The White Sox announced Wednesday that theyve reinstated lefty from the 60-day injured list. Triple-A lefty was designated for a signment to clear a spot on the 40-man roster. Reliever was optioned to Triple-A to open a spot on the active roster. Perez has been out since April 18 due to a flexor strain. He pitched quite well through his first four starts (3.15 ERA in 20 innings) but wasnt healthy enough to develop into a potential trade deadline chip, as the rebuilding Giovanny Gallegos Jersey White Sox probably hoped when signing him to a one-year, $5MM contract over the winter. Perez pitched a combined 6 2/3 innings over a pair of minor league rehab starts and will now at least get the opportunity to eat some innings for the Sox down the stretch all while looking to showcase his health for interested clubs in the offseason. Perezs deal contains a mutual option, but its been more than a decade since both ends of a mutual option was exercised by team and player alike. Hes all but certain to become a free agent again in November. Shuster, 27, was a first-round pick of the Braves back in 2020 (No. 25 overall). He came to the South Side by way of the 2023 Aaron Bummer swap a deal that netted the Sox five players but was more of a volume play wherein Chicago picked up several former top prospects in hopes of turning a couple of them around. It hasnt panned out. Braden Shewmake, Michael Soroka and Nicky Lopez have all since been cut loose. With Shuster now designated for a signment and perhaps on his way out the door, 25-year-old righty Riley Gowens is the most promising remnant of that return. Hes posted a 4.05 ERA through 100 innings in his second go-around at the Double-A level and is not ranked among the systems 30 best prospects. In his two seasons with the ChiSox, Shuster has made 51 appearances all but six of them out of the bullpen and pitched a combined 89 innings with a 4.96 earned run average. Hes fanned only 16.9% of his opponents and turned in a 9.4% walk rate. Both, particularly the strikeout rate, are worse than league average. Shuster has been up and down this season. Between his frequent shuttling from Chicago to Charlotte (where the Sox Triple-A club plays) and a 15-day IL stint due to blisters on his pitching hand, hes pitched just 22 1/3 innings in Triple-A and 15 1/3 frames in the majors. His minor league work this year has also been lackluster, evidenced by a 6.04 ERA. Shusters 19.8% strikeout rate and 6.6% walk rate in Charlotte are at least moderately more encouraging than his MLB rate stats, but hes also averaged two homers per nine innings pitched in Triple-A this year. Shuster will be out of minor league options next year, so he was always a long shot to stick on the roster into next years camp. With the trade deadline behind us, hell be placed on waivers within the next five days. Shuster hasnt been outrighted in the past and doesnt have three years of MLB service, so if he goes unclaimed hell stick with the White Sox via an outright a signment to Charlotte. Sem Robberse Jersey