MLB Rumors: Eloy Jiménez Traded to Orioles from White Sox amid 2024 Playoff Push
Timothy Rapp@@TRappaRT
Featured Columnist IVJuly 30, 2024
The fire sale continues in Chicago.
The White Sox have reportedly traded outfielder Eloy Jiménez to the Baltimore Orioles, per multiple reports:
The White Sox will be getting prospect Trey McGough in the deal:
A modest return isn't a surprise, given that Jiménez is hitting .240 this season with five homers, 16 RBI, 18 runs and a .642 OPS in 65 games.
It's a curious trade from Baltimore's perspective. Jiménez isn't a good defensive player and doesn't feel like a great fit in left field, likely reducing him to an occasional designated hitter role.
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For the White Sox, it was a chance to shed salary and remove another player from a clubhouse that has been responsible for an absolutely disastrous season.
Add Jiménez to the list of White Sox on the move ahead of the trade deadline.
Paul DeJong was traded to the Kansas City Royals. Michael Kopech was dealt to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Erick Fedde and Tommy Pham were dealt to the St. Louis Cardinals in a three-team trade. Tanner Banks was dealt to the Philadelphia Phillies.
However, the two biggest players rumored to potentially be dealt ahead of Tuesday's deadline, Garrett Crochet and Luis Robert Jr., will be sticking around.
It was time for the White Sox to shake up the roster, and Jiménez was an obvious option to be moved if the team could find a taker. The Orioles will offer Jiménez a fresh start and the chance to potentially play in the postseason, even if it remains murky as to how much of a role he'll actually have with the team.
