Chicago White Sox right-hander Mike Clevinger (elbow, neck) has been pulled from his minor-league rehab assignment with an apparent setback. Clevinger was scheduled to make his fifth minor-league rehab start for Triple-A Charlotte last Tuesday after recently suffering a setback due to neck stiffness. Last Tuesday's rehab start was his third minor-league outing since his neck injury, but he apparently is now dealing with yet another setback. The 33-year-old veteran hasn't been good in six starts with Charlotte, either, allowing 13 earned runs on 27 hits (four homers) while striking out 20 and walking seven in 21 2/3 innings. There's no timetable for Clevinger's return to the big-league rotation. In four starts in Chicago earlier this year, he went 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA and 1.94 WHIP with 15 K's in 16 innings. Clevinger belongs on the waiver wire in mixed fantasy formats.
Chicago White Sox right-hander Mike Clevinger (elbow, neck) looked good in his fourth minor-league rehab start with Triple-A Charlotte on Sunday, allowing one earned run on three hits (one homer) while walking one and striking out three in four innings of work. In Clevinger's second start since his rehab assignment was restarted due to neck stiffness, he threw 35 of his 51 total pitches for strikes. The 33-year-old isn't sufficiently stretched out, but the White Sox haven't ruled out Clevinger returning to the big-league roster for the start of the second half as he continues to build his pitch count. Either way, Clevinger is going to be a shaky streaming option for fantasy managers in deeper leagues once he rejoins the worst team in baseball from the 15-day injured list. Clevinger landed on the IL on May 28 with right-elbow inflammation.
Mike Clevinger Could Continue Build-Up In Big-League Rotation
Chicago White Sox right-hander Mike Clevinger (elbow) threw 61 pitches in 2 2/3 innings during his minor-league rehab start with Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday night. Manager Pedro Grifol said the team will find out how Clevinger is feeling on Wednesday. If he's healthy, it's possible he could be built back up on the fly in the big leagues with him making shorter starts in the White Sox's rotation. At best, the 33-year-old will be a matchup-based streamer for those in deeper fantasy leagues, but not until the second half of the season when his arm is built up more to go deeper into games. Clevinger has been sidelined since late May with right-elbow inflammation after getting a late start to the season, and he also suffered a setback due to a neck issue. He didn't look good in his first four starts before landing on the injured list, posting a 6.75 ERA.
Chicago White Sox right-hander Mike Clevinger (elbow, neck) is expected to rejoin the starting rotation on the team's next homestand. "I don't think it's going to be too long," White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said on Sunday. "He's going to come back here and get worked on. But it's not something that we feel is going to cause a lot more [missed] time." Clevinger made two minor-league rehab starts with Triple-A Charlotte but was recalled from his rehab assignment on June 26 with neck stiffness. As of Sunday, the organization was trying to figure out where he'd pitch next after his rehab start for Charlotte was rained out on Saturday. In his two rehab starts, the 33-year-old gave up seven earned runs over 7 2/3 innings, so the White Sox would like to see better results before activating him from the 15-day injured list.
Mike Clevinger Heads To Injured List With Elbow Soreness
The Chicago White Sox are placing right-hander Mike Clevinger (elbow) on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to May 25) on Tuesday due to right-elbow soreness after he was scratched from his scheduled start against the Toronto Blue Jays. With Clevinger out, the White Sox have recalled Jake Woodford from Triple-A Charlotte to make the spot start on Tuesday. The 33-year-old Clevinger got a late start to the year after re-signing with the White Sox after spring training had already started and hasn't looked very good in his four starts in 2024, going 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA and 1.94 WHIP with nine walks and 15 strikeouts in 16 innings pitched. Clevinger could be stream-worthy in deeper fantasy leagues once he returns healthy, but managers in shallow-mixed leagues can continue to ignore him. If Woodford pitches well against Toronto on Tuesday, he could stick around for another spot start.
