The Diamondbacks sent infielder Luis Guillorme outright to Triple-A Reno, according to the MLB.com transaction log. Arizona designated the defensive specialist for assignment last week when Lourdes Gurriel Jr. returned from the injured list.
Arizona signed Guillorme to a big league deal a month ago. He appeared in 18 games with the Diamondbacks and logged 47 trips to the plate. Guillorme drew 11 walks while only striking out eight times, but he hit .162 with two extra-base hits (both doubles). The Snakes were his third team of the season, as Guillorme made nine appearances with the Braves and suited up 50 times for the Angels. He’s hitting .205/.301/.273 over 187 trips to the plate.
The Venezuela native had played parts of six seasons with the Mets before this year. Guillorme provided versatility and solid defense off the bench but never hit enough to be a regular. He ran a .261/.344/.333 slash in a little more than 800 plate appearances before being non-tendered last winter.
Guillorme has the ability to decline an outright assignment in favor of free agency. It seems likelier he’ll stick around as non-roster depth in case Arizona deals with injuries in the infield during the postseason. Reno will play for the Pacific Coast League championship this week, so Guillorme could elect to report and log a few games while awaiting the big league team’s hopeful playoff run. He’ll be eligible for minor league free agency at the start of the offseason if he accepts the outright assignment.
He seems more likely to be on a Wild Card series roster as a 14th position player than their 13th pitcher. Does he have to wait the 10 day minimum to be recalled to a playoff series if there is no injury?
Only 33% below league average. Still pretty good, given that other big names like Anthony Rendon (68), Kris Bryant (70), Ke’Bryan Hayes (59), DJ LeMahieu (52) have similar or lower wRC+ numbers.