When Sox Turn Green

It seems that a lot of former White Sox players have ended up in green and gold. An amazing number of players in the Oakland organization came from the White Sox organization sometime in the past. One newspaper has already dubbed it White Sox West.

Some arrived there through trades, others through free agency, but all spent time with the White Sox. It's a bit interesting that so many players from one team would land on another team. They mostly have different paths to the Oakland organization.

Chris Carter, infielder
Left the White Sox in a trade to the Diamondbacks, the Diamondbacks traded him to Oakland.

Aaron Cunningham, outfielder
Left the White Sox in a trade to the Diamondbacks, the Diamondbacks traded him to Oakland.

Gio Gonzalez, pitcher
Traded to Oakland by the White Sox.

Fernando Hernandez, pitcher
Taken by Oakland in the Rule-5 draft.

Jay Marshall, pitcher
Taken by Oakland in the Rule-5 draft.

Casey Rogowski, infielder
Minor League free angent.

Ryan Sweeney, outfielder
Traded to Oakland by the White Sox.

Ryan Wing, pitcher
Minor League free agent.

Even players like Fautino de los Santos and Nick Walker are now with Oakland, but aren't in camp with the Athletics right now. We'll see how these players pan out in the coming years. It should be very interesting to watch.