After three less than stellar relief appearances that somehow only managed to span 1.2 innings pitched, the White Sox have decided to once more activate their revolving reliever door and sent Tyler Danish down to Charlotte. Seeing as Danish was in Birmingham a week ago, if not for a horribly depressing week in the majors, this would be viewed as a nice promotion. Instead, it’s a demotion that probably never should have been able to happen in the first place.
Right-handed reliever Michael Ynoa has been called up as his replacement and will be the 15th different relief pitcher (including J.B. Shuck) used by the Sox this year if he actually gets to throw a pitch this time (he was called up in April, but the game was rained out and he was sent right back down). Ynoa is years removed from his prospect heyday, once ranking as high as 20th in all of baseball before the 2009 season according to Baseball Prospectus. He never managed to make it past A ball as a starter in the Oakland A’s farm system before coming to the White Sox and being converted to a reliever. Ynoa’s only 24 years old, so there’s still a chance his big fastball and inconsistently dangerous curveball could turn into useful bullpen weapons but his combined numbers in AA and AAA this year make it seems like more seasoning couldn’t hurt (2.00 K/BB, 3.9 BB/9).