June 27: The White Sox officially released Fukudome on Tuesday, according to Aaron Gleeman of NBCSports.com.
June 22: The White Sox announced that they reinstated Kosuke Fukudome from the 15-day disabled list and designated the outfielder for assignment. They placed right-hander Philip Humber on the disabled list and purchased the contract of right-hander Brian Bruney in related moves.
The White Sox signed Fukudome to a one-year, $1MM contract with a club option for 2013 back in February. The 35-year-old appeared in 24 games for the White Sox and posted a .171/.294/.195 batting line in 51 plate appearances while playing all three outfield positions. The White Sox placed him on the 15-day disabled list with back spasms earlier this month.
I suspected we would stick with Jordan Danks…besides his one boneheaded play in the outfield he has been decent….he has more upside at this point
It was actually a 1 year 500k contract with a 500k buy out and a 1million team option.
Shame we never got a chance to hear the immortal Harry Caray attempt to announce his name while he was with the Cubbies. It would have been glorious.
Or we could ask Derek Holland to try to pronounce it…
And another overhyped japanese superstar turned little fish big pond bites the dust.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in orange and black