The White Sox signed reliever Carl Edwards Jr. to a minor league contract yesterday, per an announcement from their Triple-A affiliate in Charlotte. He had been released by the Blue Jays earlier in the week.
Edwards has appeared in the big leagues with both the Braves and Toronto already this season. Between the two clubs, he has only tallied 5 2/3 innings, allowing seven runs. Edwards landed on the injured list with an oblique strain in mid-June and has spent the past couple months recovering. While he recently embarked upon a rehab assignment, the Jays evidently decided to release him rather than bring him back to the big league roster.
It has been a difficult few seasons for Edwards, who was once high-end reliever during his time with the Cubs. Between 2016-18, Edwards posted a 3.03 ERA across 154 1/3 innings for the North Siders. Injury issues and an increasing propensity for issuing walks, however, have knocked him off course in recent seasons.
While the White Sox didn’t announce their deal with Edwards until this morning, that it was finalized yesterday is significant. Players in an organization by August 31 are eligible for a team’s postseason roster, so Edwards could be an option for the ChiSox come playoff time. There’s no question Chicago will reach the playoffs, given their insurmountable lead in the AL Central. Of course, Edwards would have to pitch his way into the big league bullpen to warrant that consideration.
While Chicago adds some right-handed relief depth with the Edwards signing, they’re losing Kyle Crick to free agency. MLBTR’s Steve Adams reports that Crick has triggered an opt-out clause in his minor league deal and been granted his release. The former Pirate signed with Chicago a month ago and tossed 10 1/3 innings of one-run ball with Charlotte, striking out fifteen while issuing just three walks. That strong showing should help him find another opportunity elsewhere in relatively short order.
Next thing you know they’ll sign Carl Everett and let him ride an animatronic dinosaur.
Not if I sign him to do that first. Great idea.
Next thing you know they’ll sign Carl Jr. and let him ride an animatronic Kate Upton. Hiyooooooooooooooooo!
I’d love to be paid for that
Just chiming in to confirm the Superstar at Carl’s Jr is the best fast food burger fight me
Agreed!
Yes, they are both named Carl.
I like this idea.
Ugh.
What? You’re not going to “Thanks Cubs” 9& this one? Shame on you.
Carl looking to close out the Game 7 he couldn’t quite close out.
Dumpster divin’ Rick Hahn?
Big time dumpster diving
You rang?
That’s where I found your mom!
He was decent for a few years. Totally forgot about him. Barring crazy injuries, he might be in there for mop up duties in late September.
The String Bean Slinger finds a home!
OMFG,Why..Just Why…He blows donkey nutz… He’s terrible
If it wasn’t for the Cubs relievers that were picked up by your Chisox, the Chisox bullpen would really suck.
Excuse me there Willis, but what are you talking about? Kimbrel has made our pen worse.
Tepara’s 1st few outings were hot garbage too. They have combined to personally lose at least 4 games together since Aug 1st.
Mommy is calling your cup of soup and sandwich is ready doggy ! Please have that pampers changed, you are soiled !
OMFG! The White Sox signed a guy who might get 5 IP of mop up duty down the stretch to save more important arms! Maybe more if the team plane crashes!
This is a flyer. He is not being signed to contribute in the playoffs. Just a tryout to see if they can milk some value, which is unlikely. No harm.
Dumpster diving is when you take a crappy player and Hoyer them onto your 40 man roster. This is garage sale player, the current owner think it’s garbage and you think there is still some value.
This is his sixth team since July of 2019—–he’s amassed 12 innings of pitching since leaving the Cubs—my guess is garbage fits as a good description.
Trade bait for the offseason!
Yup, playing the long game lol.
To what? The Korean league? I hate to break it to you, but that’s not how it works.
So you’re telling me there’s a chance! I read ya.
I’m a gosh darn genius sox fans!
You’re welcome!
Edwards, Jr. is not relief depth. He is finished. This is worrying news.
Sorry, I’m not worried about a team up ten in the standings signing a guy in September who wouldn’t make the playoff roster even if he did somehow pitch with the team this season.
It’s an end-of-season minor league flyer on a guy they can possibly bring to camp next year.
Yup. Anyone reading more into this is either a troll or a tool.
Call me whatever you want, but CE, Jr.is finished. If this were such a no-brainer move, then you’d think any team–especially ones with even worse pitching than the Sox have–would have taken the flyer on him. I don’t think it’s the end of the world, but I’ve seen more than enough of this guy, and I’d like to think the Sox don’t need to be the ones signing him.
Calm down.
He’s going to soak up a few innings for a last-place AAA squad for a few weeks. That’s pretty much it.
If he does well, they might bring him back. If not, he takes it on the arches.
Yeah, I don’t get people who are having an emotional reaction to a non-event. He isn’t pitching for them in October, and probably not before that. Probably will be at camp next spring with a very unlikely chance of making the club. Who cares.
Is Hahn trying to piss TLR off??? “Hey I found this pitcher in the sale bin at Goodwill. He hasn’t thrown a strike in 3 years – put him on our playoff roster would’ya?”
He’s not going to make the ML roster let alone the playoff roster. He’s an arm to test out in AAA for the rest of the season who would still be under control for two more years.
If he does well, they will bring him to camp. If he stinks, they will jettison him.
This is not even a major issue.