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.
Grab him Jerry dipoto. We need depth.
Indians?
Definitely
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.
Rondon isn’t an upgrade from Freeman. If anything, it’s a downgrade.
A BIG downgrade
This guy has such a big arm, it’s a real shame he has no idea where the ball is going…
Don’t forget, he has a bad work ethic and a weight problem, too.
No one should be picking up the phone to add this guy.
Why do you fans of contending teams think this guy cut from CWS is gonna help you?
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).
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.