The White Sox have agreed to a one-year deal with right-handed starter Erick Fedde, a source told MLB.com's Mark Feinsand on Monday morning. The club has not confirmed the deal, which is pending a physical.
Fedde, entering his age-33 season, came into 2025 hoping to build on newfound success in 2024, when he posted a 3.30 ERA and 5.6 bWAR in 31 starts with the White Sox and Cardinals. But that kind of prosperity didn't materialize until the very end of last season.
In 25 games (24 starts) with the Cardinals and Braves, Fedde went 4-12 with a 5.76 ERA. The righty averaged five innings per start, had a 1.57 WHIP and batters hit .279 against him.
Meanwhile, his 13.3 percent strikeout rate was among the lowest in baseball. Though he tossed a shutout against the Nationals on May 9, those first 25 appearances were mostly a struggle.
But things changed after he signed a free-agent deal with the Brewers on Aug. 27, three days after being released by the Braves.
Appearing exclusively as a reliever down the stretch, Fedde pitched to a 3.38 ERA in seven games (16 innings), which included four straight scoreless outings for the first-place Brewers. In contrast to his earlier numbers in St. Louis and Atlanta, Fedde held opponents to a .186 average and posted a WHIP of 1.13, perhaps signaling a future as a reliable long-relief option in the bullpen.
Fedde has a four-pitch arsenal -- sinker, cutter, sweeper and changeup -- though only his sweeper and changeup found consistent success in 2025. Batters hit just .191 against the sweeper, which had a 26 percent whiff rate, while they hit .212 against the changeup.
In parts of eight big league seasons with the Nationals, White Sox, Cardinals, Braves and Brewers, Fedde is 34-55 with a 4.94 ERA in 772 2/3 innings.