The White Sox announced that they have claimed right-hander off waivers from the Astros. The Sox also announced that righties and both elected free agency in lieu of accepting outright a signments, indicating both players cleared waivers recently. Murfee, 31 in May, posted strong results for the Mariners in 2022 and 2023. He to sed 83 1/3 innings with a 2.70 earned run Kodi Whitley Jersey average, 27.9% strikeout rate and 8.5% walk rate. Unfortunately, hes been on ice for a while, having undergone UCL surgery in June of 2023. Since then, he has bounced around the league, going to the Mets, Braves, Astros and now White Sox via waiver claims. He began a rehabbing in August of this year but that a signment was shut down after just one appearance with the Astros he had a reoccurrence of right elbow discomfort. His current status is unclear but the White Sox are perhaps the team best positioned to be patient with him. They just wrapped up the worst season in the modern era of baseball and cant be expected to return to contention any time soon. Murfee can still be retained for four more seasons and the Sox will see if they can get him back on track. Foster, 30 in January, has thrown 119 1/3 innings in his major league career with a 4.30 ERA, 23.1% strikeout rate and 8.7% walk rate. He had Tommy John surgery in April of 2023 and has mi sed most of the past two years. He could have been retained for next year via arbitration with projecting him for a $900K salary. However, this move indicates the White Sox didnt want him back at that price point, nor did any of the other clubs who all pa sed on the chance to grab him off waivers. Lambert, 30 this month, has thrown 99 2/3 innings for the Sox in his big league career with a 4.33 ERA, 22.1% strikeout rate and 11.3% walk rate. He exhausted his final option year in 2023 and went on to spend all of 2024 on the injured list, eventually undergoing shoulder surgery in August. He qualified for arbitration for the first time this winter and was projected for a $1.2MM salary next year but the Sox decided cut him from the roster. Both he and Foster have at least three years of service time, which gives them the right to reject outrights a signments and elect free agency. Both players exercised their rights and will head to the open market in search of their respective next opportunities. Ken Boyer Jersey