The White Sox have released right-hander Daniel Ponce de Leon, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com.
Ponce de Leon, 31, had signed a minor league deal with the Sox in April and has been pitching for the Triple-A Charlotte Knights. He had been working largely out of the rotation for them, starting seven of his eight appearances this year. Unfortunately, the results weren’t good, as he posted an ERA of 9.99 in 24 1/3 innings. He struck out just 14.5% of batters faced while walking a huge 18.3%.
The righty has some major league experience, which came with the Cardinals from 2018 to 2021. He tossed 147 2/3 innings over those campaigns, registering a 4.33 ERA with a solid 23.9% strikeout rate but a 12.7% walk rate. Since that time, he’s bounced around to various farm systems but hasn’t been able to get into a good groove. He spent all of 2022 in Triple-A, pitching at that level for the Mariners, Nationals and Tigers. But he had a combined 6.52 ERA in 116 innings for those clubs on the year.
Ponce de Leon will now be free to explore and discover his next landing spot. Though he hasn’t been at his best for a few years, he at least has some decent major league outings on his résumé. With various clubs around the league dealing with significant pitching injuries, perhaps he will find a port of call with another organization in the near future.
If only he could find his way to a Florida team
Exploration joke. Can’t wait for this dude to be out of the league. Probably second behind Chris Martin and the Coldplay jokes every time he does something.
Bryan Woo and Ric Flair is fine…for now
What about Fernando Abad and Ian Anderson?
I haven’t seen too many of those. The decline in these terrible jokes is one of the many silver linings of declining birth rates. Fewer dads means fewer dad jokes.
Don’t have to be a dad to make Abad joke.
“Tears in my eyes chasing Ponce de Leon’s soul”
This guy is several hundred years old so it’s not surprising to see he’s not much of a baseball player anymore. He should go back to exploring by traveling in his rv. Just to old to be on his feet much.
Let me tell you something. When Ponce looked in that mirror and saw that he hadn’t changed, and that tear started to roll down his cheek? … I lost it.
One for Rochelle, Rochelle, please.
When I watched that film, I had to Cry, Cry Again
There was that strange woman dancer at the end. She appeared to be injured or something.
He found the Fountain of Useless
Fountain of youthuck.
He’ll explore other possibilities and search for another opportunity.
He may not have found the fountain of good pitching but he’s got the Earl Scheib 9.99 ERA.
You know you aren’t good when a trash team like the ChiSox releases you. Sign with a team from Japan or Korea and get your career back on track.
If the Sox are going to let go of all the trash they signed in the off-season, there should be stampede warnings in Charlotte.
I always thought he had good potential but was never able to keep the ball in the strike zone enough . He has been through a lot . Hope he gets aanother chance and does well
He can join Keuchel, Bumgarner and Arrieta as pitchers who completely lost their ability to throw a ball effectively in a matter of weeks.
Jays need depth at triple a in the rotation. See if Pete Walker can work his magic on him.
I think this is a good thing. It paves the way for Pomce se Leon to head to KC, where they have the FOUNTAIN @ Kaufman Field, while the Royals are undergoing a bit OF a YOUTH movement. He can finally find whaat he has always been searching for…
If the White Sox release you, time to retire