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Bruce Rondon Elects Free Agency

By Connor Byrne | July 15, 2018 at 11:59am CDT

The White Sox outrighted reliever Bruce Rondon earlier this week, giving him a chance to remain in the organization at the Triple-A level. Instead, he has rejected the assignment and elected free agency, James Fegan of The Athletic tweets.

The hard-throwing Rondon will now look for work elsewhere, though he won’t bring an accomplished major league resume to his next stop. Rondon, who debuted with the Tigers in 2013 and pitched for Detroit through 2017, owns a 5.73 ERA and a 5.03 BB/9 across 141 1/3 innings. He threw 29 2/3 frames with the White Sox this season and logged an 8.49 ERA and an 8.19 BB/9, though he did strike out upward of 12 batters per nine and has regularly run up high K totals in the bigs (11.03 K/9).

It’s a near-certainty that Rondon’s next pact will be a minor league accord, as his deal with the White Sox was. It’s worth noting, then, that the 27-year-old has held his own in the minors. Across 109 2/3 Triple-A innings, he has pitched to a 3.04 ERA and notched 11.2 K/9, but he has also issued 5.5 free passes per nine.

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  1. bigdaddyhacks

    3 years ago

    Grab him Jerry dipoto. We need depth.

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  2. jorge78

    3 years ago

    Indians?

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    • Mattimeo09

      3 years ago

      Definitely

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  3. Charlrs

    3 years ago

    Ok Anthropoulos get off your arse and get the Braves some relief pitching. here is one for you to sign. Give Rondon a chance. sign him and dump Sam Freeman.

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    • mlb1225

      3 years ago

      Rondon isn’t an upgrade from Freeman. If anything, it’s a downgrade.

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      • cysoxsale

        3 years ago

        A BIG downgrade

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  4. T_Rexx2

    3 years ago

    This guy has such a big arm, it’s a real shame he has no idea where the ball is going…

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    • stymeedone

      3 years ago

      Don’t forget, he has a bad work ethic and a weight problem, too.

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  5. pudgefisk

    3 years ago

    No one should be picking up the phone to add this guy.

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  6. osfandan

    3 years ago

    Why do you fans of contending teams think this guy cut from CWS is gonna help you?

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    • Mack83

      3 years ago

      Better pitching coaches in MLB, outside of Chicago? Change of scenery can help a guy. Determination to prove people like you wrong (if he has it).

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      • Priggs89

        3 years ago

        That’s what people said when he left Detroit for Chicago. Didn’t work. It’s getting to the point where it’s too late in the season for a contending team to try to let him “figure it out,” unless they can store him in AAA for the time being.

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