The White Sox introduced that right-handers Prelander Berroa and Juan Carela would require Tommy John surgical procedure within the coming days. Each pitchers will subsequently miss all the 2025 season and sure a part of 2026 as nicely. James Fegan of Sox Machine was amongst these to relay the information.
Berroa, 25 in April, got here to the White Sox from the Mariners final February as a part of the Gregory Santos commerce. He spent the 2024 season getting shuttled between the majors and Triple-A. He tossed 19 innings within the massive leagues with a 3.32 earned run common. His 31.3% strikeout price was big however he additionally gave out walks at a regarding 15.7% clip. In his 46 1/3 Triple-A innings, he had a 6.41 ERA, 22.5% strikeout price and 16.1% stroll price.
The management is an apparent flag however the substances are attention-grabbing. Berroa averaged over 97 miles per hour on each his four-seamer and his sinker final yr, whereas additionally throwing a slider that averaged 87.7 mph. He was wild with the White Sox but additionally capable of rack up strikeouts. His Triple-A numbers weren’t pretty much as good however that appears to be an outlier. From 2021 to 2023, he threw 264 2/3 minor league innings with a 3.13 ERA, 34.9% strikeout price and 14% stroll price.
Ideally, Berroa would have used the 2025 season to proceed harnessing his highly effective arsenal. As a substitute, he’ll must miss all the marketing campaign and maybe a part of subsequent season as nicely. He presently has 45 days of service time. Assuming the White Sox put him on the 60-day injured checklist sooner or later, he’ll get a full yr of service time and can be 26 subsequent April, across the time when he must be getting wholesome.
Carela, 23, has but to make his main league debut and hasn’t pitched on the Triple-A stage both. He was simply added to the 40-man roster in November to maintain him out of the Rule 5 draft. He got here to the Sox from the Yankees by way of the 2023 Keynan Middleton commerce. From 2021 to 2024, he tossed 371 2/3 innings within the minors with a 4.12 ERA, 26.8% strikeout price and 10.1% stroll price.
The numbers have been good however he solely simply reached Double-A in August of final yr, getting seven begins there. It might have been nice for him to spend 2025 persevering with to work in the direction of the majors and dealing his means into the rotation depth combine, however that must be placed on pause till a while subsequent yr.
The White Sox optioned him to Double-A earlier right this moment, an comprehensible transfer. As talked about, he solely simply reached that stage late final yr. They’ll probably preserve him on the minor league injured checklist for now. In the event that they needed to open up a 40-man roster spot sooner or later within the season, they might recall Carela and place him on the large league 60-day IL, although doing so would require giving Carela main league pay and repair time.
