The White Sox non-tendered Sheets on Friday, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.
Sheets was in line for a salary bump in his first year of arbitration eligibility, but the White Sox have elected to cut him loose rather than give him a raise. The 28-year-old had seemingly been in line for plenty of playing time for Chicago in 2025 but might find regular at-bats harder to come by in another organization. Sheets slashed just .233/.303/.357 with 10 homers in 139 games in 2024.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Out for regular-season finale
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Sheets is absent from Sunday's lineup against the Tigers.
Unless he pinch hits Sunday, Sheets will end the season with a slash line of .233/.303/.357 with 10 home runs and 45 RBI across 501 plate appearances. Bryan Ramos will serve as the designated hitter and bat sixth.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Resting Saturday
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Sheets isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Detroit.
Sheets will take a seat Saturday after going 1-for-22 over his last seven contests. Meanwhile, Bryan Ramos will work as the designated hitter and bat sixth.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Sitting versus lefty
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Sheets is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Angels.
The White Sox are facing a lefty for the second day in a row and Sheets will again begin the contest on the bench. He did pinch hit (and struck out) in Wednesday's game. Miguel Vargas is in the designated hitter slot Thursday.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Idle against southpaw
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Sheets is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels.
With a lefty (Jose Suarez) toeing the rubber for the Angels, the left-handed-hitting Sheets will move to the bench. Bryan Ramos will enter the starting lineup at designated hitter in Sheets' stead.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Getting rest against southpaw
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Sheets isn't in the White Sox's lineup for Saturday's game against the Padres.
Sheets' .565 OPS against left-handers will remain absent from the lineup Saturday while Martin Perez prepares to start on the bump for San Diego. Bryan Ramos will serve as Chicago's designated hitter and bat fifth.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Taking seat against lefty
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Sheets is not in the lineup for Monday's game versus the Angels, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports
Sheets has homered in back-to-back games but nonetheless will begin Monday's contest on the bench as the Angels send lefty Reid Detmers to the bump. He's been on the bench four of the last five times the White Sox have gone up against southpaws. Bryan Ramos will be the designated hitter in this one.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Homers in second straight
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Sheets went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run Sunday against the Athletics.
Sheets hasn't started frequently against lefties in the last few weeks, though he was at first base and hitting fifth against southpaw JP Sears on Sunday. He proceeded to take Sears deep in the first frame to tally his second homer of the season without the handedness advantage and 10th total of the campaign. Despite the productive stretch, Sheets has just a .131 ISO and .685 OPS across 477 plate appearances.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Homers in win
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Sheets went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-6 win over the A's.
Sheets took J.T. Ginn deep in the third inning and snapped a streak of 23 games without a home run in the process. With that, Sheets recorded his first extra-base hit since Aug. 14. The 28-year-old had double-digit homers in each of his first three seasons and is now one away from reaching that mark in 2024.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Sitting vs. lefty
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Sheets is not in Friday's lineup against the Athletics.
Sheets starts against some lefties, but not all, and he'll head to the bench with southpaw Brady Basso on the hill for Oakland. Bryan Ramos is picking up the start at designated hitter and leading off.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Out of lineup against lefty
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Sheets is absent from the lineup in Wednesday's game versus the Guardians.
Sheets has now been out of the lineup for two straight games against lefties and has started just one of the last four contests overall. Andrew Vaughn will cover first base and Bryan Ramos will be the designated hitter in the series finale.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Idle against lefty
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Sheets is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Guardians.
With lefty Joey Cantillo on the hill for Cleveland, Sheets and fellow left-handed hitters Nicky Lopez and Dominic Fletcher will retreat to the bench. Bryan Ramos will fill in for Sheets as Chicago's designated hitter.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Not starting Sunday
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Sheets is absent from Sunday's lineup against Boston.
Sheets went 1-for-7 with one walk and two strikeouts over the first two games of the series, and he will begin Sunday's contest in the dugout. Zach DeLoach will serve as the designated hitter and bat in the leadoff spot against Red Sox right-hander Richard Fitts.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Wraps up solid August
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Sheets went 1-for-4 with an RBI on Saturday against the Mets.
Sheets delivered an RBI single in the third inning, ending a nine-game drought without a run knocked run. His team context held him back throughout August, as he went 26-for-80 with a .782 OPS, yet he had only eight RBI and five runs scored across 23 games.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Idle vs. lefty
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Sheets is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against Houston.
The lefty-hitting Sheets will retreat to the dugout Sunday with the Astros sending southpaw Framber Valdez to the mound. Corey Julks, Luis Robert and Dominic Fletcher will man the outfield for the White Sox.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Responsible for offense in loss
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Sheets went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Wednesday's 10-2 loss to the Yankees.
Sheets was the only Chicago batter with multiple hits in the contest, and he produced both of the team's runs. He snapped a 47-game homerless drought with his solo shot in the second inning. Sheets has been heating up, going 13-for-24 (.542) with five doubles and six RBI during his six-game hitting streak. For the season, he's slashing .234/.310/.379 with eight homers, 37 RBI, 30 runs scored, 24 doubles and one stolen base over 107 contests.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Riding pine Monday
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Sheets is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Athletics.
Sheets got the day off Sunday but will remain out of the lineup Monday against southpaw JP Sears and the Athletics. In his place, Nick Senzel will DH and bat fifth.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Hitting bench Sunday
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Sheets is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins.
Sheets had been scheduled to get the day off in Saturday's 6-2 loss, but he ended up starting at first base while going 0-for-3 with a run scored after Andrew Vaughn was scratched with an illness. With Vaughn drawing back into the starting nine Sunday, Sheets will get the chance to rest up in the series finale.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Sitting Saturday
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Sheets is absent from the starting lineup for Saturday's game against Minnesota.
Sheets will begin Saturday's contest in the dugout after going 0-for-4 with one strikeout in Friday's 10-2 loss to Minnesota. Andrew Benintendi will serve as the designated hitter and bat fifth against Twins right-hander Bailey Ober.
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White Sox's Gavin Sheets: Losing work versus righties
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Sheets will start in right field and bat second Sunday against the Royals.
Though he'll occupy a prominent spot in the batting order in the series finale in Kansas City, Sheets still appears to be on the outside looking in for a regular spot in the White Sox lineup. He didn't start in either of the first two games of the series, with the Royals bringing righties to the hill for both contests. With Andrew Vaughn and Eloy Jimenez locked in as the White Sox's primary starters at first base and designated hitter, respectively, and Andrew Benintendi and Tommy Pham typically serving as the team's starters in the corner outfield, Sheets look like he'll need an injury or a trade to get steadier playing time.
