With Ryan Rolison getting claimed by the Cubs on Wednesday, the White Sox quickly found a substitute to address their suddenly voracious hunger for former Rockies first-round picks by claiming catcher Drew Romo off waivers from the Mets on Thursday.
Romo, 24, was the 35th overall pick in the 2020 draft on the strength of his hit tool and big throwing arm, and a top-100 prospect at multiple outlets as recently as 2023, but has been trending toward a reserve future for a while now. While he has the defensive tools to latch on somewhere and his pure bat-to-ball ability is legit, Romo has below-average power with poor plate discipline (37.4 percent chase rate), and his .258/.323/.394 line at Triple-A Albuquerque — which is nearly 30 percent worse than the bloated PCL average — helped make him a nomad this winter after just 56 big league plate appearances. The Sox are the third team to claim Romo off waivers this offseason alone.
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