CHICAGO (AP) - Mike MacDougal was been placed on waivers Wednesday by the Chicago White Sox, who grew impatient with the hard-throwing right-hander reliever's wildness and poor results.
The 32-year-old had been designated for assignment on April 21 after compiling a 12.46 ERA in five appearances this season. In parts of four years with the White Sox, he was 3-6 with a 4.77 ERA.Chicago is responsible for the rest of his $2.65 million salary.
MacDougal walked 58 walks, hit five batters and threw 16 wild pitches in only 88 2-3 innings after he was acquired from Kansas City in a 2006 trade.
A first-round pick by Kansas City in the 1999 amateur draft, MacDougal had 27 saves for the Royals in 2003 and 21 in 2005. He is 10-14 with a 3.88 ERA and 50 saves in nine major league seasons.
