The Pirates have claimed righty Nefi Ogando off waivers from the Marlins, per a team announcement. He’ll take the roster spot of corner infielder Jason Rogers, who was designated for assignment.
The 27-year-old Ogando only has 18 MLB appearances to his credit, but has shown an average fastball that sits right at 95 mph. He has also generated grounders at an impressive 57.6% clip and owns a solid 3.66 ERA in his 19 2/3 frames.
Of course, that’s not all there is to the story. Ogando has also recorded as many walks as strikeouts (ten apiece) in his limited big-league time. And he has never fully capitalized on his big heater in the minors, where he compiled pedestrian whiff rates and often exhibited a lack of command. Over two seasons and 52 2/3 frames of action at Triple-A, Ogando owns a 3.08 ERA with 7.0 K/9 against 3.9 BB/9.
In order to take a shot on Ogando’s arm, Pittsburgh will open the possibility of losing Rogers. The 28-year-old had shown some hitting ability with the Brewers, but largely struggled in his first year with the Pirates organization after coming over in a trade last winter.
Rogers struggled in brief action in the majors in 2016, receiving just 33 plate appearances over 25 games of action. He spent most of the year at Triple-A, slashing .263/.338/.371 with just four home runs over 420 plate appearances. That represented a rather significant fall-off in power output (and overall productivity at the plate) as against his prior work in the minors.
Caminero part 2? Similar circumstances.
Very similar profiles. Solid heater, control issues, peripherals arent great but show potential. Hope it works out similarly with a year and a half or so of solid production.
Probably won’t try to claim Dragmire for a third time now
We can always hope, though.
If Jason Rogers is gone is certainly goes down as a bad trade for the Bucs. Broxton would have been a good 4th OF, pinch runner this year and Supak has upside. I liked the Rogers trade until the Jaso signing made it irrelevant. Seemed like a waste at that point. Hope he gets a chance somewhere as he seems like a good guy who showed some promise in the Brewers organization.
Perhaps Rogers will stay in the Pirates org, I don’t think he’s that attractive to other clubs. But yeah, that trade looked good for MIL at the time and better now.
yeah. I was hoping Rogers could of at least given them some offense, but damn…Broxton would of been a nice keeper
Bad trade by the Bucs and the Jaso signing didn’t work either in my opinion
Neftali out. Nefi in.