6:25pm: The Guardians have introduced that Norris has accepted the outright task to Triple-A.
12:20pm: Daniel Norris has cleared waivers, and the Guardians have outrighted the veteran left-hander off their 40-man roster. Cleveland designated Norris for task earlier this week.
The following step is for Norris to resolve whether or not or to not settle for the outright task, since he has the choice of as an alternative turning into a free agent. It was lower than two weeks in the past that Norris took that very path after one other outright task, however he then rapidly re-signed with Cleveland on a brand new minor league deal. Since initially signing with the Guardians again in March, Norris has been DFA’ed and outrighted on three totally different events.
Amidst all these transactions, Norris has made seven appearances with the Guards, posting a 5.68 ERA over 12 innings. A lot of the harm got here final Monday, when Norris was charged with 4 earned runs over two innings of reduction work within the Guardians’ 10-6 loss to the Twins. Norris issued extra walks (12) than strikeouts (11) over his 12 frames, and he additionally has a ten.8% stroll price over 53 innings with Triple-A Columbus this season.
Whereas the small pattern dimension of Norris’ MLB work is perhaps a proof for the spike in stroll price, his management has been a bit extra of a problem over the earlier two seasons as properly — a 7.8% stroll price over Norris’ first 454 profession innings from 2014-20 shot as much as an 11.8% whole in 115 2/3 innings in 2021-22. Between the walks and residential run issues, Norris’ transition to largely reduction pitching hasn’t been too profitable, as he has a 5.68 ERA because the begin of the 2021 season.
The Guardians’ pitching depth chart has gotten extra crowded with all their latest waiver claims, which may result in Norris testing free company once more if he thinks alternatives is perhaps scarce on the Guards’ large league roster. If Norris chooses to just accept the outright task, he’ll present extra depth on the minor league stage and can most likely nonetheless be one of many first arms in line for a call-up ought to a necessity come up in Cleveland’s bullpen.
