The Diamondbacks have claimed righty Troy Scribner off waivers from the Angels, per a club announcement. Arizona designated outfielder Jeremy Hazelbaker for assignment to create roster space.
Scribner had been designated for assignment recently by the Halos to open the door to a claim of fellow righty Akeel Morris. The 26-year-old reached the majors last year in a swingman role and has mostly functioned as a starter over his time in the minors.
In his first 23 2/3 MLB frames, compiled over four starts and six relief appearances, Scribner allowed 11 earned runs on only 17 hits, though a whopping seven of those left the yard. He also compiled 18 strikeouts against ten walks. Scribner has a 4.03 ERA with 8.3 K/9 and 3.6 BB/9 over his 149 2/3 career Triple-A innings.
Hazelbaker, who is best known for his unbelievable start to the 2016 season, will lose his roster spot despite having compiled a .258/.327/.500 slash line through 285 MLB plate appearances. The 30-year-old has also mostly demolished Triple-A pitching in recent seasons. While high batting averages on balls in play leave plenty of room for skepticism, Hazelbaker has always posted lofty BABIP figures as a professional. He also knows how to swipe a bag and can play any of the three outfield positions, so perhaps another team will take a shot.
I don’t get why hazelbaker doesn’t get his break. Some team will pick him up and will make good use of him.
Exactly what I was thinking. Cards seemed like they were grooming him for their OF, and they cut him loose. AZ never really gave him a shot. If a team just plugs him into a corner OF spot, I think he’ll really take off. Again, Giants seem to be a logical landing spot, but they insist on screwing around with players like Gregor Blanco and Gorkys Hernandez. Maybe SEA will take a flyer on him when the Jason Werth experiment crashes and burns.
Exactly. Guy can hit. WTF?
His peripherals all day that it is a fluke. That being said, the production is there.
Oakland just signed Trayce Thompson but Hazelbaker is way better.
Paging the SF Giants. If he goes through waivers and isn’t traded, it would be hard to see the Giants passing on him.
Could see the Yankees put in a claim on Hazelbaker. Could use the short term OF depth after losing Thompson to the A’s yesterday.
They should go get Slade Heathcott back from Oakland if they need OF depth.
I’m sure we could put him in shortstop to replace the bum Ahmed
Bum Ahmed? He was leading the league in RBI’s a couple of days ago. Not to mention he is a gold glove caliber fielder
A lefty with some pop and speed will end up on a roster.
Ahmed does this every year! No question he has a great glove but I agree Zobeck he’s a bum . Gets just hit enough then chokes the rest of the year. Hope I’m wrong need the stick .