The Chicago White Sox and minor-league outfielder Wynton Bernard have agreed to a minor-league pact for the 2024 season. The well-traveled Bernard has appeared in 1,010 minor-league games in a professional career that began in the 2012 season but he finally got the call to the big leagues when he played in 12 games with the Rockies in the 2022 season. He hit a respectable .286 in 42 plate appearances with the Rockies that season but most recently hit .329 with eight homers, 26 stolen bases, and an .872 OPS across 66 games with Triple-A Albuquerque last season. The 33-year-old is a career .291 hitter in the minors with 65 home runs, although 32 in the last two seasons, and 265 stolen bases in 3.472 at-bats.
Colorado Rockies outfielder Wynton Bernard is reportedly going to get the call up from Triple-A on Friday. The 31-year-old has been playing in the minor leagues since 2013. This would be his first taste of big league baseball, assuming he gets called up. Bernard is hitting .325/.374/.588 with 17 home runs and 74 RBI in Triple-A this season. He has certainly played well enough to deserve a chance at the big league level. Bernard might get some decent playing time, but fantasy managers shouldn't jump on the waiver wire yet. It's a great story, but more of a wait-and-see approach for fantasy managers.
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