{"id":48851,"date":"2025-04-16T22:28:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T22:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48851"},"modified":"2025-04-16T22:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T22:28:27","slug":"white-sox-designate-mike-clevinger-for-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48851","title":{"rendered":"White Sox Designate Mike Clevinger For Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header>By Darragh McDonald | <time datetime=\"2025-04-16T14:40:04-05:00\">April 16, 2025<\/time> at <time datetime=\"2025-04-16T14:40:04-05:00\">2:40pm CDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p>The White Sox announced that they have selected the contract of right-hander <strong>Steven Wilson<\/strong>. In a corresponding move, fellow righty <strong>Mike Clevinger<\/strong> has been designated for assignment. The Sox also announced that righty <strong>Justin Anderson<\/strong>, who was designated for assignment last week, has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p>Clevinger, 34, had some good years as a starter but never seemed to get back on track after Tommy John surgery. From 2017 through 2020, he posted a 2.96 earned run average and 28% strikeout rate across 489 1\/3 innings in the majors. But he missed 2021 while recovering from TJS and hasn\u2019t been able to get the punchouts back. From 2022 to 2024, he had a 4.20 ERA and 19.4% strikeout rate.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, he lingered unsigned into April before signing a $3MM deal with the White Sox. After a ramp-up period, he joined the club in May, making four starts before landing on the injured list with elbow inflammation. In July, he underwent season-ending disc replacement surgery in his neck.<\/p>\n<p>Going into 2025, the Sox re-signed him via a minor league deal with the plan of trying him out in the bullpen. He tossed six scoreless innings in the spring and cracked the Opening Day roster but the regular season hasn\u2019t been kind to him. So far, he has made eight appearances but logged just 5 2\/3 innings. He has struck out three opponents but issued eight walks and allowed five earned runs.<\/p>\n<p>It seems the Sox have decided to quickly pull the ripcord on the experiment. Given his poor results and $1.5MM salary this year, it\u2019s unlikely there will be much interest from other clubs around the league. As a player with at least five years of service time, Clevinger has the right to reject an outright assignment and elect free agency while keeping his salary in place. Unless he wants to report to Triple-A Charlotte and continue the relief experiment, he seems likely to be a free agent at some point in the next week.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson, 30, was outrighted off the club\u2019s roster in February. That left him to start the season in Triple-A, which has gone well so far. He has thrown 5 1\/3 innings with one earned run, ten strikeouts and one walk. His big league track record consists of 140 2\/3 innings between the Padres and White Sox with a 4.03 ERA, 24.2% strikeout rate and 12.2% walk rate. He still has a full slate of options, so he\u2019ll give the Sox an extra bullpen arm with some roster flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson has hit the three-year mark in terms of service time, which gives him the right to reject his outright assignment. However, since he has less than five years, he would have to forfeit his remaining salary to elect free agency. He and the Sox avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $900K salary this year. Presumably, he\u2019ll want to keep that coming and will report to Triple-A Charlotte. He\u2019ll give the Sox some non-roster depth and try to work his way back to the big leagues.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy of Ken Blaze, Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>View Comments (34)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White Sox appear to be giving up on the Mike Clevinger bullpen experiment. 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