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Released: Tazawa, McGowan, Cunningham, Campos

By Jeff Todd | May 23, 2018 at 2:41pm CDT

Several players have recently gone onto the open market after being released by their respective organizations:

  • Veteran reliever Junichi Tazawa has been released after clearing waivers, the Marlins announced. Miami will remain responsible for the rest of his $7MM salary for the current season, less any eventual earnings at the MLB minimum rate. Tazawa was one of several veteran hurlers added by the Marlins in hopes of building around a talented (and since largely traded-away) core of position-player talent. Like most of the others, he did not contribute as hoped. Tazawa was even worse this year than last, allowing an earned run for each of the twenty frames he handled.
  • The Marlins have also parted ways with righty Dustin McGowan, as MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro recently tweeted. The 36-year-old reliever had caught on with the Miami organization in mid-April but had not appeared with an affiliate. McGowan played a big role in the Miami pen in each of the past two years, though he could not sustain the 2.82 ERA pitching he showed in 2016. Last year, McGowan worked to a 4.75 ERA with 7.4 K/9 and 3.1 BB/9 over 77 2/3 innings.
  • Outfielder Todd Cunningham has been cut loose by the White Sox, Matt Eddy of Baseball America reports. The 29-year-old has not seen the majors since 2016 and has only accumulated 130 plate appearances there in total. He has bounced between multiple organizations over the past two seasons. After a useful showing at the plate in Triple-A in 2017 (.284/.404/.414), Cunningham has struggled to a .163/.246/.204 slash in his first sixty plate appearances of the current season.
  • Finally, the Angels have released righty Vicente Campos, as Eddy also covers. Campos, 25, has one MLB appearance under his belt but has otherwise spent the past few years in the upper minors. Despite promising results there in 2016, injuries and performance problems have prevailed since. In 46 innings since the start of 2017, Campos has allowed 39 earned runs on 65 hits while sporting an unpalatable 39:30 K/BB ratio.
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5 Comments

  1. sufferforsnakes

    7 years ago

    So which one ends up in Cleveland’s bullpen?

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    • Solaris601

      7 years ago

      If Francona had a bullpen that included Tazawa, Tomlin, McAllister, and McGowan, the Tribe would probably go on to set the all time record for complete games. None of those guys are even slightly effective.

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    • Michael Chaney

      7 years ago

      You know, I could actually picture McGowan signing a minor league deal with them and ending up at Columbus for a little while

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  2. astrosfan

    7 years ago

    Who will the Rangers pick up

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    • mikeyank55

      7 years ago

      The Mets are in after the rangers. This will preserve as much cash for the Wilpon Trust for Dodger memorabilia.

      Reply

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