The Rays are set to release veteran left-hander Dana Eveland, tweets SB Nation’s Chris Cotillo. The 33-year-old had been back with Tampa Bay on a minor league pact after spending the 2016 campaign in the Rays organization. Now, he’ll look to latch on elsewhere with a team in need of left-handed bullpen help.
Eveland allowed a run on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings this spring. The 2016 campaign was not a positive one for him in the Majors, as he yielded 23 runs on 32 hits and 19 walks (three intentional) with 21 strikeouts in 23 innings of work. His results in Triple-A last season, however, registered on the opposite end of the spectrum, as he posted a superlative 0.30 ERA in 29 2/3 innings of work with a 21-to-6 K/BB ratio.
Last year marked the 11th big league season for the journeyman southpaw, who has appeared in the Majors as a member of 10 different teams. In total, he’s logged 446 1/3 innings in the Major Leagues and pitched to a 5.46 ERA with 6.2 K/9, 4.5 BB/9 and a 50.2 percent ground-ball rate.
I wonder why not just keep him as minor league depth
Probably had an opt out in his contract
The fact that the Rays are making this move so early in camp suggests to me that they know they won’t have room for Eveland in AAA, maybe they have a number of younger guys they want to look at. By releasing him now, Tampa is doing him a big favor in giving him more time to latch on somewhere else and get a chance to get some spring innings in to try and earn a job there.
He’ll latch on somewhere that needs cheap lefty help
Maybe the As, twins, marlins. Etc
Major or minor
Who knows.
A .30 era is redic, but he wouldn’t put those number up in the pcl.
Eveland must have a colorful closet.
Praise baby jesus!
Cleveland should sign Eveland just for the entertainment of all the wordplay that would result.
An English teacher salute this!
I swear there was an s on salute when I sent it!
I think they should…..because our pitching right now isn’t delivering.