Brewers’ Andrew Vaughn Only Needed 19 Games to Break White Sox Fans’ Hearts

Brewers’ Andrew Vaughn Only Needed 19 Games to Break White Sox Fans’ Hearts originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Andrew Vaughn has spent the last month justifying why the Chicago White Sox made him the No. 3 pick in 2019.

One problem: Vaughn doesn’t play for the White Sox anymore.

Chicago pulled the plug on the Vaughn experiment in early July, trading him to the Milwaukee Brewers for pitcher Aaron Civale. All that Vaughn has done in that time is bat .373 with six home runs, 24 RBIs, and an incredible 1.130 OPS over 77 plate appearances.

Vaughn is hitting .444 with four homers, 12 RBIs, and a 1.295 OPS across his last nine games. He’s already tallied 1.0 bWAR for the Brewers after posting -0.5 bWAR in five years and 610 games with the White Sox.

In fairness to the White Sox, the trade made sense when it happened. Vaughn hit .169 with a 43-7 K-BB ratio, a .531 OPS, and -1.8 bWAR in nearly 200 plate appearances this season. There was no reason, at least not at the time, to think that he would suddenly change course and turn into the player that the White Sox always envisioned he’d become.

That in itself might be the worst part of it for White Sox fans. Although the White Sox have already surpassed last season’s win total, they’re still 28 games under .500 and desperately seeking impact bats. Theoretically speaking, Vaughn was only weeks away from finally meeting expectations in Chicago.

For what it’s worth, Civale has a 3.56 ERA and 37-18 K-BB ratio in 38 innings since joining the White Sox — but he’s a pending free agent, while Vaughn has another year of team control left.

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Aug 4, 2025, where it first appeared.

Brewers’ Andrew Vaughn Only Needed 19 Games to Break White Sox Fans’ Hearts

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