The White Sox launched Jared Walsh from his minor league contract, based on the MLB.com transaction log. The previous All-Star first baseman heads again to free company.
Walsh broke camp with the Rangers whereas Nathaniel Lowe was injured. The lefty hitter turned in a .226/.317/.321 line in 60 plate appearances spanning 17 video games. Texas designated Walsh for task and despatched him again to free company as soon as Lowe was prepared for reinstatement. The White Sox signed him every week later and despatched him to Triple-A Charlotte.
Whereas it was a wise depth pickup, Walsh hasn’t produced in opposition to minor league pitching during the last couple months. He has gone down on strikes at a 36.9% clip. Even with a strong 12.1% stroll price and eight dwelling runs, the whiffs resulted in a meager .185/.289/.415 slash. That wasn’t going to be sufficient to earn a glance even on a transparent rebuilding crew.
Walsh was a middle-of-the-order presence for the Angels between 2020-21, connecting on 29 homers within the latter marketing campaign. He hasn’t been the identical participant over the previous three years. That’s largely on account of harm, as Walsh’s ’22 season was reduce brief by thoracic outlet syndrome. He has struggled to make contact in opposition to each MLB and Triple-A pitching since returning. Walsh fanned at a near-35% clip in Triple-A with the Angels final season. He has struck out greater than 37% of the time within the majors for the reason that begin of final season, hitting .159/.250/.293 over his most up-to-date 176 huge league plate appearances.
