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Nationals Designate Xavier Cedeno For Assignment

By Jeff Todd | April 14, 2015 at 2:01pm CDT

The Nationals have designated lefty reliever Xavier Cedeno for assignment, SB Nation’s Chris Cotillo tweets. Dan Kolko of MASNsports.com tweeted earlier that Cedeno was not on the club’s lineup card.

Cedeno earned a spot on the team out of camp when fellow southpaw Jerry Blevins was surprisingly dealt away late this spring. The 28-year-old has made five appearances already in 2015, allowing two earned runs over three innings while striking out four and walking two batters. He has filled some temporary pen shortages over the last two years in D.C., but was out of options this season and so had to be added to the active roster heading out of camp. That seemed unlikely until the team traded Blevins.

Righty Rafael Martin will take his place on the active roster for the time being. Martin, 30, is a veteran minor leaguer who has yet to see any MLB action. The Nationals signed Martin out of the Mexican League in 2010, before his age-26 season, and he has bounced up and down the system since. He turned a corner in the upper minors last year, when he worked to a 1.39 ERA over 58 1/3 innings with 10.2 K/9 against 1.9 BB/9. He was particularly nasty in 33 2/3 Triple-A frames, allowing just three earned runs and striking out more batters (42) than he allowed on base (27) by hit or walk.

Of course, the move will leave the Nats’ pen with just one lefty, Matt Thornton. The team does have veteran Rich Hill and well-regarded youngster Matt Grace available at Triple-A, however, and apparently feels comfortable with those options.

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  1. whoa_now

    10 years ago

    Nats trying to save dollars – Blevins deal. It has come back to haunt them. Everyone knew then that Blevins was the better pitcher, but the Nats needed to save 2 million. Sometime you wonder about front offices. Bullpens matter in the playoffs. Trying to save money on Blevins is penny wise, pound foolish.

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    • VirginiaScopist 2

      10 years ago

      Blevins turned into an inconsistent LOOGY (not what the Nats thought they were getting) in his walk year with no options, a hefty salary and who was having a miserable spring. Traded him for den Dekker, a lefty outfielder with MLB experience and two options and got the Mets to pay all of what was owed to Blevins. If they wanted to save dollars, they would have just released him.

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      • disgruntledreader

        10 years ago

        Uh… they could have saved money by releasing him and owing him his entire contract?

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  2. WolandJR

    10 years ago

    I bet the Nats wish they could have a do over when they sent Fernando Abad to Oakland for cash after acquiring Blevins.

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  3. coreif

    10 years ago

    Call up Bryan Harper!

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