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White Sox Outright Josimar Cousin

By Darragh McDonald | April 20, 2024 at 5:16pm CDT

April 20: The White Sox announced today that they’ve assigned Cousin outright to Double-A Birmingham. Cousin cannot reject the assignment as he has neither been outrighted previously in his career nor the requisite service time to do so. As such, he’ll remain with the White Sox going forward as a non-roster depth option for the club as he continues working to establish himself in stateside baseball.

April 16: The White Sox announced that they have selected the contract of right-hander Jonathan Cannon, a move that was reported yesterday. In corresponding moves, they optioned left-hander Jared Shuster to Triple-A Charlotte and designated right-hander Josimar Cousin for assignment.

Cousin, now 26, is from Cuba and played six seasons in that country’s Serie Nacional de Béisbol. He appeared in 88 games in that league, 68 starts, with a 4.80 earned run average. He struck out 15% of batters faced while walking 9.3%. The Sox signed him to a minor league deal in May, per reporter Francys Romero, with a $100K bonus.

He then tossed 55 innings in the minors last year, going from the Complex League to High-A and Double-A. He had a combined 5.56 ERA in that time as well as a 19.6% strikeout rate and 6.3% walk rate.

The Sox added him to their 40-man roster in mid-December, though the timing was unusual as it had nothing to do with minor league free agency or the Rule 5 cutoff. Speculatively speaking, it’s possible that Cousin had some kind of opt-out in his contract or maybe an overseas opportunity that the Sox wanted to prevent him from pursuing.

Cousin was optioned to Double-A Birmingham but hasn’t pitched yet this year. According to his transactions tracker at MiLB.com, he was on the minor league injured list from April 5 to April 12. The Sox will now have one week to trade him or pass him through waivers.

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28 Comments

  1. BaseballBrian

    1 year ago

    (Rodney Dangerfield voice) Tough crowd, tough crowd. First they designated Cousin, then they went after Uncle and Aunt.

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    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      1 year ago

      I don’t get it

      3
      Reply
      • BaseballBrian

        1 year ago

        I’m not surprised.

        3
        Reply
      • Dogbone

        1 year ago

        Hey dumpster, I have a question. Has a MLB team, in a 3 game series, ever NOT scored a run? And how many times might this happen to your boys, this year?

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        • Aiden Awe

          1 year ago

          They just scored btw. This comment didn’t age well lol.

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          Reply
  2. Hotdog 2

    1 year ago

    Trade Roberts for meadows and jung

    Reply
    • Redsoxx_62

      1 year ago

      No one wants P Meadows, he couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat

      2
      Reply
      • DarkSide830

        1 year ago

        LMAO at writing off a guy after 33 ABs in a season. He entered this year as a fringe top 100 guy.

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        • Redsoxx_62

          1 year ago

          He’s never been that great of a hitter in the minors, .729 career OPS, I just think he’s going to end up as a quad-A type

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          Reply
        • Hotdog 2

          1 year ago

          Ah yes. Redsox 62 knows more than evaluators

          Reply
  3. Cora the Destroya

    1 year ago

    Su cousin es mi cousin

    Reply
  4. lesterdnightfly

    1 year ago

    The Pale Hosers are dumping Cousin, and crying “Uncle”.

    Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      1 year ago

      Who’s your daddy

      Reply
  5. Emilia

    1 year ago

    Shuster was one their best bullpen arms so far. Seems natural that he would be the option.

    Reply
  6. WideWorldofSports

    1 year ago

    thought this was kendrick lamar

    Reply
  7. Dumpster Divin Theo

    1 year ago

    Cannon after Nastriani. Love it!

    Reply
  8. Monkey’s Uncle

    1 year ago

    Any relation to My Cousin Vinny?

    Reply
  9. Old York

    1 year ago

    What led to Josimar Cousin’s sudden designation for assignment after being added to the 40-man roster just a few months ago?

    Reply
    • IronBallsMcGinty

      1 year ago

      I thought Eloy was activated but I didn’t see it announced on here. Maybe that’s why?

      Reply
    • Yankee Clipper

      1 year ago

      Eloy was activated the same day (and noted under the same article) as Nastriani’s promotion. It was the other day. It was easy to miss as it was casually mentioned in the middle of the sentence discussing Nastriani’s promotion.

      Reply
  10. User 1855579867

    1 year ago

    Designate anyone with earrings.

    Reply
  11. Atlanta Jack

    1 year ago

    Chris you were right to go out and get better defensive players but how about players who can hit. We can’t win many games with zero runs.

    1
    Reply
  12. Atlanta Jack

    1 year ago

    This team might challenge the 1962 Mets 40-120 Record. It’s going to be a long season for sure.

    1
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    • Aiden Awe

      1 year ago

      Remember that the A’s started 10-45 and still failed to reach 120 lose mark. The only reason why Sox started 3-17 is Robert and Yo-yo injured.

      Reply
  13. Atlanta Jack

    1 year ago

    Mendick just hit his eighth Home Run.why is he not up tomorrow?

    2
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    • Aiden Awe

      1 year ago

      Danny Mendick wasn’t bad for them in 2022. I wouldn’t mind if they send Sosa down. Anyone doing well offensively in AAA the White Sox should call the scrups. Grossman is one of them.

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      Reply
  14. msqboxer

    1 year ago

    What is the projected date of Gridol’s firing?

    1
    Reply
  15. Atlanta Jack

    1 year ago

    Midnight.

    2
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