The Indians have selected the contract of righty A.J. Cole from Triple-A Columbus, reports Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Righty Cody Anderson will head back to AAA in his place, while infielder Max Moroff has cleared waivers and been outright off the 40-man roster.
Cole, 27, will presumably work out of an unsung Indians pen that’s been a surprising bright spot in 2019. Both Brad Hand and Adam Cimber have again been rock-solid, and under-the-radar pickup Nick Wittgren has quietly been among the AL’s best in a brief sample thus far.
In 148 big-league innings across four seasons with the Nationals and Yankees, Cole has shown an unyielding proclivity for the K, though it’s too often been offset by an icky gopher-ball itch. His 1.89 HR/9 ranks near the back of the league over that span, hitting rock bottom in ’18 with a disturbing 2.79 HR/9 over 48 IP with both clubs. In 17 innings with Columbus this season, Cole’d allowed just 2 homers, though his 35.3% grounder rate placed right in line with his career norms.
Jon Edwards has been an underrated reliever too.
Look at his FIP
Edwards has always outperformed his FIP. eventually FIP doesn’t matter if your ERA is always better.
He has more walks than strikeouts, and he’s given up too many homers. In certain cases I agree that FIP isn’t the best metric, but in his case he’s been extremely lucky. There’s a reason he’s been the one they keep shuttling back and forth from Columbus.
Today on “When Contractions Go Too Far”: Cole’d
See you post a lot about grammatical “errors.” Did you just not pass your teacher certification test and decided to live out that dream on a baseball site or???
“Cole’d” means “Cole had.” That’s grammatically correct, so maybe stop nitpicking.
“…icky gopher ball itch.”
That’s awesome!
Thought I was looking at an old pic of Kevin Brown.
You think maybe soon we could get an updated photo?
Welcome back, fly cross country to bail them out and take a big fat L…
Courtesy of that little league defense. Man, that was absolutely embarrassing, considering they’re major leaguers.
Maybe it is on the field conditions, players on Oakland were slipping and sliding this weekend too.
That doesn’t excuse the Bauers/Ramirez debacle. Bauers should not be playing anywhere but first base…….or Columbus.
What’s it matter? As long as they have the same ownership, front office, and manager, things is gonna be doo doo.
correct!
more #dolandiscounts !