Guardian declares right-handed Triston McKenzie Has been assigned as a job. They chose the right contract Zak Kent From his Triple-a Columbus replace him. DFA marks the climax of a long struggle that goes back to 2023, with Mackenzie once looking like a potential foundation for the Cleveland rotation.
McKenzie missed a lot of time in 2023 because UCL injuries were never hurt by surgery. He struggled before and after a long pair of IL games that season and has not yet regained his foothold. He was also a minor league choice, so the guards couldn’t send him to Triple-A. McKenzie is a potential shift candidate this spring and is one of the few notable players we highlight. Given his pre-injury record, it seems like another club might give him a chance, presumably through secondary trade, but at least through waivers.
Back in 2022, McKenzie, then 24, broke out with 191 1/3 innings for the 2.96 ERA dance. He beat 25.6% of his opponent with a walking rate of 5.9%. The ostensible breakthrough was followed by Mackenzie’s ranking in the sport’s top 100 prospects over four years. He didn’t throw 92.5 mph hard, his four-player racer swung and chased at the speed north of the average pitcher. Given the prospective position of the right-hander and the preference of Cleveland’s almost young high-quality pitchers, Mackenzie looks like the next in the next home-based spinning weapon, bringing the progressive wilderness back.
The aforementioned UCL Injury Ltd. McKenzie has only four games in 2023, and he looks like a completely different pitcher in 2024. The slim 6’5-inch, 175-pound right-handed average fastball dropped freely to 91.1 mph last year. The order he had once added disappeared. In the 2023 season injury-inflicted season, he earned a free 17.8% clip with 17.8% clip, walking with 14.4% of opponents in 75 2/3 innings. He averaged 1.18 home runs per nine innings in the outstanding season of 2022, but Mark Skerocket had 2.26 per nine frames in 24 years.
The guardian is no longer able to entrust McKenzie to the spinning site, but instead fills the starters this winter elsewhere. They got the right one Luis Ortiz From the Pirates and re-sign Shane Bieber While he repaired Tommy John’s surgery last year, he reached a two-year contract (optional exit).
Mackenzie opened the 2025 season in the bullpen. The Guard certainly hopes he can find his own relief player foothold or consider the starting role. None of them happened. While Mackenzie’s average speed rose to 93.7 mph, it’s likely due to his work on short-term effects rather than being asked to face a lineup of two or three times per game. He has only shot 5 2/3 innings this season and has been hit seven times. The order remains an obvious problem; he scored seven hits (including home runs), made up seven of 30 opponents (23.3%) and has been accused of three wild courts. Mackenzie set up only four batsmen in the strike.
Any team that claims McKenzie or obtains his target through trade will roll the dice in a reclamation project at this time. McKenzie hasn’t had a appearance this season for more than 1 2/3 innings, so even if they want to see him as a starter, he doesn’t have enough stretch to join someone’s rotation at the moment. He can build backups instantly, but it was a daunting task, when players were already asked to switch teams and make all inherent, relevant changes (learning new coaches and catchers, tweaking delivery and promotional options, etc.).
The guardian can trade Mackenzie at any time of the next five days or give him a complete waiver. The waiver itself is a 48-hour process, which means his DFA will be resolved within a week at most. He earned 1.95mm this season. As of this writing, the acquisition club will hang up at about 1.69mm (or depending on what he claims/deals at the time of the transaction). In addition to his current campaign, he has control over two seasons.
Turning to Kent, a former Ranger farmer who Cleveland acquired in a March 2024 deal that the industry sent international bonus pool space back to Texas. However, he missed most of the 2024 season due to elbow strain. The guards appointed Kent for missions last summer, freed him and quickly re-signed him under a new minor league agreement. (Injured players cannot give up completely.)
Today’s promotion has Kent lined up for the MLB debut. He was healthy again, playing well in Columbus, where he abandoned the relief of 7 2/3 frames and placed his opponent in two runs. Kent allowed three hits and scattered 10, although his four walks were higher than his or the team’s desire, and he was also hit by the batsman.
Kent ranked the 2022-24 Rangers’ top 30 prospect in every baseball game, and he will head to Major League Baseball with a stable record with the smallest minor league level. Kent has a lifetime of 4.00 ERA in 92 innings in part of four seasons, although that number is somewhat skewed in last year’s injury season. Kent was shocked at the age of 7.00 north in 23 innings, though it seems to be fair to show that his elbow injury would cause these struggles. He posted a lot of people in his other three seasons. Kent minus the injury-ridden ’24 sports, with 2.88 ERA in 68 2/3 innings.
