White Sox Rule 5 right-hander Jedixson Paez has cleared waivers and been returned to the Red Sox, per Gabrielle Starr of The Boston Herald. Chicago designated Paez for assignment earlier this week, and since Paez cleared waivers without being claimed, the White Sox had to offer him back to the Red Sox for a $50K fee.
Paez had never pitched beyond the high-A level before he made his Major League debut for the Southsiders on March 26. Unfortunately for Paez, his first taste of the Show didn’t go smoothly, as he was charged with three runs in two of his three outings. The end result was an 18.00 ERA over three total innings of work, with two homers and two walks allowed without any strikeouts.
Rebuilding teams like the White Sox often view the R5 as a way of taking fliers on young talent, and Chicago’s addition of Shane Smith in the 2024 Rule 5 Draft is a prime example of how much selections can pay off in a big way. The much more common result, of course, is that players taken from the lower minors like Paez often struggle after the big jump up to facing MLB talent. Since Rule 5 picks must stay on their new team’s active roster for the entire season in order for their rights to be officially secured, the White Sox felt giving Paez more opportunities over the next six months wasn’t going to help his development.
Paez now returns to Boston’s organization, and is likely ticketed for high-A ball or Double-A. The 22-year-old is still an interesting prospect to keep an eye on down the road, as Paez has shown outstanding command while posting a 3.22 ERA over 307 2/3 career minor league innings.
Garbage day!
I am completely shocked that a kid who hasn’t pitched above high A ball could not stick on a major league roster.
Worth a shot. Least he got a taste of the sho
Agreed and enjoyed the sarcasm of your post… Looks like the White Sox Rule 5 magic has finally worn off. Last year’s “sensational discovery”, Shane Smith, was figured out, by opposing teams, just before All Star break. He was limited through the second half & “required” an IL stint just to survive the entire season. This year, he is a complete disaster. Vasil down this year with TJ surgery. Granted, you can say that may not be a direct correlation to the Rule 5. But, he is down for the next year plus.
I had such, tempered, hopes for the Sox to be better this year. Yes, I know it’s only the beginning of the season. However, the simple mental errors this team is committing are extremely frustrating. Let alone everything else (Serenity now, Serenity now!)…. OK, I feel better, I’ll go home now.
2 starts for Shane so far. The R5 luck from the Sox last year was absolutely insane last season.
They looked much better yesterday. Like the accountability abd team unity where role players like Peters and Hill stepped up. Interesting that theyre 2-0 against old friend Dylan- showing the type of pitcher he is: great stuff but once again can’t finish 5 due to elevated pitch counts. See if they can keep it going tomorrow when we go. Go Cats!
Petition to give this dude Jhostynxon Garcia’s nickname
I wonder if they’ll take his inspirational story down from the Sox website lol.
Jedixson? My name is Jedixson? Wow!
Perfect candidate for the velocity improvement team. He’s young, had moderate success, should not have been thrown into the “fire” but such is the nature of the rule 5 draft for kids that fall between the cracks of the system. He was setup to fail. Hope it doesn’t stunt his development
I’m hoping his time in ML spring training & with the big league club was a good learning and growth experience for him. He had to know it was unlikely that he’d stick around very long.
Remember Terry Forester with the White Sox, he made the major league club, after 1 year of single a ball, he was 19 yrs old and did a good job
Justin Gonzales HR…
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He has a great arm too…
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That 1970 Appleton Foxes team had three 18-year-olds and a 19-year-old on the roster. The 18s were Forster, Bucky Dent, and Rich Gossage. The 19 was Lamar Johnson.
Not bad.