Red Sox trade Franklin German to the White Sox for Theo Denlinger following DFA
The Red Sox traded right-hander Franklin German to the White Sox on Friday for minor league righty Theo Denlinger.
This comes on the heels of the Red Sox designating German for assignment following the acquisition of Richard Bleier.
German posted 2.72 ERA in 43 outings between Double-A and Triple-A last season. The 25-year-old earned a brief cup of coffee with the Red Sox towards the end of the season. He gave up eight runs in four inning with Boston.
Denlinger comes to Boston following two seasons in the White Sox system. The former seventh-round pick in the 2021 MLB Draft was 2-2 with a 4.47 ERA in 48 1/3 innings over 40 games last season.
SoxProspects.com’s director of scouting Ian Cundall spoke with a scout following the announcement of the trade. The scout said that Denlinger fastball hits 93-95 miles per hour and slider 79-82 miles-per-hour. His fastball is his “best pitch” and can “miss bats up.” The Bradley University had a 35.02% strikeout rate in 65 innings in the minors.
In December, FanGraphs wrote, “Denlinger has a plus fastball, sitting 94-96 with big movement. His slider looks good on paper but in-person scouts see it as very vulnerable.”
“He’s got a big-time power arm,” said White Sox director of amateur scouting Mike Shirley of Denlinger to MLB.com. “He is a former football player who just continues to unlock his stuff and go in the right direction.”
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