White Sox announced they have chosen the catcher’s contract Kyle Teelthe action reported yesterday. In the corresponding active lineup, other catchers Cory Lee Has been selected as Triple-A Charlotte. Open a 40-person position, right-handed Ryan Cusick Has been assigned as a job.
Two days ago, Cusick, 25, was just exempted. While it might seem strange to catch the player and then quickly cut the player, Sox hopes he will clear the save this time, which is possible. Cusick started A’s this season but was abandoned by the club a week ago. He was declared by the Tigers that it was the best record team in baseball and therefore was the last waiver priority. This means that 28 other teams except the A and the Tigers passed.
The Tiger then put him back on the immunity, but the White Sox just opened a roster Miguel CastroThis time he claimed he suffered a knee injury at the end of the season. Now that Cusick is back on the wire again, he may be unclaimed. Tiger recovered cusick Parker Meadow Starting from 60 days of IL, they also recovered Sawyer Gibsontighten their roster, perhaps allowing them to lessen their ability to ask for Cusick again.
If he does indeed pass the exemption, Sox will retain his previous first-round pick. Atlanta grabs Cusick 24th in 2021 and then turns him to part of A Matt Olson Trading a few months later. A tried to develop Cusick as a starter without success. He dropped 143 innings in the 2022 and 2023 underage seasons, lacking time due to injury and posted a running average of 5.60 in this range.
Half of the 2024 season, he was moved to a relief role and showed some conspiracy there. His last 26 innings of the year resulted in a 1.73 ERA. In this span, 11.8% of the opponents walking were not ideal, but he recorded strikeouts with 28.2% of the clips. That was enough to get A’s idea snapped up in the Rule 5 draft, so they gave him a 40-man spot in November.
He can’t do well in 2025, or at least not yet. He had an ERA of 6.75 innings in 14 2/3 that started the season, with only 13 walks to 11 strikeouts. In recent weeks, he has begun traveling through the exempted wires. The next few days will reveal whether he will stick to the white sock system or be asked again.
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