The Chicago White Sox recalled right-hander Mike Clevinger from Triple-A Charlotte on Monday and placed right-hander Dominic Leone (back) on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to May 5) with lower-back tightness in a corresponding move. After re-signing with the White Sox late after the start of the regular season, Clevinger is finally ready to make his 2024 debut in the majors after giving up three runs on 10 hits while walking three and striking out seven in 7 1/3 innings over two minor-league starts with Charlotte. Fantasy managers should not expect him to go deep in Monday's contest, making him a poor streaming option in his first start of 2024. The 33-year-old isn't the high-upside he pitcher he once was in Cleveland, but he can be serviceable in deeper leagues and as a streamer in the right matchups.
Chicago White Sox right-hander Mike Clevinger is starting for Triple-A Charlotte on Thursday night. This will be Clevinger's first minor-league start after previously pitching in extended spring training to try and get stretched out after re-signing with the club on a one-year deal on April 2. The 33-year-old is scheduled to throw four innings or 60 pitches on Thursday and then move to five innings or 75 pitches in his next minor-league start. If Clevinger looks good after those two outings on the farm, he could be called up to the big-league roster and start make his 2024 debut for the White Sox early in May. The former fourth-round pick by the Los Angeles Angels in 2011 went 9-9 with a 3.77 ERA and 1.23 WHIP while striking out 110 and walking 40 in 24 starts for Chicago last year. He'll be a deep-league streaming option, at best, once he returns to the majors.
Chicago White Sox general manager Chris Getz said that the expectation is to have right-hander Mike Clevinger in uniform around May 1. The White Sox officially announced the signing of Clevinger to a one-year, $3 million deal on Thursday. They optioned him to the Arizona Complex League so that he can build up his arm. When he's ready, the 33-year-old veteran will slot into Chicago's starting rotation as their No. 5 starter. But until then, it appears the team will go with a bullpen game every fifth day. The former fourth-round pick of the Los Angeles Angels in 2011 went 9-9 for the Pale Hose in 2023 with a 3.77 ERA and 1.23 WHIP with 40 walks and 110 strikeouts in 131 1/3 innings over 24 starts. Clevinger is no longer an upper-tier fantasy starter like he was with Cleveland due to durability and consistency issues, but he'll be in play as a matchup-based streamer and as rotation depth in AL-only leagues.
Free-agent right-hander Mike Clevinger and the Chicago White Sox have agreed on an undisclosed contract on Monday, pending a physical, according to a source familiar with the deal. Clevinger will return to Chicago after going 9-9 with a 3.77 ERA (4.28 FIP) and 1.23 WHIP with 40 walks and 110 strikeouts in 131 1/3 innings over 24 starts for the team last year. The 33-year-old veteran will be a much-needed addition to a White Sox's starting rotation that was thinned out when they traded Dylan Cease to the San Diego Padres and moved right-hander Michael Kopech to the bullpen this spring. Clevinger hasn't been the same pitcher after going Tommy John surgery and won't have much of an offense backing him for fantasy purposes, but he can still be a useful matchup-based streamer in the right matchups and in the weak American League Central.
White Sox Discussing Potential Reunion With Mike Clevinger
Now that the Chicago White Sox have traded right-hander Dylan Cease and moved right-hander Michael Kopech to the bullpen, they are internally discussing the possibility of re-signing right-hander Mike Clevinger. The 33-year-old veteran was the team's most consistent starter last year, believe it or not, going 9-9 with a 3.77 ERA (4.28 FIP) and 1.23 WHIP with 40 walks and 110 strikeouts in 131 1/3 innings pitched over 24 starts. In addition to Clevinger, the White Sox are kicking the tires on right-hander Michael Lorenzen as they search for rotation help in 2024. Although Clevinger was solid for the Pale Hose in 2023, he hasn't been the same upper-tier fantasy arm since having Tommy John surgery in 2021. His strikeout rate has dropped considerably, merely making him a matchup-based streaming option in mixed fantasy leagues.
