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White Sox Claim Penn Murfee

By Darragh McDonald | November 4, 2024 at 2:50pm CDT

The White Sox announced that they have claimed right-hander Penn Murfee off waivers from the Astros. The Sox also announced that righties Matt Foster and Jimmy Lambert both elected free agency in lieu of accepting outright assignments, indicating both players cleared waivers recently.

Murfee, 31 in May, posted strong results for the Mariners in 2022 and 2023. He tossed 83 1/3 innings with a 2.70 earned run average, 27.9% strikeout rate and 8.5% walk rate. Unfortunately, he’s been on ice for a while, having undergone UCL surgery in June of 2023.

Since then, he has bounced around the league, going to the Mets, Braves, Astros and now White Sox via waiver claims. He began a rehabbing in August of this year but that assignment was shut down after just one appearance with the Astros saying he had “a reoccurrence of right elbow discomfort.”

His current status is unclear but the White Sox are perhaps the team best positioned to be patient with him. They just wrapped up the worst season in the modern era of baseball and can’t be expected to return to contention any time soon. Murfee can still be retained for four more seasons and the Sox will see if they can get him back on track.

Foster, 30 in January, has thrown 119 1/3 innings in his major league career with a 4.30 ERA, 23.1% strikeout rate and 8.7% walk rate. He had Tommy John surgery in April of 2023 and has missed most of the past two years.

He could have been retained for next year via arbitration with MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projecting him for a $900K salary. However, this move indicates the White Sox didn’t want him back at that price point, nor did any of the other clubs who all passed on the chance to grab him off waivers.

Lambert, 30 this month, has thrown 99 2/3 innings for the Sox in his big league career with a 4.33 ERA, 22.1% strikeout rate and 11.3% walk rate. He exhausted his final option year in 2023 and went on to spend all of 2024 on the injured list, eventually undergoing shoulder surgery in August. He qualified for arbitration for the first time this winter and was projected for a $1.2MM salary next year but the Sox decided cut him from the roster.

Both he and Foster have at least three years of service time, which gives them the right to reject outrights assignments and elect free agency. Both players exercised their rights and will head to the open market in search of their respective next opportunities.

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  1. avenger65

    8 months ago

    What a steal! I was wondering who was going to replace Crochet.

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  2. User 2952162988

    8 months ago

    Yep, nice claim. He almost made it back from TJ surgery but Astros shut him down in September. I had wanted the Sox to claim him last year when the M’s cut him. Nice vet arm for the bullpen & potential tradeable asset.

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  3. nrd1138

    8 months ago

    Foster and Lambert did not elect free agency as much as they escaped a horrible organization. I wish them luck somewhere else.

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    • Aiden Awe

      8 months ago

      True they just denied AAA

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    • lilojbone

      8 months ago

      So young talented pitchers the Sox have in the minors don’t have someone impeding their MLB debut?

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      • Aiden Awe

        8 months ago

        Drew Thorpe and Jairo Irate from the Cease trade.

        Reply
  4. Serubian

    8 months ago

    bring back Flexen to the bullpen

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