Less than two weeks after signing reliever Dale Thayer to a minor league contract, the Braves have announced the release of the right-hander. Prior to his brief stint in the Braves organization, Thayer spent a month with the Dodgers’ Double-A affiliate before opting out of his deal with Los Angeles on May 3. He’ll now look for work again after totaling just 1 1/3 innings with the Braves’ Triple-A team.
In his latest taste of big league action, the 35-year-old logged 37 2/3 innings with a 4.06 ERA, 5.97 K/9 and 3.58 BB/9 as a member of the Padres last season. That was Thayer’s fourth year with the Friars, whom he joined in 2012. He previously racked up major league experience with the Rays and Mets. All told, Thayer has pitched to a respectable 3.47 ERA, with a 7.62 K/9 and 2.36 BB/9, in 251 1/2 major league innings.
With just over four years of MLB service time on his ledger, Thayer will still be controllable through arbitration if he lands elsewhere.
The San Diego padres cold need bullpen arms they need to bring back Dale Thayer or Joe Thatcher when they were pitching in SD they were good pitching in SD. hope they bring both back …
Please no. Thayer was awful his last year here. It has been years since Thatcher was any good.
That didn’t take long.
Why do you think this is?
Not that good and clearing room for promotions/draft picks
Yet Eric O still lives
Nobody cares