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CHGO White Sox Weekly: Austin Slater arrives as Ryan Fuller’s presence makes immediate impact

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November 25, 2024
Austin Slater

What’s up, Sox fans?
Folks might not be too thrilled with Austin Slater joining the Chicago White Sox and even less thrilled about him relaying that he was told he was the team’s “top target” this winter. As nice a presence as Slater might be, that’s not the sort of free-agency headliner any fan is hoping for.
Slater’s aboard, seemingly, as a platoon bat in right field, what with Andrew Benintendi and Luis Robert Jr.’s status as perhaps the only two entrenched players on the team soaking up almost all the playing time in left and center field. That negates much of the benefit of Slater’s all-three-spots versatility, though certainly Chris Getz would be open to the right deal that would take ...

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