The Indians have avoided arbitration with righty Dan Otero, according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag (via Twitter). He’ll earn $1.05MM in his first season of eligibility, falling short of the $1.2MM that the MLBTR model had projected.
Otero, 31, was picked up in a waiver trade last winter, and went on to provide tremendous production for Cleveland. He logged a robust 70 2/3 innings of 1.53 ERA ball, with 57 strikeouts against just ten walks. He also chipped in 7 2/3 quality postseason innings during the team’s World Series run.
Glad he’s coming back this season! What a great addition to the Tribe’s bullpen!
Great pick up- not sure what the A’s were thinking releasing him.
thank goodness he had a down year which let him fall in our lap
It also helps that he was out of options, so they couldn’t just stash him in AAA.
I’ll admit I was skeptical after seeing a couple of his spring training performances, but he really was darn impressive.
Wow! That’s a great deal for Cleveland.
Wish the Giants hung on to him.
The Indians have done a good job in picking up these type of guys over that last few years. I hope that the two pitchers we picked up off of waivers will be as effective.