THURSDAY: Guthrie has been given his release, Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports on Twitter.
WEDNESDAY: Veteran righty Jeremy Guthrie will exercise an opt-out clause in his deal with the Padres, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (via Twitter). He expects to hit the market soon, though the precise timeline is unclear.
Guthrie, 37, has thrown sixty innings at Triple-A on the year. He owns a 6.60 ERA with 5.6 K/9 against 2.8 BB/9 over that span. Guthrie has generally been trended up of late, though the overall picture doesn’t inspire much confidence.
It remains to be seen whether Guthrie can make it back to the majors for the 13th consecutive year, but other teams will certainly give consideration in light of his track record of large innings tallies. He has topped 200 innings in five of the last seven seasons and owns a 4.37 lifetime ERA over 1,764 2/3 total frames. Last year, though, was his worst complete season in the majors, as he allowed just under six earned runs per game for the Royals.
His numbers didn’t exactly scream “Call me up to the majors”
Some team might take a flyer on him, but with all the openings the Padres had at pitching it’s a bad sign when even they wouldn’t use him.
Time to hang ’em up, Jer.
With what his numbers have been, I expected to read that he is perhaps going to retire. Like was said, the the fact the Padres haven’t utilized him says a lot!
Eh, he can probably be useful in July and August to a team with several young starters wanting to limit their innings. More than likely he is done though. I still can’t believe we gave up Jason Hammel for him.
Always been one of my least favorite pitchers to watch. Just a nibbler, the stuff isn’t special. He’s at the end. Career 5.3 K/9 tells you all you need to know.