White Sox acquire reliever German from Red Sox for Minors righty

CHICAGO — The White Sox acquired bullpen depth on Friday by buying and selling for right-handed reliever Franklin German from the Red Sox in trade for Minor League right-hander Theo Denlinger. To make room for German on the 40-man roster, Chicago designated right-hander Jason Bilous for task.

The White Sox 40-man roster is full.

German, 25, was named the Red Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2022 after producing a 5-2 report with a 2.72 ERA, seven saves, 64 strikeouts (11.6 per 9 innings pitched) and a 0.91 WHIP in 43 aid appearances (49 2/3 innings) with Double-A Portland and Triple-A Worcester. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound German, who was designated for task by Boston on Jan. 30, allowed eight runs in 4 innings over 5 appearances on the massive league stage with the Red Sox in ’22.

He joins a gaggle competing to fill out the aid crew throughout Pedro Grifol’s first season as supervisor. The bullpen locks seem like Kendall Graveman, Joe Kelly, Reynaldo López and Jimmy Lambert from the proper aspect, with José Ruiz additionally within the combine. Liam Hendriks, probably the greatest closers within the recreation, has been sidelined as he continues remedy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

From the left aspect, the White Sox function Aaron Bummer and Jake Diekman. Garrett Crochet would even be a southpaw lock, however he has been rehabbing his method again from Tommy John surgical procedure carried out previous to the beginning of the 2022 season.

Denlinger, 26, completed 2-2 with a 4.47 ERA and 66 strikeouts in 40 appearances (48 1/3 innings) final season between stops at High-A Winston-Salem and Double-A Birmingham. He was chosen by the White Sox within the seventh spherical of the 2021 Draft out of Bradley University. Denlinger is a novel story in that he’s additionally an completed blacksmith and often called Tatanka Hok Shi-La, which interprets as Buffalo Boy and is his title as an adopted member of the Lakota Sioux.