It can be hard making sense of things when a team’s most productive hitter of the season walks out the door. Especially a popular model citizen, one who falls behind only 10 players in club history in career wins above replacement (according to Baseball Reference) after a year in which the offense was at the core of a colossal club disappointment.
But that’s where the White Sox probably are as they move on to 2023 without first baseman Jose Abreu, the American League’s 2020 Most Valuable Player and prime leader by example.
