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Nationals, Vance Worley Agree To Minor League Deal

By Connor Byrne | January 28, 2017 at 5:21pm CDT

The Nationals have announced an agreement with free agent right-hander Vance Worley on a minor league contract. The deal, which features an invitation to spring training, comes with a $1MM major league salary and up to $1.65MM more in incentives, tweets Chris Cotillo of SB Nation. Worley is a client of Wasserman Media Group.

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The 29-year-old Worley spent last season in nearby Baltimore, where the swingman tossed 86 2/3 innings in 35 appearances (four starts) and logged a 3.53 ERA. Worley’s run prevention success came despite underwhelming strikeout and walk rates of 5.82 and 3.63, respectively, per nine innings. The Orioles elected in December to non-tender Worley, for whom MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz had projected a $3.3MM arbitration award.

While the Orioles weren’t interested in handing Worley a raise over his $2.6MM salary from last season, they did want him back in the fold at a lesser rate. In fact, general manager Dan Duquette revealed earlier Saturday that the O’s had made Worley a contract offer.

Worley will instead head back to the National League, where he began his career as a member of the Phillies from 2010-12. After a year with the Twins, he returned to the NL and pitched for the Pirates from 2014-15. The soft-tossing journeyman has never been a strikeout artist (6.76 K/9), though he has managed to post respectable walk and ground-ball rates (2.87 BB/9, 45.7 percent) en route to a career 3.75 ERA across 595 1/3 major league innings.

In Washington, Worley will join a team with an enviable starting rotation consisting of reigning NL Cy Young winner Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg, Tanner Roark, Gio Gonzalez and Joe Ross. Strasburg and Ross each dealt with serious injury issues last season, though, and the Nationals weakened their starting depth earlier this offseason in trading Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez to the White Sox for outfielder Adam Eaton. Worley could factor into the Nats’ rotation at some point next season, then. Otherwise, barring injuries during the spring, he’s likely to vie for a bullpen role in camp.

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  1. clintwolfron

    9 years ago

    Nats bullpen is set now

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    • Dock_Elvis

      9 years ago

      Can people pass over your bridge?

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      • clintwolfron

        9 years ago

        Was joking. Despite the panic, Nationals have some quality options in Treinan, Gott, Kelley and Glover. Holland would have been a good fit though

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        • Dock_Elvis

          9 years ago

          People knock Bridich in Colorado….but he got that deal done with Boras for Holland thats basically fair. 6m…could be worth 15m in 2018….STILL decent if he’s back to form.

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  2. Phillies2017

    9 years ago

    He should beat out AJ Cole and play the role of 6th starter. Good inexpensive pickup for the Nats.

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  3. 24TheKid

    9 years ago

    Vance Worley is no longer available.

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  4. stymeedone

    9 years ago

    And Baltimore wouldn’t beat that offer? Wonder if he just decided to stick it to them for cutting him. Not much opportunity to start in Washington.

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  5. mcdusty31

    9 years ago

    I was just wondering out loud if the Nationals were looking at Vance Worley, either as a starter or out of the bullpen…I guess now we’ll have to see if Lance Worley can get a deal done

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