The Guardians re-signed righty Zak Kent to a minor league contract yesterday, the group introduced. Cleveland had launched him a pair weeks after designating him for project on June 29 because the corresponding transfer for the Matthew Boyd signing.
Kent has not pitched in Triple-A since April 14. The group introduced yesterday that he’s battling a pressure in his throwing elbow and is occurring the minor league injured checklist. Gamers can’t be positioned on outright waivers whereas they’re damage. The Guardians might solely commerce or launch Kent as soon as they’d designated him for project. The damage meant there’d be no commerce curiosity, so Cleveland needed to launch him. After a pair weeks available on the market, the VMI product returns to the group with out occupying a spot on the 40-man roster.
The 26-year-old Kent is making an attempt to achieve the large leagues for the primary time. He was taken by the Rangers within the ninth spherical of the 2019 draft. Kent pitched his strategy to Triple-A by the top of the ’22 marketing campaign and secured a spot on the 40-man roster as Texas determined to maintain him out of the Rule 5 draft. That put Kent on the doorstep of the large leagues, however he has spent many of the previous two seasons on the injured checklist. He was restricted to 34 innings throughout 10 begins in Triple-A a yr in the past and has pitched simply thrice this season.
Cleveland acquired Kent on Opening Day in a deal that despatched worldwide signing bonus house to Texas. Whereas the elbow difficulty price him his spot on the 40-man, he stays of curiosity to the Guards’ entrance workplace as a depth starter. Kent has a 3.99 ERA with an above-average 26.7% strikeout proportion over elements of 5 seasons within the minors.
