He might not be driving the ball out of the park or getting much attention since he joined the team, but 24-year-old infielder Curtis Mead has quietly put together a really good stretch of baseball with the Chicago White Sox.
The White Sox acquired Mead from the Tampa Bay Rays at the trade deadline along with two pitching prospects in exchange for veteran starter Adrian Houser.
Houser was a midseason addition by the White Sox that is headed for free agency after the season. It didn’t make much sense for Chicago to hold onto him, so getting a player with the upside of Mead was a no-brainer deal for Chris Getz and the front office.