Here are Monday’s minor moves from around the league…
- Right-hander A.J. Cole cleared waivers, the Indians announced Monday. He’s been sent outright to Triple-A Columbus and will be in Spring Training as a non-roster invitee to Major League camp. Cleveland plucked Cole off waivers when the Yankees had designated him for assignment last month. The Indians will now have the luxury of trying to capitalize on the strong ability Cole showed to miss bats last season without dedicating a 40-man roster spot to that effort. Cole averaged 11.6 K/9 with a gaudy 15.9 percent swinging-strike rate and 34.3 percent chase rate in 38 innings of relief with the Yankees. The long ball was his undoing, though, as he surrendered a wholly unacceptable nine big flies in those 38 frames (2.13 HR/9).
Earlier Moves
- The Rays have agreed to a minor league contract with right-hander Tyler Cloyd, tweets Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. He’ll be invited to Major League Spring Training when pitchers and catchers report this week. Cloyd, 31, didn’t appear in the Majors from 2014-16 but returned to MLB with a lone inning in 2017 before tallying 17 2/3 frames for the Marlins last year. He’s allowed 17 runs in 18 2/3 innings since returning to the Majors. Cloyd did post a solid 68-to-18 K/BB ratio in 85 1/3 innings with Triple-A New Orleans last year, although a susceptibility to home runs and a low strand rate led to a less encouraging 5.17 ERA overall with the Marlins’ top affiliate. The Rays cycled through 31 pitchers a year ago (which is less than it sounds like in today’s game) and could see that number rise in 2019 if they more aggressively employ their utilization of openers and bullpen-heavy games.
No comments on this earth-shattering signing? You got your Harpers, your Machados, your Cloyds……
Talk about a long shot. But depth is depth
Would have been more comments if it had been…
Pretty Boy Cloyd
Sigmund Cloyd
Pink Cloyd
Cloyd the Barber
iCloyd storage
Actually, would be been more comments, if people weren’t mean to frequent posters…
I would attribute it to that, more than being minor news
Don’t be afraid, use that BANHAMMER ;-)
It was just the opposite for me on the Kareem Hunt story…..sort of.
I made a comment, and yes people were mean towards me, but there were many mean comments. They piled it on.
Wow…Sigmund Cloyd….I was his catcher in high school….his mother was always in the stands……and he kept rubbing the bats…..
Probably a nervous habit stemming from his compulsive use of Peruvian marching powder. You know, … the booger sugar.
Oh, that Siggy.
Surprised Cole cleared waivers. Pretty sure he’d compete for an Opening Day job in quite a few bullpens.
Maybe even a couple of starting staffs…
I’m surprised, too. And happy. It’s possible he outperforms some of the old school guys in that pen and actually makes the team out of ST.