Cam Booser Could Be A Hidden Gem For The White Sox

In less than two weeks, pitchers and catchers will report to Spring Training for the White Sox, officially transitioning to the 2025 season. It will signal the end of the dreadful 2024 season, allowing the players who still remain on the roster to purge the historically bad season from their minds. 

The Opening Day roster will look very different than it did last year, and as the year progresses, some of the White Sox top prospects will join the roster as they earn promotions to Chicago. There are many variables to how a player will perform in a given season, but certain baseball reference websites try to give their best evaluation on how a player will perform for the upcoming season. 

Each year, FanGraphs releases their Steamer projections on how they believe each player will perform in the upcoming year. We will be taking a look at each player’s 2025 projections as we approach Spring Training.

The next player we will take a look at is reliever Cam Booser, one of the many new arms the White Sox added to the bullpen this offseason. Booser was acquired from the Red Sox in a separate move from the Garrett Crochet trade, as the Booser trade was a one for one swap, with the White Sox sending over a lower level minor leaguer.

Booser has had a unique path to the major leagues, as he finally made his major league debut in 2024, just a few weeks shy of his 32nd birthday. Despite making his debut later than usual, he went on to have a very good rookie season.

In 42.2 innings for the Red Sox, Booser had a 3.38 ERA while striking out 43 batters. He kept the walks down, as he only walked 16 in those innings. He showed a lot of potential and will look to build upon his solid season.

Cam Booser, K'ing the Side. pic.twitter.com/9dfIZ3Kmrs

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 16, 2024

FanGraphs believes that Booser will have another very solid season, as they project him to be one of the White Sox better relievers. They project him to throw 48 innings en route to a very solid 4.02 ERA. On top of that, they project him to have the second best K/9 on the team with 9.3.

This would be an ideal season for both parties, as those types of numbers would likely draw some trade interest from other teams. Booser could bring in a solid return, as he is a lefty and has many years of team control left. The idea is to maximize as much value as you can when you are in a rebuild, and flipping Booser for a prospect better than you gave up for him would be a win.

Regardless of how Booser does, he will be a player worth rooting for as he had a very interesting path to the major leagues.