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White Sox Sign Dan Altavilla To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | December 12, 2024 at 1:57pm CDT

The White Sox announced Thursday that they’ve signed right-handed reliever Dan Altavilla to a minor league contract. The MAS+ Agency client will be in spring training as a non-roster invitee.

Altavilla, 32, has pitched in parts of seven big league seasons but frequently dealt with injuries that have limited his amount of time on the mound. Since making his MLB debut with the 2016 Mariners, Altavilla’s laundry list of injuries includes shoulder inflammation, a pair of UCL sprains (the latter resulting in Tommy John surgery), a forearm strain and a notable oblique strain that sent him to the 60-day injured list just this past season.

In his first three seasons from 2016-18, all coming with Seattle, Altavilla pitched a combined 79 2/3 innings with a 3.28 ERA, 25.3% strikeout rate and 10.7% walk rate. He’s managed just 40 big league innings since, working to a combined 6.53 earned run average along the way. It’s not as though Altavilla has been consistently healthy in the minors during that stretch, either; he’s totaled 84 1/3 minor league frames in that time, bringing him to a total 120 1/3 frames in a span of six years.

There’s little doubt that Altavilla is talented when his arm is right. Even with his recent injury-plagued seasons weighing down his career numbers, he carries a 4.36 ERA and 26% strikeout rate in the big leagues. He pitched just 3 2/3 MLB innings with Kansas City this past season but averaged a sizzling 96.8 mph on his heater. In 41 Triple-A innings for K.C., he logged a 3.51 ERA, albeit with a 22.2% strikeout rate and 12.9% walk rate — both pedestrian marks.

The rebuilding White Sox will have plenty of room for non-roster players to compete for bullpen jobs this coming spring. Right now, the only relievers with even a year of experience in the Chicago bullpen are Justin Anderson, Jared Shuster, Steven Wilson and Ron Marinaccio. If Altavilla cracks the roster, he could log some meaningful innings and will be controllable through the 2026 campaign, as he currently has only 4.153 years of MLB service.

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17 Comments

  1. towinagain

    10 months ago

    Even the Whie Sox are signing guys.

    The Padres mantra for fans this offseason…”No Soup For You”.

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    • Jarred Kelenic's Beer Can

      10 months ago

      I mean, most of their team is under some big contracts. Kind of hard to make any more big huge adds. I bet they’re trying to bring back Kim or pivoting to Torres to shore up the middle infield though.

      Reply
    • tikiagedola

      10 months ago

      Darvish,Machado,boegarts, and others. Get over yourself, spoiled boy

      Reply
      • towinagain

        10 months ago

        Huh? “Spoiled boy”?! Hahaha. I’m dying. Is this a lost in translation insult?

        Reply
        • tikiagedola

          10 months ago

          How about not buying a ws

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        • User 42432876

          10 months ago

          Nobody buys WS every team plays the same 162

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  2. bmann300

    10 months ago

    Going to be a crowded Spring Training locker room- but as their track record shows- most likely wrong guys headed North.

    Reply
  3. Brick House Coffee Tables Inc

    10 months ago

    I’m sure he will enjoy Charlotte.

    Reply
  4. User 42432876

    10 months ago

    So he already fits into the clubhouse that’s fortunate

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  5. mlb1225

    10 months ago

    I mean, what other choice do the White Sox have? They could go out and sign Burnes, Bregman, and Alonso, the three best free agents left from MLBTR’s top 50 list, and would probably still be a 100 loss team.

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    • realsox

      10 months ago

      Nonsense.

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  6. Moneyballer

    10 months ago

    Oh snap! Now that’s a power grab.

    Reply
  7. nrd1138

    10 months ago

    “The Chairman’ really knows how to give the finger to his fan base at every turn, yet people still go to the ballpark…..

    Reply
    • cwsOverhaul

      10 months ago

      It appears fans responded in kind with lowest attendance since 1999. Just shy of 1.4 mil

      Reply
  8. Dumpster Divin Theo

    10 months ago

    This years Fedde

    Reply
  9. The Brokenheart Kid

    10 months ago

    When does Sox loss 122 happen in ’25?

    Reply
  10. MLBTR needs to hire editors

    10 months ago

    There shouldn’t be a comma before “either.”

    Reply

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