The bear is released Chris Flexenas first reflected on the MLB.com transaction log. Chicago has designated him for the mission last week. MLBTR learned that Flexen refused a thorough task, thus freeing the task. As a player with over five years of service, Flexen will collect the remainder of its 1.5mm salary.
Flexen signed a minor league contract for offseason and was called in late April. It worked very well in the initial sense. The 31-year-old fired 0.65 ERA in 28 innings in the first two months. Flexen’s 13.5% strikeout rate and pre-2025 track record show he’s in line for a major comeback. That arrived in July, when the opponent blasted six home runs and marked him as 15 innings (13 gains) until 15 2/3 innings. He allowed multiple runs in each of the last four games.
The bear pulled the plug last week. Flexen ended his organizational tenure with an average score of 3.06 in 43 2/3 innings. Estimators like Siera, FIP and Xera all think his true level is closer to allowing five runs every 9 times – essentially he released a 160-inning 4.95 ERA for White Sox a year ago.
Flexen is able to record multiple locals from the bullpen or as a rotation depth recovery. It would at least make him interested in minor league contracts, which is not a problem he found in major league contracts. In the last few months, a signing team would pay him only $760,000 in the league minimum. This will be subtracted from the Bear’s promise.
