Outfielder Joshua Palacios has been despatched outright to Triple-A Charlotte, in response to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. That signifies he cleared waivers after being designated for project by the White Sox final week. He has the proper to elect free company however the tracker doesn’t point out if he’ll achieve this.
Palacios, 29, burned his remaining choice yr in 2024. He due to this fact got here into 2025 out of choices with the Pirates. He didn’t make the Opening Day roster and finally elected free company after clearing outright waivers. He landed a minor league cope with the White Sox however was up within the huge leagues once more by April tenth.
He obtained into 51 video games for the Sox and stepped to the plate 145 occasions however produced a tepid batting line of .203/.292/.305. That obtained him nudged off the roster and he unsurprisingly has cleared waivers but once more.
Palacios has typically carried out effectively on the Triple-A stage over time, with a slash of .302/.389/.482 throughout 720 plate appearances. That has led to sporadic huge league alternatives that he hasn’t been in a position to capitalize on. Having beforehand appeared for the Blue Jays, Nationals, Pirates and now the White Sox, he has obtained 578 main league plate appearances over 5 separate seasons with a .223/.287/.349 line and 75 wRC+.
As talked about, Palacios can elect free company however would certainly be restricted to minor league presents. If he stays with the White Sox, extra outfield taking part in time ought to open up later within the yr. Mike Tauchman, Austin Slater and Michael A. Taylor are all impending free brokers, making them pure commerce candidates on a foul White Sox membership. Luis Robert Jr.’s deal has $20MM membership choices for 2026 and 2027 however these are unlikely to be picked up with the best way he’s performed over the previous yr and a half, so he’ll certainly be flipped within the subsequent six weeks for regardless of the Sox can get. The crew would additionally certainly like to unload the ultimate two and a half years of Andrew Benintendi’s contract, although it is going to be powerful to seek out one other membership keen to soak up it.
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