Astros announced this right -hander Forrest Whitley was appointed for assignment. Left -handed Brandon Walter has been called since Triple-A Sugar Land in the corresponding movement.
Selected 17th in the general classification of the 2016 draft, Whitley was once considered one of the best prospects for pitching baseball, and it was an element of the lists of Top 100 prospects, even as injuries and a suspension of drug policy of 50 games in 2018 hindered his career. Due to the minor league season of 2020 canceled and an operation by Tommy John, Whitley exceeded 21 months (from September 2, 2019 to June 16, 2022) between an appropriate appearance in play in minor leagues.
This long layout was the turn of Whitley’s career, because he only showed lightning of his previous form once he returned to the mound. A LAT strain limited it to 30 triple-A in 2023 rounds, but a transition to enclosure of full-time lifts in 2024 seemed to put Whitley on the right track, as 1.89 ERA on 33 1/3 rounds of relief for Round Rock won in Whitley’s first taste of MLB in the form of three appearances for the Astros 2024.
Other injuries occurred this year, while a left knee bone bone and a sprain from the left knee led two separate trips to IL for Whitley. It is quite possible that his health problems had an impact on his performance, because the law fought for an MPM of 12.27 out of 7 1/3 sleeves for the astros, with two circuits and six goals on balls authorized in this small sample.
Whitley’s lack of efficiency did not leave Houston with a lot of choices beyond a DFA, because Whitley is short of options and cannot be sent to minors without first exposed to derogations. If he has erased the exemptions, Whitley can be exceeded from the list of 40 men from the astros and returned to Sugar Land, although it is worth wondering if the astros could be ready to simply go from Whitley entirely.
Given the past pedigree of Whitley, it would not be a shock if another team claimed to see if a change of decor could finally unlock the potential of the right -hander. Pure stuff still seems to be there because the fast ball of Whitley (96.3 MPH) and the cursor (96.7 MPH) have a lot of speed even if its walking rates are in a spiral. Whitley is only 27 years old and could still be able to join the long list of the former best hopes that have become late on the Bloods in terms of success in the Great League.
