Recently I was assisting with FanGraphs’ top-50 free agent rankings and writing fresh scouting reports for NPB and KBO players who are seeking MLB contracts this winter, when I wondered to myself: Wait, which job actually pays me more? How can I make this useful to White Sox fans?
The club has roughly 37½ pitchers coming back from Tommy John surgery next season, but none of them can be assumed ready for Opening Day. Shane Smith, Davis Martin and maybe Sean Burke are the only incumbent rotation pieces that can be safely assumed for 2026 at this point. Chris Getz indicated the White Sox would need to add innings in the offseason, saying it in that GM way where all the beat writers understood what he meant but it doesn’t make for a good pull quote.
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