Right-handed reliever Erik Cordier declined an outright assignment with the Giants but re-signed with the club on a minor league deal, Chris Haft of MLB.com tweets. The live-armed hurler had been designated for assignment and cleared waivers.
Cordier, who works in the triple digits with his fastball, struck out nine and walked only two in six MLB innings last year for San Francisco. He has steadily improved over a lengthy minor league career, with his strikeout tallies soaring after moving to a pen role.
The 29-year-old had been on a rehab assignment to start the year. He owns a 1.50 ERA with twenty strikeouts against eight walks over a dozen minor league frames in 2015.
Cordier’s new deal contains several opt-out dates, per Andrew Baggarly of the Mercury News, which explains the procedural moves.
How come no team picked him up…?
Probably because their roster was full
Umm… Why decline but then re-sign with them anyways?
Either he got more money in that deal or there was some kind of clause that benefits either him or the team
Because do you really just wanna make a big move just for another AAA team? At least he was able to work out some opt-outs with this new deal if he feels more teams have need of him instead of SF, especially as the season drags on with more injuries.