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White Sox Sign Rafael Dolis To Minor League Deal

By Anthony Franco | May 13, 2022 at 5:11pm CDT

The White Sox recently signed reliever Rafael Dolis to a minor league contract, as noted by Chris Hilburn-Trenkle of Baseball America. According to Dolis’ transactions tracker at MLB.com, he has been assigned to the team’s Arizona complex. After some time to build arm strength, he figures to head to Triple-A Charlotte.

Dolis, 34, spent the past two seasons with the Blue Jays. The 6’4″ righty signed a one-year guarantee with Toronto on the heels of a strong four-year run for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. He fared well in his initial return stateside, working to a 1.50 ERA with a 31% strikeout rate in 24 innings during the truncated 2020 season. He walked an alarming 14% of batters faced, but the Jays were nevertheless impressed enough with his swing-and-miss acumen they exercised a cheap $1.5MM option on his services for 2021.

That didn’t pan out, as Dolis scuffled last year. He tossed 32 innings — his biggest MLB workload since a 38-inning campaign with the 2012 Cubs — but posted below-average results. Dolis managed just a 5.63 ERA and saw virtually all of his peripherals go in the wrong direction relative to the previous year. His strikeout percentage dropped to 25% as his swinging strike rate dipped from 12.6% to a below-average 10.5% mark. The already-worrisome walk figure spiked even further, while Dolis’ ground-ball rate fell from 50% to 41.4%.

As his struggles continued, the Jays designated Dolis for assignment and passed him through outright waivers in mid-August. He managed better results with Triple-A Buffalo late in the year, but he continued to demonstrate control issues and the Jays never added him back to the 40-man roster. Dolis qualified for minor league free agency after the season and will try to pitch his way back to the big leagues with the ChiSox.

He’ll be joined in that effort by former Yankee Brody Koerner, who also recently signed a non-roster with Chicago (h/t to Hilburn-Trenkle). Koerner was assigned directly to Charlotte earlier this month and has already made a couple appearances for the Knights. The 28-year-old got his first cup of coffee in the majors with New York last August, suiting up in two games and tossing three innings of one-run ball.

Designated for assignment and outrighted just before the Yankees’ Wild Card game, Koerner qualified for minor league free agency. The Clemson product has a 4.92 ERA in 228 2/3 innings at Triple-A, but he owns a more impressive 3.55 mark in three Double-A seasons. Koerner has come out of the bullpen for his first two outings with Charlotte but was primarily a starting pitcher during his time in the New York organization.

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12 Comments

  1. Curly Was The Smart Stooge

    3 years ago

    Another shot for the big dude, why not?
    I’ll take a couple of shots myself, hmmph

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  2. bigdaddyt

    3 years ago

    Dolis is without a doubt the most frustrating pitcher I’ve ever seen

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    • nrd1138

      3 years ago

      That works, this White Sox team is one of the most frustrating teams right now. The Sox need a lot more than a guy for their bullpen. This team lacks so much heart its a bit sad actually… when not infuriating.

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      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        3 years ago

        Heart? They’re outperforming their numbers. A .500 record and a -19 Run differential and a winning record in close games. This isn’t high school football. It’s more the issue of the bats being cold, as evidenced by being 26th in runs scored.

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        • Ogie Oglethorpe

          3 years ago

          Dumpster Diving Ricky!

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        • nrd1138

          3 years ago

          Outperforming their numbers, that can be on their tombstone at the end of this year. The Yankees have destroyed them in the last two games, they have look over matched against a team in the Guardians that they, by everyone’s account, should be able to dominate.. but yeah, their numbers look good..LOL

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    • PiratesFan1981

      3 years ago

      Calm down, it’s a minor league contract. I’d be more furious if it was a major league deal

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    • senior52

      3 years ago

      Couldn’t agree more.

      Reply
  3. drew ford

    3 years ago

    He will slow the game to a crawl and then issue a walk on the 12th pitch of the at bat.

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  4. Jacksson13

    3 years ago

    Is his wife’s name, Barbie DOLIS ??

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  5. Dumpster Divin Theo

    3 years ago

    Hello, Dolis.

    Reply
  6. 48-team MLB

    3 years ago

    *SOUTH SIDE WHITE SOX

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