Infielder Nick Senzel has elected free company, per James Fegan of Sox Machine on X. The White Sox had designated Senzel for project earlier this week and it seems he cleared waivers. Since he has greater than 5 years of service time, he has the correct to elect free company whereas additionally retaining his wage.
Senzel, 29, began the season by signing with the Nationals, a one-year take care of a $2M assure. He hit .209/.303/.359 in 235 plate appearances, manufacturing that translated into an 88 wRC+. He was designated for project in July and the Nats merely launched him, possible attributable to his aforementioned proper to elect free company.
He then signed a serious league take care of the Sox, which didn’t result in higher outcomes. He solely bought into 10 video games in over a month on the roster, stepping to the plate 32 occasions. He produced a dismal line of .100/.129/.133 in these, dropping his season-long line to .195/.283/.331 and a 73 wRC+. When mixed along with his time with the Reds in earlier seasons, he has slashed .232/.299/.363 for a 76 wRC+ in over 1600 profession plate appearances.
He hasn’t been capable of present something on the opposite facet of the ball both. He got here up as a 3rd baseman however the Reds had that spot stuffed by Eugenio Suárez on the time and moved Senzel round to different spots. He’s now performed over 2,000 main league innings within the outfield, in addition to over 800 on the scorching nook and a quick have a look at second base thus far in his profession. Superior defensive metrics have given him detrimental grades in any respect these spots.
Provided that monitor document, any curiosity in Senzel at this level could be primarily based on his earlier prospect pedigree. The Reds took him second general within the 2016 draft primarily based on his big numbers at Tennessee, the place he hit .332/.426/.509. He then hit .314/.390/.513 within the minors over the 2016-18 interval, which bought him onto the highest ten of most league-wide prospect lists. However the massive offensive manufacturing stopped as soon as he reached the majors in 2019.
The outcomes have are available in far under expectations to this point, however Senzel is an inexpensive flier for any membership that also has hope of him tapping into his earlier kind. The Nats are nonetheless on the hook for his wage since they launched him earlier this yr. Some other membership might signal him for the prorated league minimal for any time spent on the roster, with that quantity subtracted from what the Nats are paying.
