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White Sox Outright Billy Hamilton

By Anthony Franco | June 14, 2023 at 7:53pm CDT

The White Sox have outrighted outfielder Billy Hamilton off the 40-man roster, according to the transactions log at MLB.com. Chicago hadn’t previously announced he was designated for assignment; the move drops the club’s 40-man count to 38.

Hamilton made three appearances, all as a pinch-runner, after the Sox selected his contract in early May. He strained his left hamstring a few days after being called up and landed on the 10-day injured list. Hamilton started a rehab stint with Triple-A Charlotte last week. He has well over five years of major league service, so the Sox would’ve had to carry him on the MLB roster or put him on waivers once he was ready to return.

They’ve chosen the latter course of action. The outright suggests Hamilton already went unclaimed. Players with three-plus years of service have the ability to decline an outright assignment in favor of minor league free agency. The team hasn’t announced whether he’ll do so. If he were to stay in the organization, he’d return to Charlotte, where he has a .158/.294/.228 line in 69 trips to the plate.

Hamilton has settled into a journeyman role late in his career. The speedster was an everyday player for the Reds for a half-decade but has appeared for seven different clubs (including two separate stints with the White Sox) going back to the start of the 2019 campaign. While he has a .205/.262/.288 slash in 549 MLB plate appearances over the last five years, he’s stolen 49 bases on 58 attempts during that stretch.

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  1. Ejemp2006

    4 months ago

    Yes! Welcome to Detroit, the new Mr Tiger, Billy Hamilton!
    Its been a long, too long, courting period, and now we have you all ourselves.
    Comerica. Oh, that spacious centerfield, we made it just for you.

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    • WestVillageTiger

      4 months ago

      The Tigers could sure use another outfielder who can reliably catch and throw the ball. Just sayin’…

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  2. AdmiralPatton

    4 months ago

    I think he’s the new Terrance gore at this stage of his career

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    • LarsAnderson

      4 months ago

      Al Gore.

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    • Cohen’sLastWhiteTooth

      4 months ago

      You stole my assessment!!! Pox on you

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    • paleobros

      4 months ago

      Gore Vidal

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    • cornwhisperer

      4 months ago

      Leslie Gore

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  3. Cohen’sLastWhiteTooth

    4 months ago

    On the topic of Hamiltons. Anthony Hamilton costs 150k-300k to book for your personal event. “The Point of it All” and “Watermelon, Chicken, and Gritz” are classics but come on!

    I know this probably reads like Klingon to baseballs largest demographic, but Charlene and Cool cross all borders.

    In conclusion, Billy Hamilton has become Terrance Gore 2.0. Just took him a little longer to get there.

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    • Carlcarlson

      4 months ago

      Wish I had the cash. He’s great.

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    • cornwhisperer

      4 months ago

      I believe Tom Hamilton and his band Aerosmith would cost you more. Unsure if any of the guys can play outfield, however

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  4. Dumpster Divin Theo

    4 months ago

    Billy! Billy! Billy!

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  5. This one belongs to the Reds

    4 months ago

    Maybe I am sentimental, but I hope Billy gets another shot somewhere.

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    • El Duderino

      4 months ago

      Agreed. I always had hoped he would learn to bunt well because he couldn’t really hit.

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      • schellis 2

        4 months ago

        Billy just needed a manager that forced him to do push ups every time he hit the ball in the air.

        If Hamilton could hit .260/.320 OBP he’d have been a elite player with his speed.

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        • El Duderino

          4 months ago

          The Willie Mays Hayes treatment where he does the push-ups at the plate, eh?

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        • avenger65

          4 months ago

          I wish he could have learned how to hit because not only is he super fast, he’s also a terrific outfielder thanks to his speed. On the left field wall at Comiskey is written “The Catch”. It’s there for another reason but it could well be for the amazing catch Hamilton made there in 2020, I believe.

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        • Dumpster Divin Theo

          4 months ago

          No ma’am. That was in July ‘21 against the Twins in the mud.

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  6. BforBrad

    4 months ago

    Guy cost himself millions by not learning to bunt. It seemed so simple.

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      4 months ago

      If bunting successfully was so easy to learn and execute, don’t you think pitchers pre-DH would all be doing it? Same for hitters with speed.

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      • SocoComfort

        4 months ago

        Yea pitchers are such great athletes with speed. Drag bunting is different than a sac bunt. Pitchers were never going to try bunting for a hit bc one has to hustle down to first to get the hit. Pitchers mostly were conserving their energy for the mound and trotting to first

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    • Ejemp2006

      4 months ago

      I cost my present self millions by not learning to code in 1992. Instead I spent my time watching Cecil smack ding dongs. I am costing my future self billions by not learning to use ChatGPT right now. Instead I am here pining about my Billy Sweet Billy boy playing center in Comerica.
      Anyone free of sin please be first to judge my Billy for no learning bunts.

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  7. Mookie Mantle

    4 months ago

    Anyone remember Herb Washington?Billy is on that track,literally.A track star with no baseball talent.At least he’s a good defender

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    • pharmorlover

      4 months ago

      True story about Herb.. by the way I have his 1975 baseball card . So I was eating at a McDonald’s years back enjoying my Big Mac. I was wearing a 1976 Pat Kelly jersey which had some mustard stains on it from the old comiskee park . So I was down to my last bite when Herb walked in. I didn’t know that he was the proud owner of several McDonald’s. He sat down next to me and he even gave me some coupons for free cookies. Boy the memories!

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