The known commodities who should be on the White Sox and Cubs 2-14 rosters are narrowed by the consensus picks above. Even if you combined both sets of players, the Chicago baseball team still would not be able to field a full roster. Both teams need to upgrade at all their positions, but it seems most critical for those labeled with a blue box.
A combined team would have only depth at starting pitching: Sale, Quintana, Samardzija, T. Wood, Danks, E. Jackson. But it would also have some outfielders/platoon guys. There would still be aching infield holes and problematic catching issues. There is no true bullpen with just three guys: Reed, Jones, Strop.
A combined lineup would be also suspect:
1. DeAza cf
2. Castro ss
3. Garcia rf
4. Dunn lf
5. Rizzo 1b
6. Lake 3b?
7. Castillo c
8. Unknown 2b
There is a tremendous amount of off-season work that needs to be done on both sides of town in order to create a major league roster (not another AAAA club team). Besides Sale and Garcia, no one is not expendable in a trade.
