Mike

Clevinger

The 34-year-old hurler has pitched almost exclusively as a starting pitcher throughout his career, but is embracing the shift to the bullpen. Venable has liked what he has seen so far from Clevinger, telling reporters, “It certainly seems like he’s got the right mentality for it... everything looks really crisp, and just hopefully we can continue to give him opportunities to see what it looks like out of the bullpen and hopefully it all lines up.” If he succeeds in the role, there’s a chance that Clevinger could thrust himself into the competition for the closer’s role to begin the season.

Clevinger has been a wholly ineffective pitcher over the past few seasons and dealt with injuries, but could help the White Sox while not helping fantasy managers as a multi-inning option. If he does pitch well enough to make the team, Chicago will need to make a move to add him to the 40-man roster.

Clevinger has been absolutely terrible on the mound over the last two seasons while also dealing with injuries including a disc replacement surgery that sidelined him late in July. The 34-year-old will be given a shot to win a rotation spot, but even if he were to open the year with the White Sox, nothing since the start of 2023 suggests that it’ll go very well.

It has already been established that Clevinger will miss the remainder of the 2024 season after undergoing disc replacement surgery on his neck. This was merely done as a procedural move to free up a spot on the team’s 40-man roster on Saturday. The 33-year-old hurler will be a free agent once again at season’s end.

The 33-year-old hurler wound up making just four starts for the White Sox on the season, posting a 6.75 ERA, 1.94 WHIP and a 15/9 K/BB ratio over 16 innings of work. He’s a free agent at season’s end and could be coming to the end of the line for his big-league career.

Clevinger struck out five. He’s given up nine runs over 10 1/3 innings in his three rehab starts as he makes his way back from elbow inflammation. The initial thought was that he’d make just one rehab start before returning, but his ineffectiveness changed that.

It’s good news for those rostering Thorpe, as he’ll now face the Rockies instead of the Braves. The downside is that it means he probably will miss out on a road start in Miami next week. Jonathan Cannon and Garrett Crochet are set to follow Thorpe this weekend, so it appears Mike Clevinger will make another rehab start.

Clevinger is working his way back from elbow inflammation that has sideliend him since the end of May. The 33-year-old could be back in the rotation after that rehab start, but the next steps will be determined by how he responds from the outing.

Clevinger is expected to make at least one minor league rehab start before returning to Chicago’s starting rotation, but that plan could always wind up changing. He landed on the injured list last week with right elbow inflammation.

Clevinger was scratched from Tuesday’s scheduled outing against the Blue Jays after receiving a cortisone shot to address the issue. The 33-year-old right-hander is expected to resume throwing at some point later this week and is expected to be ready to return in early June when first eligible to be activated.