The Guardians designated outfielder Alex Call for assignment this afternoon. The move cleared the necessary 40-man roster spot for Hunter Gaddis, who was promoted to make his major league debut against the Astros.
Call made it to the majors for the first time a few weeks ago. The 27-year-old outfielder was brought up in mid-July, ultimately appearing in his first 12 big league games. He collected two hits (both singles) with four walks and strikeouts apiece before being optioned back to Triple-A Columbus. The former White Sox’s third-round pick has spent the bulk of the season with the Clippers, posting excellent numbers. Through 301 trips to the plate, Call owns a .281/.420/.498 line with 11 home runs and matching 16.3% strikeout and walk rates.
He’s split his time fairly evenly between all three outfield spots and still has all three minor league option years remaining. That could draw him some attention from opposing clubs once he hits the waiver wire in the next few days.
If a team claims him on waivers, would that make it a collect call? Or a last call?
It’s your call.
He never got the Call.
Another “not-so-ready-for-prime time” player. Another year of seasoning will do him good.
Baloney. He’s 27. He’s a polished professional. He’s as ready as he’ll ever be. He’s going to make some team happy as a fourth outfielder, especially on a team with a roster of left-handed hitting outfielders and a need for a good defender. Oh wait…that describes Cleveland….
Problem there is the Tribe is so busy running through its 40 man options that it’s not at a point where the big league team is stable enough to even consider having a proper 4th outfielder.
With no OF FAs other than Judge, Detroit needs to be watching for any OF bat they can find. Greene will be in CF. But LF, RF, and if Miggy’s knee makes him call it a career, DH will be up for grabs. Can’t count on Meadows, or Baddoo at this time. call is a tad old but still has 3 options. Might be worth a look.
I agree completely with this. If the guy has any potential and is 28 or under, the Tigers should be taking a serious look at him
He had to CALL his mama for a ride home
Guardians. I STILL can’t believe they actually chose that name. No wonder nobody goes to their games. Embarrassing.
“Cleveland Guardians.” Rolls right off the tongue, doesn’t it? Somebody thought he was being very clever. I remember when they introduced it and immediately had to explain the reasoning. Shoulda been the Spiders. Couldn’t make the fans happy, huh? Brain-dead ownership.
Spiders was the obvious name, plus it’s cool. If you’re going woke though, who knows? The “Great Offended” might have had a problem with that name, too.
Spiders was a terrible name. To name a team after a historically bad team would have been a joke. Guardians was not great, but it is better than Spiders.
Do you still complain the typewriter is obsolete? It’s done. Move on.
Yep, because they were at capacity every night when they were the Indians..
Best of Luck Alex Call. Good game Sunday vs. Tampa. If Tampa has wiggle room on 40-Man wouldn’t surprise me. They did Claim Chang as well.