Sean White, Chad Cordero Dumped

by ~ July 15th, 2010 at 10:36 am

Last year Sean White threw strikes, missed very few bats and let the defense make outs for him.  This year, his strikeout rate has fallen even farther, the hitters have made harder contact against him and the control that allowed him to be halfway useful last season has abandoned him.  White has been terrible and yet manager Don Wakamatsu saw him as a go-to guy for most of the season to date.

GM Jack Zduriencik has taken White away from Wak for the second and hopefully the last time this season, replacing him with lefty Chris Seddon.  Seddon is nothing special but is having a half-decent season at age 26 for AAA Tacoma.  He hasn’t appeared in the big leagues since 2007 with the Marlins.  Marc at USS Mariner wrote more about him here if you’re interested.

Update: Chad Cordero refused a AAA assignment and is now a free agent.  Taking his place is veteran Jamey Wright.  Wright profiles similarly to White (some grounders, can’t miss bats, wild) so I guess he’ll be Wak’s clutch stopper sooner than later.

Improvement?  Not really!  Change?  Yes!

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  • FelixFanChris420

    Mark Lowe and Sean White both gone within a week of each other…its like Christmas in July! Now hopefully Z can find a taker for Jose Lopez and restock the minors just a bit more.

  • daddude

    Thank you , this just made my day a little bit better.

  • gary bleacher

    Has there been a George Sherrill sighting yet..?

    • mw3

      Yes! Claiming Sherrill would be awesome in my opinion. Honestly though, I doubt he makes it through the National League without a claim being put in.

      • http://twitter.com/c_dowley Conor Dowley

        Sherrill has been pretty awful this year. So bad I think there might be something physically wrong somewhere. I wouldn’t want to pick up the rest of his contract for the results we’d be likely to get, nostalgia factor or no.