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White Sox Claim Kyle Drabek
By Steve Adams [March 27, 2015 at 3:18pm CDT]
Right-hander Kyle Drabek has been claimed on waivers by the White Sox, the Blu
e Jays announced. Jon Morosi of FOX Sports tweeted minutes before the announce
ment that an unknown club had claimed Drabek, and Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi had
originally tweeted that Drabek was packing up his locker and appeared to be on
the move. Fellow righty Nate Jones has been placed on the 60-day DL to clear
a roster spot, the White Sox announced.
The 27-year-old Drabek was once regarded as one of baseball’s top 30 prospect
s by both Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus, and he was the centerpiece
of the trade that sent Roy Halladay from Toronto to Philadelphia. Injuries, h
owever, have limited much of his ability to stay on the mound since being acqu
ired by Toronto (he underwent Tommy John surgery in 2012), and he’s been inef
fective when able to take the hill. In 172 1/3 big league innings, Drabek has
a 5.27 ERA, an even more unsightly 5.41 FIP and an uninspiring 118-to-111 K/BB
ratio.
Drabek has been effective over the past two Minor League seasons, however, and
he’s had a strong Spring Training (7 IP, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K), though it’s toug
h to place too much emphasis on seven spring innings. Drabek is out of Minor L
eague options, as MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes recently noted, meaning that he’d have
to clear waivers before the Sox could send him outright to Triple-A.
The Sox may very well try to sneak Drabek through waivers, as the bullpen pict
ure already contains David Robertson, Jake Petricka, Zach Duke, Daniel Webb, Z
ach Putnam, Javy Guerra and Dan Jennings, with Maikel Cleto and Eric Surkamp a
lso serving as options.