The Angels announced that they’ve designated right-hander Vinnie Pestano for assignment in order to clear a roster spot for newly acquired outfielder David Murphy.
Pestano, who was acquired from the Indians in a minor swap last August, now finds himself designated for assignment to make room for a former teammate. The 30-year-old Pestano appeared in 19 games for the Halos this season and totaled 11 2/3 innings with a 5.40 ERA.
Pestano at one point looked to be emerging as a key piece of the Indians’ bullpen, totaling 132 innings with a 2.45 ERA, 10.9 K/9 and 3.3 BB/9 from 2011-12, but he began to struggle in 2013 and fell out of the team’s plans in 2014. He’s pitched just 30 1/3 innings in the big leagues over the past two seasons.
They have a stanglehold on good, not great outfielders in this trade market.
Yeh they’re kinda boring moves but sometimes those boring moves are the ones that pay off in October.
Boring moves are what helped the Giants win their World Series’. Cody Ross, Pat Burrell, Marco Scutaro, and Jake Peavy don’t light any fires.
I wasn’t saying that was a bad thing. They needed help in the outfield and they got it. I was surprised they got three of them though, two seemed like it would have sufficed.