The White Sox have launched right-handed reliever Dan Altavilla, per the transaction log at MiLB.com. He’d been on a minor league deal and pitching with their Triple-A affiliate in Charlotte.
Altavilla, 32, boasts a pointy 2.49 ERA in 21 2/3 frames with the Knights this season, together with a current run of 11 2/3 shutout innings. He’s fanned solely 19.8% of his opponents towards a bloated 11% stroll charge, nevertheless it’s been a pleasant run of run-prevention for the journeyman righty, who’s averaging a hearty 96.1 mph on his four-seamer in Charlotte whereas yielding a lowly 24.6% hard-hit charge.
A veteran of seven main league seasons, Altavilla did his finest work early in his profession with the Mariners. From 2016-18, he pitched to a tidy 3.28 earned run common with a 25.3% strikeout charge and 10.7% stroll charge over 79 2/3 frames. Persistent accidents have restricted Altavilla’s time on the sphere, nevertheless. He’s managed solely 40 whole huge league innings since that early run with Seattle.
Flexor strains in each 2018 and 2019 shortened two of Altavilla’s seasons with the Mariners. He struggled to a 5.52 ERA within the latter marketing campaign and in 2020 was included alongside Austin Nola and Austin Adams within the lopsided commerce that despatched Andres Munoz, Ty France, Luis Torrens and Taylor Trammell from San Diego to Seattle. Altavilla then underwent Tommy John surgical procedure in 2021, which worn out practically all of his 2021-22 seasons.
Altavilla made a short huge league return with the 2024 Royals, tossing 3 2/3 innings for Kansas Metropolis. He was tagged for six runs in that brief look and subsequently designated for task. The previous fifth-round choose spent the remainder of the 2024 season with the Royals’ high minor league affiliate in Omaha, the place he logged 41 innings with a 3.51 ERA, a league-average 22.2% strikeout charge and a heavy 12.9% stroll charge. The speed stats had been shaky, however the mixed 44 2/3 frames between Triple-A and the majors had been essentially the most Altavilla had pitched in a season since 2019.
There’s no indication that Altavilla is coping with any type of damage in 2025. He pitched for the Knights only a few days previous to his launch and tossed a scoreless inning. As was the case in 2024, Altavilla’s charge stats are a bit wobbly, however he’s throwing arduous, limiting arduous contact and holding runs off the board. That ought to earn him a brand new alternative earlier than lengthy.
