The White Sox have designated Santos Rodriguez for assignment in a move designed to clear a roster spot for newly signed reliever Scott Downs, tweets Scott Merkin of MLB.com. Rodriguez is a 26-year-old client of MDR Sports Management.
The tall southpaw reliever had a nice start to his 2013 campaign in Double-A, where he posted a 2.35 ERA in 23 innings. Things went south upon his mid-season ascent to the highest minor league level, however. In his first extended run at Triple-A, Rodriguez threw 24 2/3 innings of 7.30 ERA ball, registering 13.1 K/9 but posting a troubling 9.9 BB/9.
Happy Birthday Santos
This is the kind of guy Frank Wren signs and he turns into Eric O’Flaherty.
That’s kind of ironic, seeing how Frank Wren traded Santos Rodriguez to the White Sox as part of the Javier Vazquez deal five years ago.