Here are some minor moves from around the league, with the newest transactions at the top of the post…
- The White Sox have signed right-hander Asher Wojciechowski to a minor league deal, as announced by the team’s Triple-A affiliate in Charlotte (Twitter link). The 29-year-old opted out of his minors contract with the Orioles last week in order to test free agency, and he has quickly caught on with another organization. Wojciechowski received his first significant amount of MLB experience last season, tossing 62 1/3 innings over 25 appearances (eight of them starts) with the Reds, posting a 6.50 ERA, 9.2 K/9, and 3.37 K/BB rate. The inflated ERA was due in large part to 14 homers allowed, as the righty has continually been plagued by the long ball from the Triple-A level and upwards.
- The Red Sox released right-hander Kyle Martin so he could pursue an opportunity to play in Japan, the Boston Globe’s Pete Abraham reports (via Twitter). The 27-year-old made his Major League debut last season, appearing in two games for the Sox, but he hasn’t since made a return trip to the Show. A ninth-round pick in the 2013 draft, Martin has a 3.55 ERA, 9.4 K/9, and 2.98 K/BB rate over 334 1/3 career innings in the minors, all as a reliever.
By joining the White Sox AAA affiliate in Charlotte, Asher Wojciechowski could be going from the proverbial frying pan into the fire. The downtown home stadium of the Charlotte Knights is considered among the most HR friendly parks in AAA, rivaling those higher altitude parks in the PCL.
If Wojciechowski should even make it to Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago he will be in another HR friendly park that rivals the one he left in Cincinnati. At least he may be among friends since the Chicago area is home to nearly one third of all Polish immigrants in the US. lol
Why did you switch accounts, Andrew?
“Why did you switch accounts, Andrew?”
What exactly are you alleging?
I think I made that pretty obvious. Nobody else makes these wanna-be sports writer comments on meaningless White Sox news.
Maybe he likes the White Sox
“I think I made that pretty obvious.”
It may have been obvious to you but wasn’t—and still isn’t to others.
“Nobody else makes these wanna-be sports writer comments . . . “
You may be correct but you haven’t provided nearly enough to go on. Up to you, of course.
Who’s Andrew?
That was ed Helms in the office , remember he played the banjo and was wacky