CHICAGO – Prior to tonight’s game vs. Cleveland, the Chicago White Sox reinstated right-handed pitcher Mike Clevinger from the 15-day injured list, and selected the contracts of right-handed pitchers Edgar Navarro and Bryan Shaw from Class AAA Charlotte.
Clevinger, who is scheduled to start tonight’s game, has been on the injured list since June 15 with right biceps inflammation. He is 3-4 with a 3.88 ERA (27 ER/62.2 IP) and 53 strikeouts over 12 starts this season, his first with White Sox.
Navarro is 3-1 with a 3.32 ERA (16 ER/43.1 IP), .214 (33-154) opponents average, two saves and 39 strikeouts over 35 combined relief appearances between Charlotte and Class AA Birmingham. A 6-foot-1, 245-pound native of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, Navarro is limiting right-handers to a .156 (15-96) average between the two stops. He has no major-league experience and will wear uniform No. 66.
Navarro is 15-13 with a 5.15 ERA (146 ER/255.0 IP), 14 saves and 273 strikeouts (9.64 per 9.0 IP) in 162 appearances (five starts) over five seasons in the White Sox system. He originally was signed by the Sox as an international free agent on March 10, 2018.
Shaw was designated for assignment on July 22 and outrighted to Charlotte on July 24 after going 0-0 with a 9.39 ERA (8 ER/7.2 IP) in six relief appearances with Chicago.
Following the moves, the White Sox active roster increases to 26 and 40-man roster to 38.
