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Astros Outright Chacin, Byrdak; Sign Corporan

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | November 29, 2010 at 10:31am CDT

MONDAY, 10:31am: The Astros have released Byrdak, tweets Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

WEDNESDAY, 1:26pm: The Astros outrighted Tim Byrdak, Gustavo Chacin and Matt Nevarez off of the 40-man roster, according to a team press release. Byrdak and Chacin were both arbitration eligible, but MLBTR had identified them as non-tender candidates earlier in the month. Nevarez will be assigned to the Astros’ Triple-A Oklahoma City roster; Byrdak and Chacin can become free agents.

Byrdak, a 37-year-old lefty, posted a 3.49 ERA in 64 relief appearances (38 2/3 innings) with 6.8 K/9 and 4.7 BB/9. Chacin, also a left-hander, posted a 4.70 ERA with 7.3 K/9 and 4.7 BB/9 in 38 1/3 innings of work. It was his first appearance in the major leagues since 2007, when he was still with the Blue Jays.

The team also signed catcher Carlos Corporan to a minor league deal and invited him to Spring Training. The 26-year-old has just one major league plate appearance to his name (he singled), but he has a .251/.306/.377 line in over 2,000 minor league plate appearances.

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  1. Kaiser_Wilhelm_II

    12 years ago

    Carlos Corporan is my all-time favorite MLB player

    Reply
  2. Anthony Boyer

    12 years ago

    Career 1.000 hitter on a minor league deal! I’m excited.

    Reply
  3. moonraker45

    12 years ago

    lol… anyone else remember those Chacin cologne commercials??

    if you haven’t seen them, I encourage you to youtube

    Reply
    • Slopeboy

      12 years ago

      Is that his claim to fame or the glasses?

      Reply
    • grownice

      12 years ago

      I say we bring him back for long relief, and just sell tons of cologne its bound to pay off!! lol

      Reply
  4. myname_989

    12 years ago

    Byrdak strike me as the type of guy who could be a very solid “buy-low” option. Could be had on a minor league deal, I’d think.

    Reply
  5. dkoff

    12 years ago

    At one point Chacin looked promising as a Blue Jay

    Reply
  6. daveineg

    12 years ago

    Brydak will find a major league job. He’s a very serviceable loogy.

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