Reynaldo Lopez Qhov Tseem Ceeb Tseem Ceeb Rau Nyias Dawb Sox Pitching Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm

Tau txais nrog Lucas Giolito thiab Dane Dunning hauv kev lag luam 2016 nrog Washington Nationals, Reynaldo Lopez feem ntau yog ib tug txiv neej tsis nco qab rau White Sox. Tab sis lawv yeej tsis tau ploj ntawm nws tus nqi tam sim no thiab lub peev xwm yav tom ntej, txuas ntxiv nws txoj cai txiav txim plaub xyoos sib law liag, suav nrog lub sijhawm thaum nws yog tus neeg sib tw tsis sib tw.

Lopez tau dhau los ua ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm kev sib npaug rau tus thawj coj tshiab Pedro Grifol.

Nws tsis paub meej tias Grifol thiab pitching tus kws qhia Ethan Katz yuav siv li cas 29-xyoo-laus, uas nws qhov nrawm tau nce siab tom qab nws tau tsiv mus rau bullpen puv sijhawm lub caij dhau los. Nws yog ib qho kev txiav txim siab ob qho tib si los ua kom tiav qhov khoob thaum nyob ze Liam Hendriks raug kho rau cov tsis-Hodgkin's lymphoma thiab nkag mus rau hauv kev sib hloov yog tias Mike Clevinger raug ncua lossis muab tso rau hauv kev tswj hwm so tom qab kev tshawb fawb txog kev iab liam hauv tsev.

Qhov no yog qhov tseeb: Tus Dawb Sox xav tau kev txhawb nqa loj los ntawm Lopez hauv nws lub caij taug kev thaum lawv mus rau kev cob qhia caij nplooj ntoos hlav nrog lawv cov khoom muag qis dua li lawv tau npaj tseg.

Johnny Cueto, tus Cawm Seej tom qab kos npe rau ib daim ntawv cog lus me me ua ntej lub caij dhau los, ib txwm xav tau daim ntawv cog lus loj dua li Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm Rick Hahn txaus siab muab rau nws. Cueto (Miami) thiab ntau-innings reliever Vince Velasquez (Pittsburgh) tau ncaim mus rau lwm qhov, tawm hauv Sox yuav luag 225 innings ntawm lawv.

Lawv tsuas muaj plaub ntawm lawv qhov kev sib tw sab saum toj kawg nkaus rov qab, thiab cov plaub (Dylan Cease, Giolito, Lance Lynn thiab Michael Kopech) tsuas yog 146 2/3 innings. Lub bullpen muaj qee qhov tob nrog cov qub tub rog Kendall Graven, Joe Kelly, Aaron Bummer, Jose Ruiz thiab Jake Diekman tab sis Clevinger qhov xwm txheej tsis paub tseeb dai ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm pitching.

Clevinger, uas yog 38-18 nrog 2.96 khwv tau nyiaj nruab nrab rau Cleveland hauv 2017-19, rov qab los ntawm Tommy John kev phais mus rau 4.33 ERA tshaj 114 1/3 innings rau San Diego lub caij dhau los. Hahn tau kos npe rau nws rau qhov kev pom zoo rau ib xyoos thiab kev xaiv muaj nqis txog $ 12 lab, suav nrog $ 4 lab yuav khoom rau xyoo 2024.

Clevinger tau teem sijhawm rov los koom nrog Katz, uas nws tau qhia hauv Angels 'kev sib koom ua haujlwm me. Katz hais rau Athletic nws lub hom phiaj yog kom Clevinger rov qab los ua "Tsis yog. 1 lossis No. 2 hauv koj qhov kev hloov pauv, "tab sis cov txheej txheem ntawd tseem nyob twj ywm thaum MLB txuas ntxiv kev tshawb xyuas nws tau tshaj tawm thaum lub caij 2022.

Tus Dawb Sox tau hais tias lawv tsis paub txog qhov teeb meem thaum lawv kos npe rau nws thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 29, thiab lawv tsis tau paub rau pej xeem kom txog thaum muaj kev tshaj tawm los ntawm Athletic's Brittany Ghiroli thiab Katie Strang ib lub lim tiam dhau los.

Hahn tsis zoo li yuav nrhiav kev pov hwm rau Clevinger qhov xwm txheej txawm tias nws tuaj yeem ntxiv rau cov nyiaj them poob haujlwm uas tam sim no yog $ 176 lab rau Hnub Qhib. Michael Wacha yog qhov kev xaiv zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev ua lag luam, nrog Zack Greinke, Dylan Bundy, Chris Archer, David Price, Joe Ross thiab Chad Kuhl kuj tsis tau kos npe.

Lopez koom nrog Davis Martin, Jimmy Lambert, Jonathan Stiever thiab Jason Bilous ntawm cov kev xaiv sab hauv. Tab sis nrog nws xa tawm 2.0 fWAR lub caij - nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws txij li '19 - lub caij dhau los thaum ua 60 qhov kev tshwm sim, Sox paub tus nqi Lopez tuaj yeem coj mus rau bullpen. Nws tsis muaj kev paub dhau los hauv lub luag haujlwm ze dua - thaum nws yog technically 0-rau-5 hauv kev txuag lub sijhawm dhau los, nws tau nkag mus rau qhov kev ua si hauv thib rau lossis xya innings hauv cov kev tshwm sim - thiab yuav pom tias yog kev sim cuaj-inning.

Tab sis nws puas tau npaj los ua ib qho txiaj ntsig tseem ceeb ua tus pib? Lopez qhov nrawm tau nce los ntawm nruab nrab-90s mus rau 97.1 lub caij dhau los, ua haujlwm nrog lub zog swb los tsim 0.951 WHIP thiab 4.9 tawm tsam / taug kev piv. Nws cuam tshuam curveballs (7%) thiab kev hloov pauv (5%) sparingly tab sis Fangraphs 'pitch qhov tseem ceeb ntsuas lawv raws li qhov ua tau zoo, qhia tias nws muaj qhov sib xyaw zoo dua li thaum ntxov hauv nws txoj haujlwm, thaum nws tau siv los ua tus pib.

Graveman, Kelly, Ruiz, Bummer thiab Diekman muab Grifol thiab Katz tej daim uas lawv tuaj yeem siv los ua tus thawj coj ntawm pawg thawj coj thaum Hendriks raug tso tseg. Qhov ntawd yuav tso Lopez los ua qhov tawg ntawm kev pib 30-ntxiv, zoo li nws tau ua hauv 2018 thiab '19.

Nws yog nyob ntawm nws cov thawj coj los nrhiav qhov zoo tshaj plaws haum.