The Rangers have acquired reliever Sam Dyson from the Marlins in exchange for catcher Tomas Telis and lefty Cody Ege, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald tweets.
Dyson, 27, owns a 3.68 ERA with 8.4 K/9 and 3.5 BB/9 in 44 appearances this season. Dyson also had a strong year in 2014, posting a 2.14 ERA with 7.1 K/9 and 3.2 BB/9 in 31 appearances. The Blue Jays added Dyson to the 40-man roster in 2012 when he was called up to the Majors, but he appeared in just two big league games (both out of the bullpen) before being returned to the minor leagues. In the offseason, the club faced a roster crunch and the former fourth round draft pick was claimed off waivers by the Fish. Dyson will now head to his third team, the Rangers.
Telis, who just turned 24 in June, has appeared in just 24 big league games for Texas across the last two seasons. He has spent the bulk of the last two seasons in Triple-A, where he owns a .309/.343/.432 slash line across 447 plate appearances.
Ege, 24, was a 15th round selection of the Rangers two years ago. The Louisville product was promoted to the Double-A level this season, where he has posted a 0.85 ERA with 10.5 K/9 and 5.4 BB/9 in 26 appearances out of the bullpen.
After trading Alfaro, I didn’t think they would also deal Telis. Weird.
Dyson has that hard, upper 90s sinker with late movement, and that breaking ball is pretty sharp. He gets a lot of GBs. Honestly was someone I thought they would keep, considering how horrible the bullpen has been for the last 8 years.
dyson has a pretty insane amount of team control
I really like this move. Dyson has the potential to be dominant. JD has added two nice bullpen pieces that were needed. Telis at the major league level at best.