CHICAGO — The White Sox added one other pitcher to their 2024 combine within the type of a one-year cope with right-hander Chris Flexen. The settlement is for $1.75 million and consists of as much as $1 million in efficiency bonuses, a supply informed MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand.
Flexen, 29, posted a 6.86 ERA over 29 video games (16 begins) between stops with the Mariners and Rockies in ’23. He completed with 74 strikeouts towards 38 walks and 133 hits allowed over 102 1/3 innings.
In ’21, after spending the earlier season pitching for Doosan within the KBO, Flexen posted a 14-6 document with a 3.61 ERA over 31 begins for the Mariners. He adopted up that effort with an 8-9 mark and three.73 ERA in 33 video games (22 begins) for Seattle in ‘22, together with the one two saves of his profession.
The addition of Flexen leaves the White Sox with a possible beginning pitching pool of Dylan Stop, Michael Kopech, Touki Toussaint, Michael Soroka, Erick Fedde, Flexen and Jared Shuster. These final 4 pitchers had been acquired by basic supervisor Chris Getz by means of offseason trades (Soroka, Shuster) and free-agent offers (Fedde, Flexen).
Younger hurlers equivalent to Nick Nastrini, Jake Eder and Cristian Mena additionally will determine into the ‘24 White Sox rotation equation. Stop, who has two years of contractual management left, stays a high commerce goal from groups round baseball.
A few of these pitchers may find yourself within the White Sox bullpen, which is a piece in progress.
The White Sox designated catcher Carlos Pérez for task to make room for Flexen on the 40-man roster.