The Guardians are poised to pick out left-hander Joey Cantillo to the large league roster at the moment, in keeping with Paul Hoynes of Cleveland.com. Per Hoynes, Cantillo is anticipated to begin at the moment’s sport towards the Phillies reverse lefty Kolby Allard. The corresponding transfer to make room for Cantillo on the membership’s energetic roster will not be but recognized.
Cantillo, 24, was a Sixteenth-round choose by the Padres within the 2017 draft and was flipped to Cleveland through the shortened 2020 season as a part of the package deal that introduced Mike Clevinger to San Diego. Following the 2022 season, the Guardians added Cantillo to their 40-man roster forward of that winter’s Rule 5 draft, although he’s not but made his large league debut after reaching Triple-A for the primary time final yr. The lefty struggled in his first style of Triple-A motion with a 4.64 ERA regardless of a 26.1% strikeout charge in 95 innings of labor on the stage, thanks primarily to an elevated 12.9% stroll charge.
The lefty entered 2024 hoping to place these struggles behind him, although a hamstring pressure close to the top of Spring Coaching wound up costing him the primary two months of the common season this yr. Regardless of the late begin to his season, Cantillo has seemed significantly better in eight appearances (seven begins) in his return to Triple-A this yr, posting a superb 2.79 ERA over 29 innings whereas placing out a whopping 30.2% of batters confronted. Sadly, these spectacular strikeout numbers include a good ghastlier stroll charge than final yr — a whopping 14.7%. That lack of command over the strike zone might complicate Cantillo’s future within the majors if he continues to be unable to harness his stuff.
For now, nevertheless, Cantillo is poised to begin towards the Phillies later at the moment. It’s not at present clear if Cantillo will stay within the membership’s rotation or if he’ll return to Triple-A after the spot begin, although with each Triston McKenzie and Logan Allen already optioned to the minor leagues because of lackluster efficiency, the Guards are operating low on choices to fill out its rotation combine behind Tanner Bibee, Gavin Williams, Ben Energetic, and Carlos Carrasco. The Guardians might give Cantillo an extended look of their rotation combine, notably within the occasion that they don’t add one other starter previous to the July 30 commerce deadline.
