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Chicago White Sox shortstop Brooks Baldwin in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Rate Field in Chicago on April 30, 2025. (Chris Sweda\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\nORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Chicago White Sox general manager Chris Getz described the first day of the annual MLB winter meetings as \u201cpretty busy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a big group here and getting together and having some discussions and talking to other clubs and agents,\u201d Getz said Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a good opportunity to get everyone together like we normally do at winter meetings and try to find ways to build this club out and build momentum going into next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here are three Sox takeaways from Day 1 of the winter meetings.<\/p>\n
1. The Sox are searching for \u2018a bat that can help.\u2019
\nChicago White Sox shortstop Brooks Baldwin in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Rate Field in Chicago on April 30, 2025. (Chris Sweda\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n
When it comes to outfield depth, Getz said the Sox are \u201cgoing to continue to find ways to add.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe brought in Everson (Pereira, via a Nov. 18 trade with the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>), we\u2019ve got (top prospect) Braden Montgomery<\/a> in the wings, we\u2019ve got Luis Robert manning center field, we\u2019ve got (left fielder Andrew Benintendi), we\u2019ve got Brooks Baldwin,\u201d Getz said.<\/p>\n The Sox see the possibility of Montgomery, who reached Double A in 2025, aiding the Sox at the major-league level at some point in 2026.<\/p>\n Robert, Benintendi, Baldwin, Pereira and Derek Hill are the five outfielders currently on the team\u2019s 40-man roster.<\/p>\n \u201cWith everything still developing early in the offseason here, and I know that we have some work to do,\u201d manager Will Venable said. \u201cBringing Derek Hill back is great. Obviously, picking up Luis\u2019 ($20 million club) option<\/a>. We have Benintendi in the mix. Obviously, we lost (Mike) Tauchman (non-tendered in November<\/a>) for the time being.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have some moves still to be made and look forward to seeing how it all rounds out. But, really happy with some of the guys we have.\u201d<\/p>\n Getz said the corner outfield is \u201can area that really can boost our overall production.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPrimarily, it\u2019s really finding a bat that can help things,\u201d Getz said of any possible addition. \u201cAnd if that\u2019s in the outfield, that\u2019s the most obvious place to look to add that.\u201d<\/p>\n 2. The Sox are interested in relievers capable of working in \u2018higher-leverage situations.\u2019 The Sox had the fewest saves in the majors (25), but that doesn\u2019t mean they are specifically aiming to add a closer this offseason.<\/p>\n \u201cMore than anything, we\u2019re looking to help our bullpen,\u201d Getz said. \u201cAnd there are different ways of doing that.<\/p>\n \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s a set closer, so to speak. It would be nice to get someone who has closer experience, but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s going to be a ninth-inning guy, or even an eighth-inning guy. Someone that can help in higher-leverage situations is something that we\u2019re set out to add.\u201d<\/p>\n Jordan Leasure collected a team-high seven saves in 2025. Grant Taylor was next on the list with six.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the idea of a traditional closer is great, if you have the six-, seven-, eight-inning guys also,\u201d Venable said. \u201cLeverage aside, you just want to have good players and good pitchers.\u201d<\/p>\n On pitching in general, the Sox also remain interested in more rotation options.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s fair to assume that we\u2019re going to continue to add to our starting pitching,\u201d Getz said. \u201cI think that\u2019s the best way to sum up our future actions.\u201d<\/p>\n 3. Venable is experiencing a \u2018different\u2019 offseason. Last winter, Venable was gearing up for his first season as a major-league manager. With a full season as the skipper behind him, Venable said this offseason has been \u201ca lot different.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEspecially because we were hiring so many people early (this offseason) and trying to figure out that process, so a lot of Zoom calls, a lot of phone calls \u2014 which I was on the other end of that last offseason leading up to this,\u201d Venable said.<\/p>\n
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Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Jordan Leasure delivers in the eighth inning of a game against the Miami Marlins at Rate Field in Chicago on May 10, 2025. (Chris Sweda\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n
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Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable walks in the dugout before the first inning against the Detroit Tigers at Rate Field on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n