The White Sox have designated lefty Matt Purke for assignment, per a team announcement. His roster spot will go to just-signed southpaw Derek Holland.
Purke, 26, finally made it to the big leagues last year, throwing 18 relief innings in a dozen appearances. It didn’t go quite as hoped, as Purke allowed 11 earned runs on twenty hits, with 15 strikeouts and 12 walks. He did manage a 3.52 ERA in his 38 1/3 Triple-A frames, though his 8.9 strikeouts were accompanied by 5.4 walks per nine innings at Charlotte.
Still, it was an accomplishment to make it that far for a talented southpaw who had dealt with shoulder problems throughout his career. Given a significant bonus as a third-round pick by the Nationals back in 2011, Purke never developed quite as hoped. While he did average better than 92 mph with his fastball in his brief MLB stint, he obviously has continued to struggle with control — a problem that has reared its head at several points in his minor-league career.
DBacks still need a LH reliever. They should give this guy a shot. He was nasty in college.
Shows how good of an arm chair GM I am. Back in 2011 I was 100% convinced that Matt was going to be a MLB star. Still time for him to get another chance but those shoulder ailments are tough.
WHAT??!! The White Sox couldn’t get the top 3 prospects in the other 29 teams’ organizations for Purke?
I’m all for any team to get the most value in return for their players and if a team is willing to overpay for good, not great, ballplayers from the White Sox, (ie: the Nationals), so be it. But the W.Sox have to come down to earth a bit in their demands. If they are as good as the W. Sox management says they are, they shouldn’t be trading them off now and secondly, they should have never lost and won everything these past seasons. Considering the latter, we now know that isn’t true.
Note to W. Sox, keep all of your players that you now have and see how far that gets you in the standings for 2017.
Eaton is great though, a 6 fWAR is nothing to scoff at, also considering he’s dirt cheap AND he’s getting Trea back to SS. I don’t know what your complaining about.
This seems like a really salty statement. Why do they have to come down on their demands if he’s under control for a while? Someone will get desperate at the trade deadline and pay it. Their asking price isn’t even that outrageous. They lost because they made half ditch attempts to reclamation projects and kind of shipped everyone on their farm away. I’d like to thank them as a Dodgers fan by the way.
I can see the white sox dealing Quintana to the rangers sooner or later in a deal centered by Gallo, Profar, & some prospects.
Would love to see Purke develop the knuckleball. Probably would help extend his career with all those injuries.