The Angels have designated infielder Jose Fernandez and righty Parker Bridwell for assignment, per a club announcement. Those moves helped to open roster space so the team could select the contracts of lefty Jose Suarez, infielder Luis Rengifo, and righty Luis Madero.
Fernandez, 30, has had an unusual career path. His attempted transition to the majors from Cuba took years, then he finally landed with the Dodgers in 2017. Fernandez has done nothing but hit in the upper minors, with an enticing blend of power (.202 ISO at Triple-A in 2018) and plate discipline (8.6% strikeout rate with 8.4% walk rate).
Still, Fernandez was dumped by the Dodgers. Then, in a lost season for the Halos, Fernandez received only limited opportunity. To be fair, he was not able to bring the power with him to the game’s highest level. But Fernandez posted a respectable 94 wRC+. He was deployed only sparingly at second and third base in the big leagues, but spent plenty of time there at Triple-A.
It’ll also be interesting to see how much interest Bridwell draws. It was only a year back, after all, that he was coming off of a 121-inning, 3.64 ERA campaign. Of course, there were flashing red signs suggesting that was unlikely to be sustained. And Bridwell has since endured an injury-plagued campaign in which he was knocked around when on the mound.
RIP JOSÉ FERNANDEZ
Bridwell will be picked up quick
Yeah maybe. Pretty complacent of the writer here to not elaborate on what he interpreted as the “red flags” re Bridwell.
Alright Farhan, do the Giants a favor and pick up Bridwell. I know you have it in you…
Please do if he gets that far
What a difference a year makes. What happened to Parker Bridwell between 2017 and 2018?
He has struggles against the A’s and the only start he had was against them and he gave up like 7 through 1.2 IP.
*struggled
Huh
Okay…. and?
Bridwell is not a big league pitcher, too many people talking about his ERA and hoping their team picks him up. If the pitching starving angels dump him, should tell you he’s not very valuable.
Why not jeffry marte?
He’s gone already.
Why not Jabari Blash? Dude K’s 50% of the time (not an exaggeration).
I think there were tons of better DFA options than Fernandez. Blash, Farrell, Noe Ramirez, etc.
I could think of players who should have been designated over those two. Ramirez and Cowart, just to name two.
Ramirez shown ability to miss bats and Cowart is a good defender at multiple positions. JMF is an old mediocre defender with little to no pop and Bridwell was a flash in the pan arm that’s been terrible apart from that spell in 2017. I think we made the right call here
Bridwell back to the Orioles!
He’s cheap and will be well…cheap!
Orioles get bridwell again make it happen