White Sox likely to save moves for offseason

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CHICAGO — If the White Sox were as active Monday as the rumors attached to their potential moves, then the 2016 team and beyond would have an entirely different look.

Instead, the team’s lone deal leading up to the 3 p.m. CT non-waiver Trade Deadline was sending left-handed reliever Zach Duke to St. Louis in exchange for outfielder Charlie Tilson on Sunday morning. The White Sox might be moving into more of a rebuilding phase, per recent comments made by general manager Rick Hahn, but that direction figures to take greater shape in the offseason.

• White Sox deal Duke for OF prospect Tilson

There was plenty of interest in Chris Sale and Jose Quintana, not only the two arms at the top of a solid White Sox rotation, but two of the best left-handed starters in all of baseball. Factor in that Sale is under team control through 2019, Quintana is under control through 2020 and neither player has expressed a desire to pitch somewhere else, and it’s understandable why the White Sox demands were so high to move …

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