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Quick Hits: Reds, Hudson, Mariners, Twins, FA Relievers

By Connor Byrne | December 20, 2016 at 10:46pm CDT

The Reds were among the teams in contact with reliever Daniel Hudson before he agreed to join NL Central rival Pittsburgh on a two-year, $11MM deal Monday, Cincinnati general manager Dick Williams told Mark Sheldon of MLB.com. Due diligence has been a theme for the rebuilding club this offseason as it looks to upgrade a bullpen that was utterly disastrous in 2016.  “I think we’ve talked to pretty much everybody out there, even the ones that appear not to be in our price range,” Williams said regarding available relievers. “You still want to have conversations because things change, people’s markets change. We offer opportunity, not just money. It’s important to convey to every available pitcher what the opportunity might be.” The likelihood is that the Reds will wait until closer to spring training to add to their bullpen, writes Sheldon, with Williams noting that he’s targeting “value plays.”

More from around the majors:

  • Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto has made 32 trades in just 14 months on the job, and he explained to Greg Johns of MLB.com why he prefers that route to free agency. “With trades, you’re acquiring players that fit your roster,” Dipoto said. “It gives you the ability to fit a puzzle piece in with some degree of precision, because you identify the pieces and move forward. With free agents, you’re in the market competing with 29 other teams. You have to fit the puzzle piece, but also sell your team, stadium, manager, city, the money. Each step gets more complicated.” Given the Mariners’ desire to improve their rotation, not to mention reports connecting them to other teams’ starters, a 33rd Dipoto trade could be on the way. The GM also wants to pick up another reliever, but odds are that will come via free agency, per Johns.
  • Catcher Jason Castro’s pitch-framing prowess played a significant role in the Twins’ decision to sign the ex-Astro to a three-year, $24.5MM contract last month, writes Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com. Both StatCorner and Baseball Prospectus have ranked Castro among the game’s premier framers over the past three seasons. If that keeps up, it should help a pitching staff that previously worked with a subpar framer, Kurt Suzuki, and tied for the majors’ worst ERA last season (5.09). “The whole idea of signing Jason Castro, a lot of it was measured on the impact of catching on a staff,” manager Paul Molitor told Bollinger. “As we’ve learned more about how to quantify that, it’s probably been a little bit of an undervalued position for guys that handle some of those types of things better than others. We thought that was a big piece in trying to at least start off a way of trying to figure out a way to pitch better.” On the subject of framing, Castro commented, “It’s something over the last couple years I’ve tried to refine as much as possible. I don’t know if ’enlightenment’ is the right word, but there was a focus on this new topic of pitch framing. I tried to get a better understanding of what works, what doesn’t.”
  • Free agent right-hander Anthony Bass spent last season in Japan, but he could be on his way back to the majors. The 29-year-old, a former Padre, Astro and Ranger, has received multiple offers this winter and might land a major league deal, according to Chris Cotillo of SB Nation (Twitter link). Bass saw extensive big league action in 2015, when he amassed 64 innings with Texas and logged a 4.50 ERA, 6.33 K/9 and 2.81 BB/9. Those numbers are closely in line with Bass’ career totals across 278 1/3 frames (4.40 ERA, 6.05 K/9 and 3.46 BB/9).
  • Like Bass, fellow righty reliever Todd Coffey is looking for a major league opportunity. Coffey hasn’t pitched in the majors since 2012, having since spent time in the Pacific Coast League, the Mexican League and the independent Atlantic League, but he told MLBTR’s Jeff Todd earlier this month that his fastball still sits in the mid-90s. The 36-year-old owns a lifetime 4.10 ERA, 6.75 K/9, 2.83 BB/9 and 51.4 percent ground-ball rate in a combined 438 2/3 innings with four teams.
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Comments

  1. woodhead1986

    6 years ago

    todd coffey. like the drink, only not spelt the same

    Reply
  2. bluejaysrule14

    6 years ago

    Spelt? Oh, you mean like “spelled” only not spelled the same.

    Reply
    • pretzelpants

      6 years ago

      Why do you have to be rude? You’re wrong anyways. In American English, you’re correct. However, in all other main varieties of English, spelt and spelled both work as the past tense and past participle of spell, at least where spell means to “form words letter by letter” or “to make clear.” Outside the U.S., the two forms are interchangeable in these uses, and both are common.

      Reply
      • pukelit

        6 years ago

        ^thank you! There’s always the person that has to be smarter than everyone and correct every little detail

        Reply
        • gozurman1

          6 years ago

          Correct or otherwise, spelt fits a message board well. Grammar police think way too much of themselves.

        • lesterdnightfly

          6 years ago

          Willfully ignorant people resent being shown anything. They always take it personally.

    • Random Thoughts...

      6 years ago

      Comical reference to ‘The Green Mile’ probably not concerned with being grammatically correct but thanks for policing it for us!

      Reply
    • lesterdnightfly

      6 years ago

      I like spelt. I like quinoa, amaranth, and other ancient grains too.

      Reply
  3. YouCannnnnPutItOnTheBoard

    6 years ago

    That one flew over your head like an Edwin Encarnacion bomb.. #eddiewantacracker #thegreenmile

    Reply
    • TDKnies

      6 years ago

      Great movie (and the book ain’t bad either!) ;p

      Reply
  4. mcdusty31

    6 years ago

    Reds GM Dick Williams checks in with a lot of players, even ones that seem to be out of their price range…just to let them know that if their market falls completely flat, the Reds can be the last branch they grab on the way down

    Reply
  5. markmc1235

    6 years ago

    Todd’s father was innocent. He did not kill those too little girls. Just another example of the justice system failing miserably.

    Reply
    • staypuft

      6 years ago

      Wat

      Reply
  6. CursedRangers

    6 years ago

    That’s a ton of trades by Dipito!

    Reply
  7. Robert Poole

    6 years ago

    I hope Todd Coffey comes back if only for the Ultimate Warrior entrance to the mound he has.

    Reply

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