The Guardians launched righty Wes Parsons, in keeping with the crew’s transaction log at MLB.com. Cleveland had every week to commerce him or run him by means of waivers after they designated for project final Friday. That got here because the corresponding 40-man roster transfer when Cleveland landed Spencer Howard in a minor commerce with the Giants.
Parsons landed in Cleveland by way of DFA commerce himself. The Blue Jays had taken him off their roster a pair weeks into the season earlier than flipping him to the Guardians for worldwide signing bonus house. Cleveland made a number of such strikes to attempt to stockpile rotation and/or lengthy reduction depth. Parsons didn’t wind up enjoying a lot of a job, as he pitched simply twice in April. The 31-year-old tallied 4 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts.
Cleveland in any other case saved Parsons on elective project to Triple-A Columbus. He tossed 25 2/3 innings throughout 12 appearances, 5 of which he began. Parsons turned in a 4.21 ERA whereas putting out a superb 29.3% of opponents. But he additionally walked an untenable 17.1% of batters confronted, the second straight season wherein he’s struggled to throw strikes on the Triple-A stage. Parsons has been on the briefly inactive checklist for round a month and final pitched with Columbus on June 12.
