Since the conclusion of the regular season, a number of players have elected free agency. That right accrues to certain players who are outrighted off of a 40-man roster during or after the season — namely, those that have at least three years of MLB service and/or have previously been outrighted. Such players that accepted outright assignments during the season have the right to elect free agency instead at season’s end, provided they aren’t added back to the 40-man in the meantime.
We already rounded up the position players. Now, here are the pitchers that have recently taken to the open market, along with their now-former teams (via the International League and PCL transactions pages):
- Austin Adams, RHP, Tigers
- Michael Blazek, RHP, Nationals
- David Carpenter, RHP, Rangers
- Rookie Davis, RHP, Pirates
- Odrisamer Despaigne, RHP, White Sox
- Ryan Feierabend, LHP, Blue Jays
- Brian Flynn, LHP, Royals
- Ryan Garton, RHP, Mariners
- Sean Gilmartin, LHP, Orioles
- Matt Grace, LHP, Nationals
- Deolis Guerra, RHP, Brewers (since re-signed)
- David Hale, RHP, Yankees
- Kazuhisa Makita, RHP, Padres
- Justin Miller, RHP, Nationals
- Juan Minaya, RHP, White Sox
- Bryan Mitchell, RHP, Padres
- Hector Noesi, RHP, Marlins
- Tim Peterson, RHP, Mets
- Brooks Pounders, RHP, Mets
- JC Ramirez, RHP, Angels
- Erasmo Ramirez, RHP, Red Sox
- Zac Rosscup, LHP, Cardinals
- Chris Rusin, LHP, ROckies
- Fernando Salas, RHP, Phillies
- Brian Schlitter, RHP, Athletics
- Chasen Shreve, LHP, Cardinals
- Aaron Slegers, RHP, Rays
- Josh Smith, RHP, Red Sox
- Dan Straily, RHP, Phillies
- Pat Venditte, SHP, Giants
- Dan Winkler, RHP, Giants
- Mike Wright, RHP, Mariners
Minor correction – Rookie Davis, RHP pitched for Pittsburgh & their AAA club, the Indy Indians.
He was not in the Cleveland Indians organization in 2019..
I stink. Thanks.
No, just need a shower.
This is a “who’s who” of who gives a f*#k!!
Bryan Mitchell, the RHP from the Padres is one reason to not trust Preller or the FO…
They took on Chase Headcase Hedley’s contract to acquire him and he had nothing. It seemed like Mitchell wasn’t interested in baseball.
Mine might be an impression from a single pregame but I really got that impression. If he had tools, with one of the better pitching coaches in the MLB, then something was wrong in the ol’ cabeza.
Bad acquisition. Good riddance.
This whole deal would look completely different if Chase Headley was halfway decent that year. His spontaneous combustion left his price tag attached to Mitchell.
Would be different if they gave up something for Headley and Mitchell. They gave up Jabari Blash. A player that the Yankees traded to the Angels for a PTBNL and as far as I know, that player still hasn’t been named.
Padres essentially bought Mitchell for Headley’s contract. Padres felt that Mitchell was a potential starter and Headley could be flipped at deadline. So essentially the transaction cost the Padres $12.5M for 2 years of Mitchell. Not a good move, but relatively speaking a pretty minor one since it has zero impact moving forward.
Flushing $12M down the toilet is pretty stupid, regardless of how much perfume you spray around it. Mitchell had never shown anything in the majors and Headley was showing signs that he was over the hill prior to the trade.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22534857/yankees-trade-jabari-blash-angels-player-cash?device=featurephone
Seemingly it was for a PTBNL or cash. Presumably, the Yankees likely opted for the cash…though I couldn’t find a transaction related to that….
I think Dan Winkler is a Braves pitcher and not a Giants pitcher (unless there are two of them with the same name).
Same guy. If you click on the link it shows he ended the year with the Giants.
Dan Winkler was traded from the Braves to Giants at trade deadline when the Braves got Mark Melancon from Giants!
Winkler was designated right after he was aquired by San Francisco
Austin Adams – Seattle ?
There are two Austin Adams and the M’s are definately keeping their guy even with him out until mid season
There’s an Austin Adams in Detroit’s system too. He was on their MLB roster for awhile in 2019. That link is going to the wrong guy! Here’s the correct one.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/adamsau01.shtml
Not a compelling group. David Hale is one of the more interesting based on his increased velocity.
Dan Winkler has the Angels written all over him.
I would think Yankees he’ll be cheap plus they love picking up ex-Braves.
I see that the whole switch-pitcher thing continues to keep Pat Venditte on the map.
Does he still do it? I don’t know what his minor league splits look like, but his career numbers in MLB vs. Lefties is impressive while vs. Righties they are terrible. we are talking about 5:1 SO:W and 1:1 SO:W along with .570 OPS and .904 OPS.
If I was the Brewers I would try to sign Rookie Davis, Bryan Mitchell, Chasen Shreve and Blazek to minor league deals. I will go out on a limb and say that they would be a very good depth that actually can contribute.
As a Pirate fan I can tell you that Rookie Davis is clearly a AAA pitcher and will not help a ML team.
As an Astros fan, I can tell you that there is always hope for former Pirates pitchers.
Then the Astros should sign him.
And there is always an exception to the rule.
Luhnow lucked out with Cole big time since the Yankees whiffed their golden opportunity.
Morton was hurt every year with the Pirates and his one year with the Phillies and to me did not seem to have his heart in the game.
They both benefitted by being on a good team with good coaches.
That incompetent, dishonest imbecile Preller should have been fired for that Mitchell deal alone…..
crazy all these guys are free agents, but Pounders is the one that got the call to the US National Team roster
well, Flynn is, but Pounders is certainly not the second best US-born player on this list.
Alot of filler but a few interesting names on this list….
All AAA pitchers at best…No major league talent listed.