AP Source: White Sox land Mike Clevinger, bolster starting pitching
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox bolstered their rotation, agreeing to a one-year contract with right-hander Mike Clevinger, an individual conversant in the settlement informed The Associated Press.
The particular person spoke on situation of anonymity Monday as a result of the deal was topic to a profitable bodily.
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The 31-year-old Clevinger went 7-7 with a 4.33 ERA in 23 video games, together with 22 begins, for San Diego this yr. He missed the 2021 season after he had Tommy John surgical procedure.
Chicago is trying to bounce again from a disappointing 2022 season, when it went 81-81 and completed 11 video games again of peculiar AL Central champion Cleveland. Hall of Fame supervisor Tony La Russa stepped down in October and Pedro Grifol was employed on Nov. 1.
The White Sox bought an enormous elevate from Johnny Cueto this yr, however the 36-year-old right-hander is a free agent after going 8-10 with a 3.35 ERA in 25 appearances. Clevinger slots right into a rotation that doubtless will embody Dylan Cease, Lance Lynn, Lucas Giolito and Michael Kopech.
The transfer places the 6-foot-4 Clevinger again within the AL Central after he made his main league debut with Cleveland in 2016. He went 42-22 with a 3.20 ERA in four-plus seasons with Cleveland earlier than he was traded to San Diego in a multiplayer deal in August 2020.
Clevinger was chosen by the Los Angeles Angels within the fourth spherical of the 2011 beginner draft. He was traded to Cleveland in 2014.
Clevinger is 51-30 with a 3.39 ERA in 128 profession large league video games. He additionally has 694 strikeouts in 656 2/3 innings.
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