat those timeline projections. I mean, if he has another ops over 1,00 at high A, there’s no reason to keep him at Winston Salem for that long of a time. I mean, I like how they kept him at Canapapolis, you know, he was 19, you know, that type of uh, you know, kind of gradually get him used to even pro ball and then they gave him a taste. But if he’s raking at Winston Salem, I don’t care if he’s 20, get get him to double A. So, if he has a good month or two with the dash, he should get to Birmingham then and finish out 2026 and then maybe he’s at Charlotte if he’s producing at Birmingham in 2027. And if he continues to grow at this solid to great rate of growth, maybe he’s in Chicago by mid 2027. But either way, this is a prospect that I think it’s time to appreciate rather than pine for what the White Socks don’t have. Well, that wraps up this edition of Lockdown White Sox. 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Chicago White Sox face a crucial decision—should they pass on signing singles machine Luis Arraez in favor of desperately needed power bats?

Host Todd Welter challenges The Athletic and ESPN’s speculation, weighing Arraez’s elite contact skills against his lack of power, defense, and baserunning. With the South Siders struggling to get production at first base, is investing in a contact-only hitter wise when every dollar and roster spot counts?

Todd Welter explores why Lenyn Sosa could offer greater long-term value and why Chicago’s future hinges on internal improvement from prospects like Colson Montgomery, Kyle Teel, and Caleb Bonemer—recently pegged as a potential top-10 prospect by Baseball America. Will the White Sox’s rebuild stagnate or take a leap toward contention by 2027? Subscribe for sharp analysis, stat-driven arguments, and a breakdown of potential offseason strategies to resurrect the franchise’s power outage.

0:00 – Why Not Sign Luis Arraez
Todd Welter explains why Luis Arraez isn’t a fit for the White Sox, emphasizing the team’s need for power, not singles hitters, and how Arraez’s profile doesn’t solve their offensive problems.

10:47 – White Sox ZIPS Projection Breakdown
Todd Welter reviews the latest ZIPS projection, analyzing the White Sox’s expected offensive performance, the need for internal improvement, and what win totals mean for the rebuild timeline.

20:07 – Caleb Bonemer’s Upside & Fan Perceptions
Todd Welter discusses top prospect Caleb Bonemer, why he’s underrated among fans, his developmental path, and how he could be crucial to the next competitive White Sox core.

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