The Guardians have announced that they had selected the inner field player contract Will Wilson. He will take the place of the active list of the outfit Lane ThomasWho was placed on the list of 10 days injured with bone bone with a right wrist, retroactive until April 20. To open a place of 40 men for Wilson, right -handed Trevor Stephan was transferred to the 60 -day IL.
Thomas has been dealing with the wrist issue for some time, because he was touched by land in this area on April 8 (video of mlb.com). He was not immediately placed on the IL but no longer played for about a week, when he entered the competition of April 15 as a pinch striker. He then started the competitions from April 16 to 18 and entered the match on April 19 as a pinch striker, but did not appear in the last two games of the club.
The fact that he was not immediately placed on the he suggests that it is not a major injury, but it is possible that this has contributed to his terrible season, because he currently sports a line of .156 / .188 / .178 over the year. It seems that a decision was made to let him heal for about a week, instead of continuing to play with bad results.
This will allow Wilson to go to the majors for the first time, which was a winding road. It was a choice of first round of the angels in 2019, being selected the 15th in the general classification and signing a bonus of $ 3.4 million. A few months later, in December 2019, he was returned to the Giants in what was essentially a salary report contract. The giants faced the inner field player Zack Cozartwhich owed 12.67 mm for the 2020 season to acquire Wilson. The angels received a player who will be appointed later, who was then appointed to left Garrett WilliamsThen signed quickly Anthony Rendon At a seven -year agreement of $ 245 million to replace Cozart to the third goal.
The giants released Cozart a month later, clearly pointing that they only agreed as a way to acquire Wilson, but that did not work for them. Wilson has stalled in the upper levels of minor leagues. During 2023 and 2024, he divided his time between Double-A and Triple-A but hit only .222 / .297 / .346 for a WRC + of 76. His stock had fallen enough for the giants to left it unprotected in the minor league phase of the recovery of rule 5 in December, when the Guardians seized it.
He is strong with his new club because he reduced .324 / .418 / .647 in 18 triples triples to now. Part of this is an average of the stick of 0.340 on the balls at stake, but it also makes walks of a clip of 12.7% and only comes out of a rate of 19%. He did it while playing mainly in the third base, but also at the stop and second goal.
He will not directly replace Thomas, who was previously the central defender of the club, but he will give the club an additional body while they move versatile pieces. Public services players love Ángel Martínez And Daniel Schneemann Can help cover the center while Wilson may be taking over as a depth championship player resident for the moment.
As for Stephan, he underwent Tommy John surgery in March of last year and started this year on 15 days. His current status is unknown, but it seems that the guards do not expect him before the end of May, on the basis of this transfer.
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