Here are today’s minor transactions from around the league…
- The Seibu Lions announced the finalization of their contract with former Indians right-hander C.C. Lee, who will earn just under $700K in his first season pitching in Nippon Professional Baseball (per Graveyard Baseball, on Twitter). The Indians announced last week that Lee was released in order to pursue an opportunity with the Lions, and they reportedly received between $350K and $500K as compensation for allowing him to depart. Lee has a 4.50 ERA with a 33-to-16 K/BB ratio in 34 career innings at the big league level. Graveyard’s Christian Gin has some video and translated comments from Lee’s press conference.
Awesome…..
It was a sad day for me when he left for Japan. Loved me some CC Lee!! Beat name in baseball especially for Tribe fans
I liked CC. I didn’t think he was properly utilized by Tito. I imagined him being a bigger part of the bullpen in 2015 but he underperformed when given chances..