The Guardians announced on Monday afternoon that reliever Anthony Gose accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A Columbus. He cleared waivers after being designated for assignment last week.
Gose was only on the major league roster for three days. He allowed two runs while logging an inning and a third in his lone appearance. That was Gose’s first MLB work in two seasons. He tossed a personal-high 22 frames for Cleveland back in 2022, turning in a 4.71 earned run average with an excellent 30.4% strikeout percentage but a lofty 15.2% walk rate. Gose has posted similar rate stats with Columbus this season, fanning upwards of 34% of batters faced while issuing walks at a 14.3% clip.
A former outfielder with the Blue Jays and Tigers, Gose has focused exclusively on pitching for the past few seasons. He can run his fastball into the mid to upper 90s and clearly has significant bat-missing potential, though he has still yet to dial in his command consistently. Gose is out of options, so other teams passed on taking a flier. That’s to Cleveland’s benefit, as he’ll head back to Triple-A and remain on hand in case the Guards need additional lefty bullpen depth down the stretch. Gose will again have the ability to become a minor league free agent next offseason if Cleveland doesn’t call him back up before then.
Bummer. I was hoping someone would give him a shot. I imagine Cleveland will be glad to have him back in Columbus though.
Colorado has a trash bullpen and 0 lefties currently, they should have made a claim. Power stuff seems to be the only thing that plays at altitude
Seems like he has been fighting to get to the majors forever.
He’s such a great athlete. Can run like the wind, cover the outfield and has a rocket arm. I enjoyed watching him in the outfield in Toronto. It just goes to show you how hard it is to stay in the big.