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Nationals To Sign Vidal Nuno

By Jeff Todd | January 17, 2019 at 5:33pm CDT

The Nationals have agreed to a minor-league deal with southpaw Vidal Nuno, according to Jon Heyman of Fancred (via Twitter). He’ll receive an invitation to participate in MLB Spring Training as well as opt-out opportunities if he doesn’t earn a roster spot. Nuno would earn at a $1.3MM rate in the big leagues.

Nuno, 31, turned in a sparkling 1.64 ERA in 33 frames last year for the Rays. His underlying peripherals, however, were not quite so promising as the bottom-line results would otherwise suggest. Nuno was helped along by a .216 batting average on balls in play and 100% strand rate.

Teams clearly do not anticipate that Nuno will be capable of replicating his 2018 output; otherwise, he’d have been claimed when he was outrighted after the end of the season or would have commanded a MLB deal in free agency. Still, he seems to be a worthwhile depth piece, having compiled a 4.06 ERA with 7.5 K/9 and 2.5 BB/9 over nearly four hundred career frames at the game’s highest level.

For the Nats, Nuno could represent both rotation and left-handed relief depth. He took ten starts at Triple-A last year but has mostly worked out of the pen in recent major league campaigns. Historically, Nuno has found much greater success against same-handed hitters, so he could compete for a LOOGY job in camp.

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  1. ardaines

    6 years ago

    me

    Reply
    • Rking

      6 years ago

      He does make an ok shampoo. Or used to anyway

      2
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      • bobtillman

        6 years ago

        Head and Shoulders above the competition…….

        3
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      • gotothevideotape

        6 years ago

        ROFLMFAO

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      • InvalidUserID

        6 years ago

        Vidal Sassoon LOL

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      • Old User Name

        6 years ago

        If you don’t look good, we don’t look good.

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  2. DarkSide830

    6 years ago

    as long as he produces better then he did in 2017 he could be a boon for Washington.

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  3. Four4fore

    6 years ago

    Left handed + pulse = chance

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    • gmenfan

      6 years ago

      Sign me up then.

      1
      Reply
  4. xabial

    6 years ago

    Under-the-radar pick up. Southpaw, that’s always a plus.

    3
    Reply
  5. Francys01

    6 years ago

    Wow, the Nationals are looking great. They have a competitive team with or without Harper. Definitely Nuno will help the Nationals.

    1
    Reply
  6. Oxford Karma

    6 years ago

    This guy is gonna play til he’s 40 and it’s been smoke and mirrors since day one.

    4
    Reply
  7. Papabueno

    6 years ago

    The Nationals bullpen could use an effective LOOGY. Hope Nuno can fill that role.

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  8. Fanof29teams

    6 years ago

    Now sign Harper and trade Eaton to Cincinnati than trade for Bumgarner or cluber .

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  9. Fanof29teams

    6 years ago

    Kluber*

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