Jose Abreu Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Chicago White Sox @whitesox 33s33 seconds ago Chicago, IL #WhiteSox have acquired RHP Tommy Kahnle from the @Rockies in exchange for minor-league RHP Yency Almonte. http://www.baseball-reference.com/register...id=kahnle001tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 That's an interesting strikeout to walk ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipps Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 What are his home/away splits? Because overall his numbers are pretty bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisox05 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) The White Sox announced that they have acquired right-hander Tommy Kahnle from the Rockies in exchange for minor league right-hander Yency Almonte (Twitter link). Kahnle was designated for assignment by the Rockies last Friday in a series of moves to set the club’s roster in advance of the Rule 5 Draft. Kahnle, who turned 26 in August, came to the Rockies from the Yankees organization by way of the Rule 5 Draft in 2013. He’s totaled 102 innings for the Rox over the past two years — his lone MLB experience — and posted a 4.41 ERA while averaging exactly one strikeout per inning to go along with a strong 49.4 percent ground-ball rate. Kahnle’s problem, however, has been a lack of control. Though he’s averaged 95 mph on his fastball in the Majors (95.9 mph in 2015), he’s averaged 5.2 walks per nine innings pitched and issued an alarming 27 unintentional walks in 33 1/3 innings this past season. The 21-year-old Almonte came to the Sox as the player to be named later in the 2014 deal that sentGordon Beckham to the Angels. Almonte spent the 2015 campaign pitching for Class-A Kannapolis and Class-A Advanced Winston-Salem, posting a combined 3.41 ERA with 7.2 K/9 against 2.5 BB/9 in 137 1/3 innings (22 starts; 24 total appearances). He didn’t rank among Chicago’s Top 30 prospects, per MLB.com. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/11/whit...de-rockies.html Strike outs and ground ball rate is probably the appealing things for sox. Coop can fix control might be pretty good Edited November 24, 2015 by WhiteSoxLifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shysocks Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 QUOTE (shipps @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 04:10 PM) What are his home/away splits? Because overall his numbers are pretty bad. For his career: Coors: .240/.344/.369 allowed Away: .202/.347/.342 Not much difference in the K/BB rates though. When the Sox acquire a reliever the first thing I check is his groundball rate. 54.8% last year for Kahnle, fits right in the Hahn mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxFanMike Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) I bet Coop saw something in his delivery that he thought he'd be able to fix, hence the acquisition. Edited November 24, 2015 by ChiSoxFanMike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Up and coming prospect in Almonte, likely would have been in the 20-30 range of the T30 this coming January. Has encouraging stuff, and when he doesn't over-throw he looks like a major league starting pitcher, probably back end. But he's somewhat inconsistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Coop will fix em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxFanMike Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I could see this guy being Putnam 2.0 if everything works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGajewski18 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 He's got decent away from Coors field. Walks are high but he does strike out guys and keeps the ball on the ground. Only will face righties as lefties kill him. With that said, I'd rather have Almonte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 He throws gas. I like it as a depth move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 You want to know Almonte, he's a split personality pitcher. When he overthrows, which he does semi-regularly, he's got a fastball that runs 93-95 and touches as high as 97, but it's flat and left up. Slider runs upper 80's even touching 90, and flattens out - also up. When he isn't over-throwing, he's more 91-93 with the fastball and 84-87 with the slider, the both move more and he keeps it down. When he's this guy, he's quite effective. We saw him live twice this year. Reports are here and here. Also we have video on our YT channel here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 10:49 PM) You want to know Almonte, he's a split personality pitcher. When he overthrows, which he does semi-regularly, he's got a fastball that runs 93-95 and touches as high as 97, but it's flat and left up. Slider runs upper 80's even touching 90, and flattens out - also up. When he isn't over-throwing, he's more 91-93 with the fastball and 84-87 with the slider, the both move more and he keeps it down. When he's this guy, he's quite effective. We saw him live twice this year. Reports are here and here. Also we have video on our YT channel here. i am so-so on this trade, i was reading something earlier in the day of a pro lh-rp from San who is underrated.... i was thinking why not. but the sox may see something here that we as fans are not privy to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I mentioned him when the Rockies DFA'd him. Think he's going to be good outside Coors. Great pick-up. Rockies got rid of a lot of talent off their 40 man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 So now they can trade Sale for prospects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 11:17 PM) So now they can trade Sale for prospects. 2 different types of pitcher, rp vs sp. not yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipps Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 05:18 PM) 2 different types of pitcher, rp vs sp. not yet. I am almost positive he was just making a joke. Yeah actually, I am positive he was making a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thxfrthmmrs Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 05:17 PM) So now they can trade Sale for prospects. David Robertson to be more accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGajewski18 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 With this acquisition, is Albers as good as gone? One of the pen guys going to be traded? Or just more depth in case of injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 05:37 PM) With this acquisition, is Albers as good as gone? One of the pen guys going to be traded? Or just more depth in case of injury. Petricka is the guy I'd trade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGajewski18 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 05:40 PM) Petricka is the guy I'd trade He's another ground ball guy that can throw 93-96 with movement though. That's Hahn's mold. I honestly can see Putnam on the block. He has a nasty splitter, but he throws 88-90 and he hung quite a bit of splitters late last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxFanMike Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 05:40 PM) Petricka is the guy I'd trade 100000000% agree. Petricka has never impressed me and I don't think he has a long future in baseball honestly. He doesn't have that "out" pitch that separates the mediocre relievers from the great ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDWhiteSoxFan Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 QUOTE (shipps @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 06:26 PM) I am almost positive he was just making a joke. Yeah actually, I am positive he was making a joke. There was no green so he was being absolutely serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsoxhurt35 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Fine trade. Hope he becomes a good reliever for us White Sox acquired RHP Tommy Kahnle from the Rockies in exchange for RHP Yency Almonte. Kahnle was removed from the Rockies' 40-man roster last week in a pretty surprising move. He was one of Colorado's most effective relievers for much of 2015, even ascending to the closer role at one point, but a really rough week in September helped push his final ERA to 4.86. While he has major control issues, Kahnle gets strikeouts and groundballs, so he's worth a gamble for the White Sox. Nov 24 - 5:09 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisox05 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 05:37 PM) With this acquisition, is Albers as good as gone? One of the pen guys going to be traded? Or just more depth in case of injury. I'm pretty sure albers was pretty much gone anyway. After he elected free agency there was stuff said that albers wanted a setup role and since the sox have that with Jones and Duke I doubt there's room for albers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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