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Guardians Designate Richie Palacios For Assignment

By Nick Deeds | June 11, 2023 at 9:39am CDT

The Guardians made a series of roster moves this morning, per Zack Meisel of The Athletic. Infielder Richie Palacios has been designated for assignment and left-hander Tim Herrin has been optioned to Triple-A in order to make room for right-hander Cody Morris, who was activated from the 60-day IL this morning.

A third round pick by Cleveland in the 2018 draft, Palacios made his MLB debut for the club last year, though he struggled to a .232/.293/.286 slash line (good for a wRC+ of just 65) in 54 games with the club. Those struggles came in spite of fantastic minor league numbers, as Palacios hit at an above average level at every stop on his minor league journey until his major league debut. That includes a 2021 campaign where he slashed an impressive .297/.404/.471 in 103 games split between the Double-A and Triple-A levels.

Unfortunately, things have taken a turn for the worse for Palacios in 2023, as the young infielder has failed to hit even at the Triple-A level, with a meager .217/.351/.318 slash line that’s good for a wRC+ of just 78 in 56 games with Columbus this season. Those struggles have seemingly caused the Guardians to pull the plug on Palacios, who they will now have seven days to trade or attempt to pass through waivers.

As a 26-year-old infielder with positional versatility, past success in the minors, and options remaining, Palacios seems likely to be an attractive option for infield-needy clubs on the waiver wire, though if he were to pass through waivers he would not be able to reject an outright assignment from the Guardians.

Herrin, 26, heads to Columbus after making his major league debut earlier this season. In ten appearances with the Guardians, the lefty struggled to a 6.39 ERA across 12 2/3 innings of work, allowing two home runs, five walks, and hitting a batter. Those issues with the long ball and control hampered Herrin even as he posted a solid 25.5% strikeout rate in the majors. Herrin figures to act as bullpen depth for Cleveland going forward in Triple-A, where he has posted a 3.63 ERA in 17 1/3 innings of work this season.

Those moves pave the way for the return of Morris, a 26-year-old right-hander who made an impressive big league debut with the Guardians last season. In seven appearances split between the bullpen and the rotation, Morris posted a 2.28 ERA (170 ERA+), though his 4.34 FIP indicates there may have been some good fortune in those run prevention numbers, particularly given the fact that his 12% walk rate and 35.4% groundball rate all leave something to be desired.

Still, Morris’s minor league numbers are certainly intriguing, with a career 1.68 ERA and a 37.8% strikeout rate in 80 1/3 innings of work between the Double-A and Triple-A levels. After opening the season on the injured list with a teres major strain, Morris now figures to assist the Guardians pitching staff as an option for both the rotation and the bullpen going forward, though he seems ticketed for the bullpen for the time being.

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  1. DimTillard

    4 months ago

    someone will claim him. he’s a really good buy low candidate. this definitely isn’t the last time we’ll see this name.

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    • Spaced-Cowboy

      4 months ago

      Completely agree. A Richard needs a home.

      Reply
  2. mattynokes

    4 months ago

    Despite the results, it seemed like he was always putting together good at-bats last year.

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    • getoffmylawn

      4 months ago

      I agree. With their questionable hitting at the major league level, I can’t believe they’d give up so quickly on a guy who had some impressive at-bats and seemed to have a clue at the plate, even as a rookie. Good luck to you, Richie.

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      • mattynokes

        4 months ago

        As much as I liked his efforts at the plate last year, (with a crowded 40-man roster) this does make sense. There’s just too many players who are similar and who are younger and/or have more pedigree than him.

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  3. Michael Chaney

    4 months ago

    I’m not shocked he’s getting DFAed (although you could have made a case for Tena who’d been struggling in AA before the past few weeks), but he’s a pretty solid piece.

    The positional flexibility is probably misleading because he’s not really good enough to stick in the infield anymore, but he can play the outfield corners and can handle the infield in a pinch. He doesn’t have much power but he’s got solid discipline and can give you a good at bat. He was solid for them in a pinch hitting role at times last year.

    He’s pretty redundant for the Guardians because they have enough utility guys with limited power, but for a bench guy you could do a lot worse. Hopefully he gets a shot somewhere.

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    • BrianStrowman9

      4 months ago

      Yeah, the hope is that he could be a Robbie Grossman esque player at his ceiling. High OBP 12-15 hrs with a bunch of doubles and chip in a few steals. Doesn’t have much value on D either. Sometime will prob take a flier but he was redundant in Cleveland.

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  4. solaris602

    4 months ago

    Why do I see Palacios ending up with TB or HOU and ultimately killing it?

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    • Michael Chaney

      4 months ago

      I doubt he’d end up with the Rays because they have a lot of guys with a similar profile (plus Aranda in AAA who’s pretty much a clone of Palacios but with a little better track record), but I think he can be decent in the right spot.

      A lot of teams could use a versatile bench guy so you could probably pick anywhere, but I could see him with the Giants. Farhan loves depth and something about him just makes sense there.

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  5. Indianfan

    4 months ago

    I see him as a career minor leaguer. Good move.

    Reply
    • Prospectnvstr

      3 months ago

      Wrong. He’s DEFINITELY NOT a career “Minor Leaguer”. He’s already played a partial season in the Majors. He’ll probably bounce around the minor’s & major’s for a few years. Either way he got further than I did.

      Reply
  6. Terrier1980

    4 months ago

    This is a long shot…. but the Pirates have a plethora young MLB ready 2nd baseman that have performed much better than Palacios so far this season.

    I’m really hoping this move is in anticipation of a trade for Zach Plesac who was DFA’d by Cleveland last week.

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    • ohiodevil 2

      3 months ago

      Plesac accepted assignment to AAA, I doubt they are looking to trade him, they may make the transition to the bullpen and see if he can maybe help out there.

      Reply
  7. DCartrow

    4 months ago

    Who’s gonna protect the clubhouse now that the Palacios Guardian has been let go?

    Reply
  8. Jack Buckley

    3 months ago

    Sounds like a probable pickup from the most unlikable team in sports, White Sox

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