The D-backs have brought right-hander Randall Delgado back to the organization on a new minor league contract, reports Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic (on Twitter). Delgado was designated for assignment on July 25 and subsequently released. Delgado, a client of MVP Sports, will head to Triple-A Reno for the time being, according to Piecoro.
Delgado, 28, missed the vast majority of the 2018 season while recovering from a fairly severe oblique injury that landed him on the 60-day DL and kept him out of action from Opening Day until early July. Once healthy, he yielded four runs on seven hits and three walks through seven innings for Arizona, though he managed just two strikeouts in that time. Delgado’s fastball, which averaged 94.2 mph in 2017, averaged just 91.9 mph in his brief run with the D-backs earlier this season.
Uninspiring as those results might’ve been, Delgado brings a track record of solid bullpen work with him back to the Arizona organization. From 2015-17, he pitched to a 3.78 ERA over the life of 209 2/3 innings and averaged 8.6 K/9 against 3.6 BB/9 with 0.9 HR/9. Given his experience and the organization’s familiarity with Delgado, there’s a decent chance that he’ll get a look as an extra arm in the team’s bullpen when rosters expand in September. He has enough MLB service time to reach free agency at season’s end, so even if he pitches his way back into the front office’s good graces, he’ll likely be exploring the open market once again in the near future.
Why was he even released in the first place? Dude had a 3.16 FIP last year over 62.2? No one else they coulda made room for?
Missed most of the season with an injury and came back with a fastball that was down more than two miles per hour.
The very fact that he’s back on a Minor League deal and wasn’t traded elsewhere suggests that the D-backs weren’t the only club who was concerned by that.
Guess I should’ve read the article haha. Yeah 2 mph drop is pretty concerning. Make more sense, thanks.
he was in his walk year. ended up releasing him after they got andriese.(probably butchered the spelling). glad to see them bring him back. he’ll be a huge part of the pen in September and hopefully, for his sake, in October as well.
This is correct. Andriese is under control through 2022 while Delgado is a pending free agent who wasn’t performing well. Once the trade was made, Delgado was expendable.
I wonder who’s roster spot he will take on the 40-man roster once he is called-up in September?
Delgado has been someone who I have not liked much ever since he intentionally beaned Andrew McCutchen a few years ago. Maybe the only time I can remember a pitcher start to walk off of the mound towards the dugout before the umpire actually made the motion to throw him out of the game.
Thank you for this comment as I was going to mention it as it has festered since it happened in the summer of 2014.The day before the immortal Ernesto Frieri,who had recently been acquired for Jason Grilli and was not exactly Jamie Moyer when it came to control,threw a pitch to Paul Goldstein.It took off and tailed and hit him on his hand,ending his season.Goldstein said after the game that it was clear that it was not meant to hit him.
Delgado hit Cutch the next day in the middle of the back.The only time I saw Cutch on the DL was a few days later with a small broken bone in his back.Coincidence?
I hope that the six day ban for hitting Asuna a couple of days ago is upheld.These guys should not be allowed to get away with this stuff.