Reuters No other teams claimed him off waivers and the White Sox couldn’t find a taker via trade, so they released Kosuke Fukudome today after designating him for assignment last week.
Fukudome played sparingly and poorly after signing a one-year, $1 million deal as a free agent and was on the disabled list with a back injury when the White Sox decided to cut him loose.
He failed to live up to expectations after leaving Japan to sign a four-year, $48 million contract with the Cubs in December of 2007, but Fukudome has a .359 career on-base percentage and can be plenty useful if platooned versus right-handed pitching.
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- kwf1224 - Jun 26, 2012 at 5:46 PM
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Wow, the White Sox might have just made a mistake.
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- illcomm - Jun 26, 2012 at 8:50 PM
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Yes they did. Youkolis and they released this guy. Phils will pick him up prior to deadline. he will be pretty good again once healthy.
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- psuravens19 - Jun 27, 2012 at 9:20 AM
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I wouldn’t be surprised if the O’s picked him up… they could use some OF help.
