The Rays activated reliever Steven Wilson from the 60-day injured list and designated him for assignment, as first reflected on the MLB.com transaction log. He’ll be placed on outright waivers this week.
Wilson hasn’t thrown an MLB pitch in a Rays uniform. They acquired him alongside Yoendrys Gómez from the White Sox as part of a four-player trade over the winter. Tampa Bay designated Gómez for assignment and traded him to the Twins in early May. Chicago received outfielder Everson Pereira and rookie infielder Tanner Murray in that deal. They coincidentally lost Pereira on waivers to St. Louis today, while Murray suffered a season-ending shoulder fracture in April.
The 31-year-old Wilson (32 later this month) reported back discomfort early in Spring Training. He was eventually diagnosed with lumbar disc inflammation and has spent the entire season on the injured list. Wilson began a minor league rehabilitation assignment on July 10. He made a couple appearances in the Complex League before progressing to Triple-A Durham a week later.
Wilson has managed a scoreless inning in six of his seven appearances with the Bulls. He has only struck out four of his 29 opponents, though, and his 92.5 mph fastball velocity is down a touch from last year’s 93.8 mph average. Wilson was approaching the end of the maximum 30-day rehab window for pitchers, so the Rays needed to create a spot for him on the 40-man roster to reinstate him.
It’s moderately surprising that they didn’t do so when they have a couple more obvious candidates at the back of the roster who could be designated for assignment. They’re evidently willing to risk losing Wilson on waivers, which would at least shed the remainder of his $1.52MM arbitration salary (a little over $400K). If Wilson goes unclaimed, he’s likely to accept an outright assignment and remain with Durham. Electing free agency would require him to forfeit him the rest of his salary since he hasn’t reached five years of service time.
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