The White Sox have claimed right-hander Nicholas Padilla off waivers from the Cubs and optioned him to Triple-A Charlotte, tweets Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times. Southpaw Anderson Severino was designated for assignments to open a spot on the 40-man roster.
Padilla, 25, has one big league game under his belt. He was called up by the Cubs late last month, and he worked 1 2/3 innings of one-run ball during his lone relief appearance. He leaned primarily on a 93 MPH cutter during that outing, per Statcast, and was optioned after the game. The Cubs designated him for assignment earlier this week when the need for a 40-man roster spot arose to bring back Michael Hermosillo from the injured list.
A former Rays draftee, Padilla has spent the past two seasons in the Cubs organization. He’s had a breakout showing across three minor league levels this year, pitching at High-A, Double-A and Triple-A. He owns a cumulative 2.11 ERA in 47 innings over that stretch, striking out a quality 30.5% of batters. Padilla’s 13.7% walk rate is a red flag, but the Sox are intrigued enough by his swing-and-miss capabilities to add him as a depth player. This is the first of three minor league option years, so Chicago can keep him in the minors for the foreseeable future if he holds a spot on the 40-man roster.
Severino, who turns 28 later this month, has made his first six MLB appearances this year. The southpaw has struck out nine batters and averaged 96.6 MPH on his heater, but he’s also walked four opponents. He’s had a dismal season throwing strikes in the minors, walking a staggering 27.3% of batters faced over 22 2/3 innings with Charlotte. The abundance of free passes has translated to a 12.31 ERA that pushes him out of the immediate mix.
The White Sox will place Severino on waivers in the next few days. The Dominican Republic native has never been outrighted and doesn’t have a requisite three years service time to refuse a minor league assignment, so he’d remain in the organization if he goes unclaimed.
Sure, why not.
With all the help the Cubs need on the mound, I’m surprised they DFA’d Padilla. He’s still only 25 and was having a good season in the minors. His walks were a little high but the rest of his numbers looked pretty promising.
I was also puzzled by that decision. They should have DFAed Sean Newcomb instead.
Thanks Cubs!
Dumpster Diving Ricky!
Now he needs to dumpster dive for a manager.
The Sox are currently 7-3 with Cairo managing the club and not only that, but playing well in those games (with 4 of those so far on the west coast to boot, where the Sox are notorious for playing poorly), AND with Eloy and Moncada finding their bats recently. Unfortunately LaRussa is rumored to come back next week. Can the Sox DFA LaRussa?
With the way Cleveland and Minnesota are playing, it’s entirely possible that the Sox can still win that division. That is easily the worst division I’ve seen in MLB in years. Beyond embarrassing.
The Mets, Phillies, and Orioles also look flat; and the Brewers look even worse. I don’t know if those guys are tired or what, but it seems a lot of teams just don’t want to get into the playoffs this year. Perhaps many of those teams players booked vacations for mid-October.
Still better then the NFC East.
YEP;
Are NFL fans also calling for expansion?
Kinda seems like some are. There is always rumors about expanding to Europe and Mexico but not if its fans or money hungry corporations.
I wrote Severino’s name down while looking at prospects on the 40 man to trade for for the Pirates. Terrible control but if harnessed, could be a solid back end bullpen guy. They only have one lefty in the pen. Wouldn’t be surprised if the Pirates go after him.
White Sox will get to the Playoffs, they won’t win a game against the Astros, Dodgers, Braves, Mets, the AL Central is embarrassing
Last time the Cubs gave the Sox a high K-rate, low control minor leaguer, it worked out pretty well.
Which one, Garland or Cease?
Jon Garland was awesome.