The Dodgers have designated right-hander Wilmer Font for assignment, per a club announcement. His roster spot will go to top prospect Walker Buehler, whose promotion — to make his first-ever MLB start — was previously reported.
Font, who’ll soon turn 28, received his first real shot at the majors to open the 2018 season. The results, however, just haven’t been there, as he has surrendered 13 earned runs in 10 1/3 innings.
There’s just one walk — of the intentional variety — on Font’s stat line, so he’s been in the zone. But he has also coughed up 18 base hits, five of which have left the yard, and generated soft contact on just one of every ten balls put in play against him.
Despite the struggles, it would not be surprising to see another organization roll the dice on the out-of-options Font. After all, he turned in an impressive 2017 effort at Triple-A. In 134 1/3 innings spread over 25 starts last year at the highest level of the minors, Font worked to a 3.42 ERA with even more impressive peripherals (including 11.9 K/9 against just 2.3 BB/9).
this guy sucks, eh!
Here we all thought he’d push Jansen for his closer role.
Turns out he was just Comic Sans.
LOL…….. Whatever.
Hey, comic sans ain’t half bad.
Yeah, I never understood the mass hatred for comic sans.
Is hard contact on 1 out of 10 balls hit good or bad?
I think that it is good but odd that it was included in a sentence with bad stats.
Yeah, I wonder if it was a typo and was supposed to be soft contact, not hard contact.
It was indeed a typo. Fixed now.
A typo, not a font issue?
Okay, I think we’re done with this one now. 😉
That’s what I thought too.
Back to the Rangers…
Would he be worth the Reds giving him a shot?
How about beer and a bump?
Any pitcher with a pulse should get a shot with the Reds.
My go to fonts are Helvetica and Gil Sans.
The writing was on the wall for this move.
Apparently in Comic Sans font
DFAing Font is certainly a bold move…