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AL West Notes: Jepsen, Mariners, Pagan, Bautista

By Mark Polishuk | March 23, 2018 at 11:34am CDT

Some rumblings from around the AL West…

  • Veteran righty Kevin Jepsen has allowed only one run over 9 1/3 Spring Training innings, making him a strong bet to win a spot on the Rangers’ Opening Day roster, MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan writes.  Jepsen didn’t pitch in the majors in 2017 after a terrible spring camp with the Diamondbacks that led to a temporary absence from the game, as Jepsen took a couple of months to rehab a dead arm.  Once he felt healthy, he caught on with the Nationals on a minor league deal, though the biggest step in his turn-around came after a tip from catcher Spencer Kieboom allowed Jepsen to regain some of his old velocity.  Jepsen was a very effective reliever as recently as 2015, so Texas may have found a much-needed bullpen reinforcement for the cost of a minor league contract.
  • The Mariners thought so highly of Emilio Pagan as both a player and a person that GM Jerry Dipoto described the swap that sent Pagan and minor leaguer Alexander Campos to the Athletics for Ryon Healy as “probably the most painful trade we’ve made,” Dipoto tells Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.  “In a group that’s not unused to changing bodies, a lot of guys were crushed we traded Emilio.  He’s an unbelievable guy, a tremendous human being, he does all the right things,” Dipoto said.  Pagan made his MLB debut in 2017 and immediately became a key cog in Seattle’s bullpen, posting a 3.22 ERA over 50 1/3 innings and recording 56 strikeouts against just eight walks.  Pagan has continued to hone his game this spring, telling Slusser that he has increased usage of his changeup and also been throwing more inside fastballs to hitters.
  • Contrary to some reports out of Mexico, MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart reports (Twitter link) that the Astros aren’t signing Jose Bautista.  Given the Astros’ loaded roster, there wouldn’t have seemed to be much of a spot for the veteran slugger, particularly since he is coming off a sub-replacement level season in 2017.  There hasn’t been much in the way of concrete news about Bautista this winter, though the former Blue Jays slugger recently said he was still trying to find the best fit for he and his family amidst multiple Major League offers.
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35 Comments

  1. FBA17

    7 years ago

    Bautista is so full of it. Surely no MLB offers.

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    • seminolefan

      7 years ago

      So true.

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  2. snotrocket

    7 years ago

    Does he actually have major league offers? No way, José.

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  3. SHARKmapiro

    7 years ago

    Best (probably worst) quote in the history of baseball:

    “I don’t think there should be any negotiations. I think I’ve proved myself, and the question has been asked — what will it take — and I’ve given them an answer, I’m not going to sit here and try to bargain for a couple dollars.”

    – Jose Bautista, Feb 2016

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  4. madmanTX

    7 years ago

    Too bad no Bautista to Astros–Odor would have liked to use him as a punching bag on a more regular basis.

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    • Rollie's Mustache

      7 years ago

      Neither player hits like he belongs in the majors at this point. The feud would be a nice minor league sideshow I guess though.

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    • ldfanatic

      7 years ago

      Like the Astros do to the Rangers?

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      • justinkm19

        7 years ago

        You guys were destroyed for a decade by the Rangers and every other team for that matter

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        • dudeness88

          7 years ago

          World champs now bud. suck it. and it was 5 years.

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        • HouthonAthroths

          7 years ago

          …and yet the Rangers have nothing to show for it. Rangers have a silver boot. woohoo.

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        • jaltuvefan

          7 years ago

          Suck it Arlington suck it long and suck it hard

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    • mynameispepe

      7 years ago

      still butt hurt from that 7th inning hu?

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      • JaysForDays

        7 years ago

        He must be! Haha. Plus, throwing a sucker punch takes a really special kinda man. I never really cared for Joey Bats ‘ antics — tho I loved all the drama he brought in Orioles and Rangers games, but Odor is quite obviously one of the cheapest, dirtiest players in the league – proven time and time again. That 7th inning was karma…. and the sweep the next time around was great too!

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        • LF16

          7 years ago

          Bautista’s hands were up when he approached Odor after initiating the confrontation with a reckless slide. Odor demonstrated a lack of control, granted, but that was no sucker punch. Bautista was lucky Beltre held him up.

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        • jdgoat

          7 years ago

          Odor through his hardest and Bautista wasn’t going down.

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        • jdgoat

          7 years ago

          Threw

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        • redbeard87

          7 years ago

          I don’t think you know what a sucker punch is. Good try tho

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        • LF16

          7 years ago

          Sucker punch would be if Bautista routinely slid into second and, out of nowhere, Odor punched him. That was no sucker punch. Bautista provoked Odor, pretended to be a tough guy as if he was going to punch Odor, but he picked on the wrong guy. But, I appreciate your encouragement, redbeard. Bautista got what he deserved, just as he’s getting his rewards now with his “multiple” major league deals.

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    • brucenewton

      7 years ago

      Young punk gets his best shot in on an old guy. Old guy takes it like it was paper bag in a windstorm.

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    • jdgoat

      7 years ago

      Why would you want him on Houston? Bautista is the legal owner of the Texas Rangers man. He’s literally your guys daddy

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      • redbeard87

        7 years ago

        Yeah, guys who get knocked out totally own the guys who kicked their @ss.

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        • mynameispepe

          7 years ago

          He knocked the whole team out with that hr, got punched by the little butthurt rat, then proceeded to sweep their asses again a few months later. He owns them alright,

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    • tigerfan1968

      7 years ago

      Jose can take a punch. I would bet Jose over Odor no problem. Jose is one of the most popular players ever in Toronto. On the right team he could be a big help. A right handed power bat. Don’t laugh but the Rangers could be a good fit.

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  5. johnnynoze

    7 years ago

    It’s clear to Dipoto now that he jumped the gun on the Healy trade and gave up a nice asset in Pagan that he didn’t need to given the market dynamics that played out. He could have had Morrison for 1/$7M, or even 2/$10M, or a host of other serviceable + cheap options for this year. Dipoto needs to learn more patience or he won’t be on the GM circuit for long.

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    • jmchale40

      7 years ago

      Hind sight is always 20/20…

      You could say the same with Sox resigning moreland. Same about phillies and Santana

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      • Phil253

        7 years ago

        Right now the trade looks bad, but it’s spring and still too early to tell. Give it until August.

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        • jeremytk42

          7 years ago

          That should be the Mariners slogan.

          Mariners Baseball: Right Now The Trade Looks Bad.

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      • redbeard87

        7 years ago

        There were a ton of 1B/DH options on the free agent market, it was always silly to give up a good asset in a trade for one

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  6. LF16

    7 years ago

    Jose Bautista and I got the same number of major league offers this offseason – zero.

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  7. oaksbossko

    7 years ago

    The Healy trade for Pagan and Campos was excellent for the A’s.

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  8. Realtexan

    7 years ago

    Bautista needs to just go away and never return never. Maybe some low level independent team will feel sorry for him and make him there bat boy or water boy

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    • jdgoat

      7 years ago

      Why? He’s had one bad season. Some team hoping he can bounce back would be intelligent to bring him in

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  9. luvbeisbol

    7 years ago

    Bonds was not hired at the end of his career because he was intensely disliked. Joey Bats is not just disliked, he no longer can play. Hope he saved his money.

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  10. Groggydogs

    7 years ago

    Does Bautista know Japanese as I expect those are going to be the only offers he would be getting.

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    • elcarim_23

      7 years ago

      He can go to Korea and hit 60 HRS.

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