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White Sox, Alex Colome Agree To Minor League Contract

By Anthony Franco | April 7, 2023 at 5:33pm CDT

The White Sox have agreed to a minor league deal with reliever Alex Colomé, according to the hurler’s transaction log at MLB.com. Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times tweets that the Wasserman client will head to Triple-A Charlotte tomorrow.

Colomé is a familiar face for Sox fans. He spent the 2019-20 seasons on Chicago’s South Side, combining for a 2.27 ERA over 83 outings. Despite middling strikeout and walk marks, Colomé held opposing hitters to a woeful .183/.262/.313 line in 339 plate appearances. The righty departed Chicago for Minnesota on a $6.25MM free agent deal over the 2020-21 offseason.

Things have gone downhill for Colomé since leaving Chicago. He tossed 65 innings for Minnesota, working to a fine but unspectacular 4.15 ERA. The next winter saw him sign another one-year deal, this time worth $4.1MM to join the Rockies. Colomé played the 2022 campaign in Denver, struggling to a 5.74 ERA over 47 appearances. Over the last two seasons, he’s allowed 4.82 earned runs per nine innings with a modest 17.8% strikeout percentage and an average 8.9% walk rate. He’s induced grounders at a strong 54.5% clip but not replicated the success he showed from 2016-20, when he combined for a 2.62 ERA in 275 appearances.

Colomé was limited to minor league offers over the winter. The 34-year-old latched on with the Nationals and spent the spring in Washington’s camp. The veteran hurler was tagged for seven runs in 9 2/3 exhibition frames, walking and striking out seven batters apiece. That wasn’t enough to get him a spot in the season-opening bullpen, and he was granted his release last week.

Chicago opened the season with three relievers — Liam Hendriks, Garrett Crochet and Matt Foster — on the injured list. Hendriks recently completed chemotherapy treatments after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Crochet is rehabbing from 2022 Tommy John surgery, while Foster has been slowed by a forearm strain. The White Sox have given high-leverage innings to Jake Diekman, Kendall Graveman, Reynaldo López and Aaron Bummer in the early going. Chicago carried a league-worst 9.36 bullpen ERA through 25 innings entering play today.

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28 Comments

  1. Ace_

    2 years ago

    Chump team that never recovered from letting michael jordan’s sorry ass wear a uniform.

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    • bronxmac77

      2 years ago

      Chump that never recovered from getting punk-slapped by girl scouts selling cookies.

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    • ChiSoxPain

      2 years ago

      Except they won the World Series ten years after that.

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      • bronxmac77

        2 years ago

        Ace chump (chimp?) trolls everybody.

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        • avenger65

          2 years ago

          Chimps would take exception to being mentioned in the same sentence with Ace the Chump.

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    • mrperkins

      2 years ago

      What an odd reason to troll. And Jordan did just fine for AA. He hit in .280 range until about August when he started seeing nothing but curveballs. Stole a lot of bases and probably had a lot of fun in the middle of a career that was all work.

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      • bronxmac77

        2 years ago

        AA baseball is tough. What MJ did with no reps at the pro level prior, was amazing.

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  2. DCartrow

    2 years ago

    Not exactly picking from column A to get Colome’

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    • avenger65

      2 years ago

      He did have 30 saves in 2019 during Renteria’s successful rebuild of the Sox leading to two PO appearances in a row.

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      • Hammerin' Hank

        2 years ago

        And now he’s an aging declining reliever

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      • Spotswood

        2 years ago

        I’m fine with it, but it’s a transitional move. Rearranging deck chairs. This will not have an impact on their playoff chances.

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        • avenger65

          2 years ago

          Playoff chances? This team? They certainly weren’t built with that in mind.

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  3. Palehose72

    2 years ago

    SELL THE TEAM JERRY!!!

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  4. SupremeZeus

    2 years ago

    Colomé might be the best reliever on the team if they were to bring him up:)

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    • TomToms

      2 years ago

      Bummer

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    • Hammerin' Hank

      2 years ago

      Not even close

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  5. Rsox

    2 years ago

    Colome was solid in two seasons with the White Sox and despite a poor showing in Colorado last season is a better 9th inning option than what is currently on hand until Hendriks comes back

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    • Hammerin' Hank

      2 years ago

      Lopez, Graveman, and Bummer are all better options at this point.

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      • avenger65

        2 years ago

        Graveman, Diekeman and Lopez should be the next to go. Lopez is occasionally effective in mid- to long relief. Bummer has his moments but Graveman and Diekeman have to go. There isn’t a closer on the team but the way the Sox are playing, a closer might not be necessary.

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  6. IronBallsMcGinty

    2 years ago

    I’d definitely take Colome over Kimbrel.

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    • Spotswood

      2 years ago

      Smells like winning…

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  7. PutPeteinthehall

    2 years ago

    The man’s arm is shot. Terrible signing. Sure you don’t need to throw a 100 to get batters out. However there is nothing left in the tank here.

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    • nottinghamforest13

      2 years ago

      One of the worst signings in baseball history. The contract they’re now saddled with will set the team back decades if he doesn’t show life in his minor league stint.

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  8. AmaralFan1

    2 years ago

    All the best to him, but he looked like a shell of himself in the Nats spring camp.

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  9. Souldrummer25

    2 years ago

    When you deem my Nats trash as your treasure, you are hard up indeed.

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    • Atloriolesfan

      2 years ago

      As an Os fan, it reminds me of the number of 2017-21 discards that are still on MLB rosters. Phillips, Shawn Armstrong, McGough, Zach Pop, Cole Sulser, Tanner Scott, etc. etc. But those were young guys. No one picked up Cesar Valdez. Colome is a real commentary that the Chisox hate their MILB pitching.

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  10. nrd1138

    2 years ago

    I dunno, can Colome really be any worse than Kelly or Diekman?

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  11. Franco22

    2 years ago

    After Cease you really don’t know what you are getting on the mound. The schedule isn’t going to help the next 30 days. They could start trading at that point. With other teams in injury trouble why not start now.
    As soon as TA and Eloy get back, first to go.

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