The White Sox sent infielder Vinny Capra outright to Triple-A Charlotte, the affiliate announced. Capra had never been outrighted and does not have three years of service, so he didn’t have the ability to decline the assignment. He was designated for assignment over the weekend when the Sox promoted former first-round pick Colson Montgomery.
Capra landed with the Sox on a mid-May waiver claim from Milwaukee. The out-of-options infielder spent nearly two months on Will Venable’s bench. He hit .190 with a .205 on-base percentage in 23 games. Capra was the hitter who went down looking for Clayton Kershaw’s 3000th career strikeout last Wednesday. He went 0-3 in that contest and did not make another appearance before being DFA.
A former 20th-round draft choice, Capra had made 24 appearances with the Brewers earlier in the season. This year’s 105 plate appearances are easily a career high, but the righty hitter has stumbled to a .125/.157/.177 line with just one home run (which came in his first at-bat of the season). Capra had played in the majors each season from 2022-24 but combined for 20 appearances over that stretch. The Richmond product owns a productive .271/.366/.384 batting line in nearly 1000 career Triple-A plate appearances.
Capra will look to build off that in Charlotte and earn another MLB call. The Sox have a rookie middle infield tandem of Montgomery and Chase Meidroth. Light-hitting Josh Rojas, who is the primary third baseman, owns a .180/.253/.227 slash in 52 games. The Sox would surely like to trade him in the next month, but his performance probably puts him on the roster bubble instead. There’s a clear path for Capra to play his way back to the majors. He’d reach minor league free agency at the beginning of the offseason if he doesn’t get another look on Chicago’s roster before then.
This is just a sad organization. It’s been like this for many many years with no end in sight.
JR will sell the Sox at minimum 2029, at max 2034.
2028 World Series winner!!
“Light-hitting Josh Rojas, who is the primary third baseman”
Vargas has played very well at 3B this season.
They seem hell-bent on converting Vargas into a 1st baseman.
No, they just don’t have a player good enough to play the position. Sosa is a disaster at 1B and they called up Tim Elko again today.
Vargas should be the 3B moving forward.
I’ll bet ya a dollar that they don’t agree.
If the White Sox don’t want you, you are in trouble!
Good News for My Cousin Vinny !!
Aside from all the bad baseball on a daily basis, another thing that sucks about being a fan of a losing team is that the bad players you DFA never actually go away.