Sox claim RHP Yoendrys Gómez; release Greg Jones

[ChiSox59]

Per Sox Twitter. 

[chitownsportsfan]

[pcq]

Shuffling the dregs forth and back. 

[The Mighty Mite]

When will this nonsense end and we get some real Major League players.

Edited May 10 by The Mighty Mite

[WestEddy]

I wonder if he's more bullpen fodder, or AAA starting depth. Everybody in Charlotte seems to have been getting knocked around. 

[ChiSox59]

17 minutes ago, The Mighty Mite said:

When will this nonsense end and we get some real Major League players.

I'd rather them shuffle the backend of the roster than not. This is one thing Getz seems much more willing to do than Hahn. You're not going to find franchise savers on the waiver wire, but you can find useful pieces if you try. You can't if you just sit on your hands. 

[ChiSox59]

12 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

I wonder if he's more bullpen fodder, or AAA starting depth. Everybody in Charlotte seems to have been getting knocked around. 

Out of options. 

 

12 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

I wonder if he's more bullpen fodder, or AAA starting depth. Everybody in Charlotte seems to have been getting knocked around.

[WestEddy]

8 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

Out of options. 

 

Then they're going to have to make another move out of the bullpen. I'd guess Shuster or Eisert go down. 

[caulfield12]

Gomez, 25, is joining his third organization this season after the Dodgers claimed him off waivers from the New York Yankees last month. He is a combined 1-1 with a 6.28 ERA and a three-out save in nine relief appearances this season.

In 15 major league appearances over parts of three seasons, Gomez is 1-1 with a 4.88 ERA.

[Timmy U]

28 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Gomez, 25, is joining his third organization this season after the Dodgers claimed him off waivers from the New York Yankees last month. He is a combined 1-1 with a 6.28 ERA and a three-out save in nine relief appearances this season.

In 15 major league appearances over parts of three seasons, Gomez is 1-1 with a 4.88 ERA.

I can see why they’re interested. At what point do they give Coffey or Adler or Pallette or someone a chance instead of merely recycling the trash?

[WhiteSox2023]

1 hour ago, The Mighty Mite said:

When will this nonsense end and we get some real Major League players.

Damn, I thought that elite speed and defense from Greg Jones would mean something.  Guess not when you strikeout 30 times in 71 plate appearances at Charlotte.

Getz couldn’t identify a good hitter even if the cryogenically frozen head of Ted Williams thawed out and head-butted him.

Edited May 10 by WhiteSox2023

[SoxAce]

This is the type of waiver claim you bet on. A 25 year old young arm who was as high as #11 in the Yankees system just a couple of years ago. Fastball can touch 98 with movement. 

Its alot better than what they were doing originally putting waiver claims of 27-30 year old guys with little upside to go with it. He'll probably amount to little but you also never know. Getting out of New York and Los Angeles and that pressure from those good teams could help the kid. 

[Lyle Moooton]

Good claim. He has a good arm. 

[wegner]

I love it when they claim someone I have never heard of and correspondingly release someone I had no idea was in the organization.

[Jake]

Don't really know what they see in him. Righty with a slow fastball and secondaries that get hit just about as hard as his heater. No real track record of success in the minors. As minor league starter, never averaged 5 innings a start and even that short leash wasn't enough to make his numbers look very good. Control appears to be an issue.

[caulfield12]

2 hours ago, Timmy U said:

I can see why they’re interested. At what point do they give Coffey or Adler or Pallette or someone a chance instead of merely recycling the trash?

They will exhaust every option on the 40 man first, but other options are already running low...hence the churning of Greg Jones into the ether.

[nrockway]

2 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Damn, I thought that elite speed and defense from Greg Jones would mean something.  Guess not when you strikeout 30 times in 71 plate appearances at Charlotte.

Getz couldn’t identify a good hitter even if the cryogenically frozen head of Ted Williams thawed out and head-butted him.

his only contribution to the team was just further embarrassment for us: wearing another team's gear. 

[ptatc]

2 hours ago, Timmy U said:

I can see why they’re interested. At what point do they give Coffey or Adler or Pallette or someone a chance instead of merely recycling the trash?

When they decide its time to start trying. They want to make sure they get that first pick. I will guess by July we will see more wholesale changes of the young guys. They are slowly adding them.

[CWSpalehoseCWS]

1 hour ago, Jake said:

Don't really know what they see in him. Righty with a slow fastball and secondaries that get hit just about as hard as his heater. No real track record of success in the minors. As minor league starter, never averaged 5 innings a start and even that short leash wasn't enough to make his numbers look very good. Control appears to be an issue.

He was a top 30 guy in the Yankees system. His savant shows elite extension and his Curve and Sweeper seem to be above average movement-wise. At least he's 25, so maybe they have something they can work with instead of some of the other stiffs in the pen.

[Harold's Leg Lift]

If he has elite extension then he's 100% a Bannister guy.  That's the #1 thing he looks at for all pitchers.

[kitekrazy]

4 hours ago, The Mighty Mite said:

When will this nonsense end and we get some real Major League players.

when those real players agree to play here

[Tnetennba]

7 hours ago, The Mighty Mite said:

When will this nonsense end and we get some real Major League players.

Only after Jerry takes a dirt nap. It's has-been's and never-were's until then...

[caulfield12]

7 hours ago, ptatc said:

When they decide its time to start trying. They want to make sure they get that first pick. I will guess by July we will see more wholesale changes of the young guys. They are slowly adding them.

Who's REALLY left though?

Teel and maybe Ramos...who's struggling early on AND coming back from injury.

Obviously the Big 3 starters, but all indications are they're going to hold them until next 2026/May for service time.

Then Fletcher Julks DeLoach types...no more real position candidates until you get all the way down to Braden and Bonemer.

Edited May 11 by caulfield12

[bobbydanks]

Greg Jones should wear a White Sox item his next at bat and just keep the joke going. 

[Timmy U]

7 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

Who's REALLY left though?

Teel and maybe Ramos...who's struggling early on AND coming back from injury.

Obviously the Big 3 starters, but all indications are they're going to hold them until next 2026/May for service time.

Then Fletcher Julks DeLoach types...no more real position candidates until you get all the way down to Braden and Bonemer.

They have a lot of potential relievers, if they want to try to assemble an actual mlb pen. My guess is that, due to 40 man stuff, Wikelman is the next man up. Stuff plays up out of the pen. He has had 2 or 3 scoreless outings thus far in AAA. I bet he is up in 2-3 weeks. Ramos is coming on, like you said, but they are awash in RH corner types. I think Braden Montgomery is on a rocket ride up the system. He has disciplined at bats already and no one questions the tools. In the old days, he would be a potential September call up. I think his ETA is now May/June 2026. Schultz has to be added to the 40 man this offseason, so I bet we see him. Smith and Taylor, who knows? I kinda don’t want them to bring up Taylor cuz if they see him in the pen, they may want to keep him there. I think McDougal is a possible pen conversion and call up too. His 40 man clock is ticking. He throws 100 with nasty breaking stuff and control lapses. That sounds like a bullpen guy to me. Lotta guys they can cycle through.