The Guardians announced that they have selected left-hander Anthony Gose to their roster. He had recently elected free agency but re-signed with the club on a minor league deal, per his transactions tracker at MLB.com. Lefty Logan Allen was optioned in a corresponding move. The club already had a 40-man vacancy and won’t need to make a corresponding move in that regard.
Gose, 34, has been on and off the Cleveland roster all year. This is the third time his contract has been selected. Since he is out of options, the two previous stints resulted in him being designated for assignment fairly quickly. The first instance resulted in him accepting an outright assignment. The second time, as mentioned, he elected free agency but quickly re-signed on a fresh minor league pact.
A former outfielder, Gose switched to pitching a few years ago. Perhaps unsurprisingly for a late convert, control has been an issue but he has racked up some tantalizing strikeout numbers. In 2022, he tossed 21 innings for the Guards, punching out 30.4% of batters faced. But he also gave out walks at a 15.2% clip, leading to a 4.71 earned run average.
He required Tommy John surgery at the end of that year, which led to him missing the entire 2023 season. The Guards signed him to a two-year minor league pact, which covered that lost year as well as the current campaign. Around his transactions, he has managed to throw 39 Triple-A innings this year with a 3.46 ERA. The 15% walk rate is still high but he’s also still getting the Ks, with a 32.9% rate this year.
The Guardians have Gavin Williams and Tanner Bibee scheduled to start their next two games but then have an off-day on Thursday. By optioning Allen, they can add one extra bullpen arm to a relief mix that is fairly taxed after yesterday’s double-header. Given the way they’ve treated Gose this year, it wouldn’t be a surprise if he is designated for assignment again once the club needs another fresh bullpen arm or a fifth starter.
This guy seems to be going through Cleveland’s revolving door lol…
He comes and he Gose… You had the opportunity my guy
Guardians are awfully fickle about Gose… Poor guy.
Easy come, easy Gose…
Okay, that was pretty funny.
Will you let me go(se)?
It’s tough but that’s the life of a fringe major leaguer. It’s also worth noting that Cleveland signed him to a minor league contract for 2023, even though he had just undergone TJS and would miss the entire season rehabbing. Both parties seem invested in each other.
Treating him like a sl@vr
Wasn’t there someone on the Tigers last year who got designated multiple times as effectively their 7th starter?
We all have that b*** that keeps coming back.
Strange to hear all the negative comments. Gose is looking for any opportunity he can get to pitch in the majors. He is definitely riding the carousel between Columbus and Cleveland.. but that’s better than just being in Columbus.
He had an opportunity to sign with any team just a few days ago and he felt the best fit was staying with the Guardians organization.
I hope Gose sticks with it another year, regardless of what team. I’d love to see him have some sustained success in the majors after the crazy journey he’s had.
Here we Gose again
What’s it like shuttling between Cleveland and Columbus?
It has its ups and downs.
About 90% of the Cleveland roster should find out
Anthony Gose, human yo-yo
In other news, Logan Allen was atrocious. No right pitching on a big league roster unless he’s the BP coach.
What is Michael Martinez to Tito as Gose is to Vogt???
Gose was in the Cleveland org for 5 years under Tito.
NLBTR
“We all have that b*** that keeps coming back.
your mom”
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Different manager, same game plan. Burn out the pitchers during the season so they have sore arms for the playoffs.
It’s better to get to the playoffs by any means and take your chances than to miss the playoffs with rested arms. (Remember 2016? Would the manager have been more respected if he had rested his guys more & missed the W.S?)