The Angels have acquired righty Odrisamer Despaigne from the Marlins, Maria Guardado of MLB.com reports on Twitter. Cash considerations are headed to Miami in return.
To open a roster spot, the Halos designated fellow right-hander Dayan Diaz for assignment. With the move, the Marlins now have an open 40-man slot to work with.
Needless to say, this isn’t the sort of mid-summer trade acquisition the Angels envisioned making at the start of the season. Despaigne has mostly functioned as a gap-filling swingman since he reached the majors, so he isn’t the sort of pitcher who’d be targeted by a contender. Sitting 11.5 games out of postseason position, the Angels simply aren’t one. The move seems designed merely to relax the burden on the club’s injury-riddled pitching staff.
Despaigne has spent a bit of time working as a MLB long reliever this year, but has thrown more at Triple-A. Over 43 1/3 innings at the highest level of the minors, he hasn’t allowed a single home run but carries a 4.36 ERA with 8.3 K/9 and 2.5 BB/9. In his 331 major-league frames over the past five years, Despaigne has a 4.76 ERA, though estimators suggest he has been a bit better than that (4.30 FIP; 4.61 xFIP; 4.19 SIERA).
As for Diaz, who was claimed off waivers last fall from the Astros, he opened the year on the restricted list owing to visa troubles and really never got going. Though the 29-year-old reliever briefly reached the majors in 2016 and 2017, he has only made seven appearances at the High-A level this year.
OD! Not good but fun to watch. A lot of different pitches at a lot of different speeds.
And different angles
Hell better then use your bullpen
Does he have any control beyond this year?
Yes he is arbitration eligible after this season
He is scheduled to be a free agent in 2022
Thank you. So possibly some depth Beto d this year.
Always enjoyed when he was with the Padres and pitched against the Dodgers because we got to hear Vin Scully pronounce his name. He made it sound like music.
I remember seeing him for the first time and he absolutely dominated the Giants. They never seem to play well against pitchers they haven’t seen before.
Haha true. Ol’ Vin never met a name he couldn’t butcher
Does he still take 3 minutes between every pitch?
Who cares how long pitchers take? Would you rather watch your team win with Steve Trachsel on the mound or lose with Martin Perez in a 2 hour 8 minute affair?
When a 1 2 3 inning takes 30 minutes I care. Also I never saw my team win with OD.
29 and in single A? Lolllll
You are your age and sitting on your couch. And ?
Sorry, that was me making assumptions. By your use of “Lolllll,” it’s quite possible that you’re just ten years old and may make the majors one day.
He is in single a due to the fact he had visa issues and just arrived in the U.S. a little more than a month ago
Hope Despaigne is ready for TJS.
For the life of me, I still don’t understand why the didn’t sign Hernandez during the off season! Instead they signed Johnson and went after all these other retreads.
Jim Johnson wasn’t signed by the Angels, he was acquired along with international bonus money which went to Shohei Ohtani. The Angels didn’t sign any relievers during the offseason (well, technically Taylor Cole). But yeah, they should’ve signed someone like Hernandez.