The White Sox have given the option of a right-wing struggle Ronaldo Lopez His alternative training was called back to the site and to the left handler Bernardo Flores Jr., According to the team’s announcement.
It’s a disappointing development for the 26-year-old Lopez but one Sox clearly didn’t feel they could avoid. Lopez was once regarded as the best overall prospect of Bezb.l and was a major shipment in the trade. Adam Eaton From Chicago to Washington D.C. He has been in the big leagues since his original bout with the Sox in August 2017.
Lopez posted a solid 3.91 ERA by 188 2/3 frames with the Sox in 2018 – his first full Major League season. However, he did so with the ugly peripheral matrix that drew him as a candidate for mass repression, and that’s what came out. Returning from opening day 2019, Lopez has 5.53 ERA and 5.18 FIP in 193 2/3 innings for the South Ciders. In 2020, he started four games but only lasted 9/3/3 innings overall. Along the way, he has scored 11 runs (nine earned) on the hit batter with 14 hits, eight moves and 10 strikeouts.
The Sox were still in rebuild mode, perhaps keeping this chalk to the ever-increasing suffering and trotting Lopez against the big league lineups. But the team’s draw-out rebuilding process has come to a conclusion, and the White Sox are now in win-now mode, making it difficult to accept, as Lopez put it yesterday. In a crucial match against division rival twins, Lopez could not escape the second inning, making three runs on four hits and a pair of moves. He used 53 pitches to record his five outs.
Even when Lopez was considered a premier future, there were some scouts who thought his final home would be in Bullpen. He has worked close to a true three-pitch mix in 2020 and, in his two recent trips, has thrown out mainly fastballs and sliders. Given his constant struggles in rotation, perhaps there will be some intrigue in the organization as to how Lopez will handle the short-relief stents that will propel him to his fastball ball velocity and focus on a two-pitch mix.
At least for the inexplicable future after Lopez exits the mix, it looks like the Sox will roll Lucas Giolito, Dallas Cachel, Dylan Siege And maybe Dan Dunning As the top four in their circulation. Carlos Roden Was said to be back over the weekend, and the Sox also have an experienced Southpaw Geo Gonzalez On fixed from a groin strain.
Flores, called in place of Lopez, could also be an option to start the game. He made 15 starts for a Chicago double-A engagement last year, with 78/3 innings with a total of 3.33 ERA, 7.9 K / 9, 1.7 BB / 9 and a 53.3 percent ground-ball rate. He hasn’t entered the big leagues yet, so whether his first appearance as a starter or coming out of ‘Penn’ will mark his MLB debut. Flores is not considered one of the system’s elite prospects, but is in the back of the top 30 in MLB.com (19) and Fenographs (27).
