The White Sox announced Monday that they’ve released outfielder Nicky Delmonico. His spot on the 40-man roster will got right-hander Odrisamer Despaigne, whose contract as been formally selected from Triple-A Charlotte (as was first reported last night). To open space on the 25-man roster for Despaigne, left-hander Jace Fry was placed on the injured list due to soreness in his left shoulder.
The 26-year-old Delmonico recently underwent season-ending shoulder surgery. Injured players can’t be run through outright waivers, so Chicago opted to simply release Delmonico to open the necessary 40-man roster spot. As noted at the time of his surgery, it’s commonplace to see teams release and then re-sign 40-man players who incur a season-ending injury while in the minors. That could well be the case here. Delmonico certainly has the right to explore other options, but as a player who’s fresh off surgery and won’t be ready to play until 2020, his appeal to a new organization will be fairly limited.
Back in 2017, Delmonico looked like a nice find for the White Sox when he hit .262/.373/.482 with nine homers and four doubles in a 43-game audition down the stretch (166 plate appearances). The former Orioles and Brewers prospect made the team’s Opening Day roster the next year but hasn’t produced in the Majors since that rookie season. Over his past 386 plate appearances at the MLB level, he’s slashed an anemic .213/.290/.357 with a 27.2 percent strikeout rate.
Not surprising, and I honestly don’t see point of resigning him.
He is a AAAA player in a system filled with corner outfielders and first basemen.
your comment sheds a good amount of light on what type of person you probably are.
Lol what?
well if baseball doesn’t work out, he can always get into the steak business.
Giants found another outfielder
Sox will resign him next spring.
Of course they will. Reinsdork can get him for league minimum.
@Dogbone
Silly comment.
If Reinsdorf wanted him at league minimum, he would’ve just kept him.
I thought if he was put on the 60 day IL he was removed from the 40 man?
He’s on MiLB injured list.
It’s a shame they can do minor leaguers like that…..
Mets: sign this guy. You need another player whose name ends with “o”.
Future Giant.
Someone will sign him to a minor league contract next year if the White Sox don’t.
The Yankees should sign him.
Don’t worry, DELMONICO will be STEAKED to another opportunity..
He just needs a little of the right SEASONING.
Although he may be GRILLED in the interview..
2 out of 5 stars.
Derivative…..
All the boomers on this site need to stop attempting to be funny, they’re all horrible
Time to move on. Ricky was simply filling a roster spot. With the rebuild starting to take on form and definitely moving forward, the Cream is starting to raise to the top. More good players are coming soon.
I wish him success in the future. He’s the kind of underdog that fans like to pull for. Unfortunately he looked overmatched by major league pitching. With a farm system loaded with outfielders, I doubt if he’ll ever don a White Sox uniform again.
Royals Farm Report thinks KC should kick the tires on Delmonico. It does not have many OF prospects at upper levels of minors, so this makes sense.