The White Sox have outrighted left-hander Yoan Aybar, tweets James Fegan of The Athletic. This opens a spot on the club’s 40-man roster, which should be filled tomorrow when their previously-reported agreement with Elvis Andrus will be made official.
Aybar, 25, bounced around a bit earlier this year, getting designated for assignment by the Rockies in March, getting claimed off waivers by the Yankees and again by the White Sox. Unfortunately, it’s been a dreary season for Aybar, as he’s registered a 7.67 ERA over 29 1/3 innings between Double-A and Triple-A. He’s racked up strikeouts at a healthy 25.9% but has also given out free passes at a 16.8% rate.
Aybar was an outfield prospect in his earlier years, only converting to pitching prior to the 2018 season. Since then, he’s shown lots of strikeout potential but also a lack of control. It could have been reasonably assumed that he would deal with those control issues with more time on the hill, given his late conversion. However, that doesn’t seem to have come to fruition yet. Despite Aybar being claimed on waivers a few times earlier this year, it seems the other 29 teams passed on a chance to grab him this time around.
Players who have previously been outrighted or have more than three years of MLB service time can reject an outright assignment and elect free agency. Aybar doesn’t meet either of those requirements, meaning he will stick around with the White Sox as depth but without occupying a spot on the roster.
Eric?
noooo
After one pitch in today’s game vs Houston, Stone says, ‘a verrry promising start’. Naturally a few batters later, boy in wonderment Benetti says about Giolito, ‘Lucas has that look in his eye’. LOL I wonder what ‘look’ Benetti meant??
Score was 10-0 a few innings later.
You sound like a big Sox fan. Way to know your stuff!
What a sad sad life. Sit around listening to Stone and Benetti afternoon baseball games just to come up w something to troll. No wife, no girlfriend/boyfriend, no prospects, no dog, no life?
Meanwhile on the northside, free agents are beating down the gates at Wrigley to play for the world famous Cubs.
Good thing they got “all that Marquee money”, huh Dogbone? lolol
Lot’s of K’s and no control?
Billy Eppler is on line one.
I hope Colas is a Sept call up.
I’d like them to go to a six man rotation because this season is over. One of the problems is they have zero in AAA. Ugh, what a waste
About 25 posters on this site predicted Elvis Andrus would be wearing a ChiSox uniform.
TLR has failed to adjust his offensive approach and hold accountable those players that are failing to get the job done. I don’t know if there is a MLB team stat for LOB or RISP, but the Sox have to be at the top of the list. for both without scoring. I cringe every time there is a runner on third with one out and they immediately strike out. Just done….