Los Angeles Dodgers free agent Michael Conforto has been linked to the Chicago White Sox, according to the New York Post’s Jon Heyman.
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“The White Sox have some interest in old friend Michael Conforto,” Heyman wrote.
The Dodgers had a lot of things go right in 2025 — the Conforto experiment was not one of them. The outfielder’s batting average remained below the Mendoza line (.200) and the Dodgers opted to keep him off the postseason roster entirely because of his unreliable performance throughout 2025.
Conforto was given every chance by the Dodgers to turn a corner as he was their primary left fielder throughout the regular season. Across 418 at-bats, Conforto averaged .199 with 12 home runs, 36 RBIs and a .637 OPS.
Last winter, the Dodgers were also trying to address the outfield. L.A.’s first move to bolster the position was signing Conforto to a one-year, $17 million deal. The Dodgers then followed that move up by bringing Teoscar Hernandez back on a three-year, $66 million deal.
With Mookie Betts moving to the infield, the Dodgers were in need of two outfielders and that’s exactly what the club secured in Conforto and Hernandez.
Dodgers brass had confidence in Conforto after a solid 2024 season with the San Francisco Giants, slashing .237/.309/.450 with a 116 OPS+. There was plenty to be hopeful about with the outfielder as he recorded the lowest single-season walk rate of his career at 8.6 percent and highest full-season hard-hit rate at 46.3 percent.
Manager Dave Roberts even chose Conforto as his pick-to-click in spring training, comparing him to Hernandez’s trajectory with the Dodgers in 2024.
“He’s going to be one of my picks to click this year, as far as a guy that I think is going to really take a step forward,” Roberts said of Conforto. “Not saying he’s Teo of ‘24, but that’s kind of the light I see him in.”
However, Conforto had a career-worst season in LA and his free agency departure gave the Dodgers reason to be in the market for an outfielder this winter.
Enter top free agent Kyle Tucker.
The Dodgers essentially replaced Conforto with Tucker this offseason, signing the star outfielder to a four-year, $240 million deal Thursday.
The Dodgers’ outfield woes last season seem to be a distant memory as the defending champions have landed the best the free agent market had to offer at the position.
As for Conforto, the Dodgers free agent flop is gaining interest from the White Sox, a team that he’s previously been linked to throughout his career. Though he struggled mightily in L.A., Conforto should find more success in 2026 as his performance with the Dodgers appeared to be an outlier year.
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