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White Sox Purchase Contract Of Xavier Cedeno

By Jeff Todd | June 7, 2018 at 9:15am CDT

The White Sox announced today that they have purchased the contract of veteran lefty Xavier Cedeno. He’ll take the roster spot vacated by southpaw Aaron Bummer, who was optioned down.

Cedeno, 31, appeared only briefly in the majors last year with the Rays. He has thrown 142 1/3 innings over parts of seven campaigns in the big leagues. He carries a lifetime 3.98 ERA with 8.9 K/9 and 3.4 BB/9 at the game’s highest level, where he has held opposing lefties to a .226/.286/.299 cumulative slash but been battered by right-handed hitters (.844 OPS).

Since joining the Chicago organization on a minors deal, Cedeno has turned in impressive numbers at Triple-A. Through 21 2/3 innings, he has allowed just three earned runs on a dozen hits while recording 25 strikeouts against only four walks.

Bummer’s performance to date has been rather uplifting, making his demotion a bit of a surprise, though perhaps an opt-out clause in Cedeno’s contract forced the team’s hand. Over 19 1/3 frames on the year, Bummer owns a 3.26 ERA with 9.8 K/9 and 2.8 BB/9 as well as a sturdy 60.3% groundball rate. That’s a vast improvement on his walk-marred debut effort last year and is all the more impressive given that opposing hitters have benefited from a lofty .429 BABIP.

The South Siders had an open 40-man roster spot available, though it seemed that had been cleared to make way for Carlos Rodon. When the team activates Rodon from the 60-day DL this weekend, then, it’ll need to create another opening.

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  1. Free Clay Zavada

    7 years ago

    At least Bummer is sticking around in AAA, but I’d rather someone else have been optioned down. His 2.03 FIP shines in a weak bullpen.

    Cue the comments saying Jones should’ve been optioned…lol

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    • mohoney

      7 years ago

      Bummer has done some good things this season, but he sucks with inherited runners. He should work exclusively with those situations in Charlotte and show improvement before he gets promoted again.

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  2. Monkey’s Uncle

    7 years ago

    Aaron got sent down? What a Bummer.

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  3. king joffrey

    7 years ago

    Don’t answer your phone, Trayce.

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    • Richard Hangslow

      7 years ago

      Nice!

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    • therula34

      7 years ago

      Haha I agree it’s gotta be Trayce

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  4. up2drew

    7 years ago

    I know, I know, advanced metric and peripherals and all of that.

    But every time I saw Bummer enter a game, it was immediately and reliably followed by runners touching home plate.

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  5. ThatBallwasBryzzoed

    7 years ago

    When is Eloy Jimenez gonna get the call its about time he’s her the call to the show. They got nothing to lose by calling him up. He could be an immediate impact like glayber Torres for the Yankees.

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  6. nrd1138

    7 years ago

    The Sox can move whoever they want up and down, but until the big league club stops making silly error they will still lose games. Yesterday those three errors gave up 2 unearned runs, which lost them the game, and from those players who should be penciled into the lineup for some time. Ricky has to stop the mental lapses on this team, which has been an issue ever since Robin mismanaged this club into the ground.

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