The Diamondbacks have released left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski, according to Roster Roundup. He had been with the organization since signing a minor league deal in February.
The journeyman Rzepczynski has been an effective reliever for most of his career, which began with the Blue Jays in 2009, but hasn’t seen much action at the game’s highest level of late. After a 31 1/3-inning season with the Mariners in 2017, “Scrabble” threw just 10 1/3 frames between the M’s and Indians last year. Opposing offenses battered Rzepczynski during that small sample, collecting eight earned runs on 16 hits and 10 walks.
Prior to his release, Rzepczynski recorded mediocre numbers across 25 2/3 innings with the Diamondbacks’ Triple-A affiliate in Reno. The 33-year-old pitched to a 3.86 ERA/4.74 FIP with 6.31 K/9 and 4.21 BB/9, though he did log a superb 60.5 percent groundball rate. Rzepczynski has also induced grounders at a high clip in the majors (59.7 percent), where he has posted a 3.89 ERA/3.88 FIP and 8.47 K/9 against 4.24 BB/9 in 434 2/3 innings. Most of his success has come at the expense of same-handed hitters, whom he has held to a .227/.296/.305 line.
One of the great Nicknames
When playing Scrabble, Rzepczynski results in an automatic win.
It would be virtually impossible to get on a Scrabble board and proper names would have to be allowed. You can only have 7 letters on your rack at one time. The word “ski” would have to be on the board and be lined up perpendicularly to a word with a letter ‘R’ in the same line as it, then you’d have 2 ‘Z’s, an ‘E’, a ‘P’, a ‘C’, a ‘Y’ and an ‘N’ in your rack. There’s a better chance of him signing a multi-million dollar contract right now.
Why do we need this information?
Interesting to see he was traded with Edwin Jackson and Octavio Dotel in the same trade. Two guys who recently made some news.
Sadly this has the Braves written all over it.
As long as that means Blevins is gone then I’m all for it.
How do you like Camden Yards Mark?