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Reds Designate Owen White For Assignment

By Darragh McDonald | January 29, 2025 at 5:15pm CDT

The Reds announced that they have designated right-hander Owen White for assignment. That opens a roster spot for left-hander Taylor Rogers, who has now been officially acquired from the Giants.

White, 25, has never suited up for the Reds. He was drafted by the Rangers and spent his entire career in that organization until they designated him for assignment last month. The Reds acquired him in early January, sending cash considerations to Texas, but have now quickly bumped him off the roster. He will be in DFA limbo for a week at most, during which time the Reds will see if they can trade him or pass him through waivers. The waiver process takes 48 hours so any trade talks would need to come together in the next five days.

It’s certainly possible other clubs are interested, just as the Reds were, hoping for a bounceback. White’s recent results haven’t been great but he is not too far removed from being one of the top pitching prospects in the game.

The Rangers took him with a second-round pick in 2018, though Tommy John surgery and the pandemic pushed his professional debut to 2021. Once able to take the hill in the minors, he put up good numbers. Over the 2021 and 2022 seasons, he threw 115 2/3 innings, allowing 3.42 earned runs per nine. His 34.1% strikeout rate was huge, while his 7.5% walk rate was also a strong mark.

He was a consensus top 100 prospect going into 2023 but his stock has been sliding since then. He pitched seven big league innings for the Rangers over the past two years, but allowed 13 earned runs, giving him a nauseating 16.71 ERA at the moment. That’s obviously a tiny sample size but his minor league work has also been unimpressive. In 151 1/3 Triple-A innings over the past two years, he has a 5.41 ERA. That was in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League but his 17.4% strikeout rate and 11.7% walk rate were also rough numbers, suggesting it wasn’t just the environment.

For what it’s worth, the Rangers tried a bullpen move partway through 2024, with some mixed results. In 18 innings over his final 13 appearances of the year, he struck out 25.6% of batters faced. His 5.50 ERA and 12.8% walk rate in that time weren’t good numbers but the uptick in punchouts was maybe something.

White still has one option year remaining, so an acquiring club could perhaps use the 2025 to experiment without having to put him in the big leagues. It’s possible there are some clubs who would like to put him back in a starting role to chase his previous upside or others who would see an intriguing path forward in the bullpen. If he passes through waivers unclaimed, he’ll stick with the Reds as non-roster depth. He’ll know in the next week whether that’s his fate or if he’s destined to join a new club yet again.

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  1. Ignorant Son-of-a-b

    5 months ago

    What did the Rangers do to this poor guy? He was like their #1 pitching prospect for awhile, right?

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    • Seamaholic

      5 months ago

      Pitchers break.

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      • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

        5 months ago

        Pitchers brake for whom?

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    • GoGreen

      5 months ago

      I don’t think he was ever a #1 pitching prospect in the organization having been behind the likes of Leiter, Rocker, Porter, and Winn over the past few years.

      You could make a case he was the #2 pitching prospect in the organization in 2023, behind Leiter. But drafting Porter put him 3rd at best after that.

      As far as what the Rangers did to him… idk. Historically, I feel the Rangers have been inept at best in developing pitching. However, since the emergence of Chris Young, the organization seems to be making the right steps toward shedding that title. Ragans, Bradford, Rocker, and Leiter have had Major league success being drafted/developed during CY’s tenure.

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  2. RedLegJason

    5 months ago

    I love when the Reds act like they don’t have money, and then DFA guys that they traded cash for.

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    • This one belongs to the Reds

      5 months ago

      Yogi claimed cash was just as good as money, too.

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    • Dorothy_Mantooth

      5 months ago

      @Red – There was an article recently discussing this. When a lower skill level player is DFA’d and then acquired for “cash considerations”, the cash paid by the acquiring team can be as low as $1.00. I always thought it was a minimum of $50K or so, but apparently that is not the case. I’m guessing the Reds didn’t send much cash at all to acquire this guy. Maybe they’ll break even if another team takes a shot at him.

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      • Gwynning

        5 months ago

        The Mariners traded Dallas Keuchel to the Brewers last year for $1.

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  3. Gwynning

    5 months ago

    Take a flyer, AJ!

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  4. cguy

    5 months ago

    So Owen White was a deal for cash considerations-at the time. Now Taylor Rodgers at a net of $6MM is a bigger deal. What’s so hard to figure out? Huge addition to the Reds pen.. Doubt that Krall is done yet, but adding Martinez, Suter,Singer, Trevino, Lux, Hays, and Rodgers (plus Tito) not too shabby.

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    • Armaments216

      5 months ago

      I’d wager this is about it. At least until spring training when they can transfer Williamson & Aguiar to the 60-day in favor of a couple of bullpen arms. Possibly among guys they’ve already signed to minors deals.

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    • Big whiffa

      5 months ago

      I think Krall is done for now. Much better than last offseason when they actually had more money to spend ! Solid B when factoring in budget constraints

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      • Big whiffa

        5 months ago

        Forgot about Francona. I actually grade reds offseason out as an A with his addition. Nice job Krall and I’m still not a fan of his lol

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  5. Krisangels

    5 months ago

    SDP to claim

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  6. Big whiffa

    5 months ago

    Reds have 3/4 dudes I would have DFA before OWEN (throw ol momma from train voice). Any chance he makes it through waivers ??

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    • Gwynning

      5 months ago

      I don’t think so… just speaking for “us” but my Pads have a 40 Man spot or two to gamble on an arm. Slim to doubtful on clearing Waivers, in my humble opinion of course. Laters Whiffa!

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      • Big whiffa

        5 months ago

        Right. A hitters dream is to land in cincy. A pitchers, SD. Hope he gets his wish !

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        • Redsman59

          5 months ago

          Does anyone know if he could be Un-DFAed, if the Reds open a spot via trade before the 5 days are up? Just curious

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        • Big whiffa

          5 months ago

          I’ve never seen that. Once dfa he’s either traded or sent to 3A

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    • Joe It All

      5 months ago

      “Owen doesn’t have a cousin Paddy”

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