Chicago Tribune · Jul 29, 2021
Chicago White Sox reportedly acquire second baseman César Hernández from the Cleveland Indians
His weighted runs created-plus (wRC+) — which estimates a player’s offensive contribution in terms of total runs and adjusts that number to account for external factors such as ballpark and era — is 100, according to fangraphs.com. The major-league average is 100.
“I know our front office has been busy and he’s one of the guys they’ve been talking about,” Sox manager Tony La Russa said before Thursday’s game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.