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Indians Re-Sign James Hoyt

By Jeff Todd | December 4, 2019 at 9:49am CDT

After being dropped from the Indians’ 40-man roster in advance of the non-tender deadline, righty James Hoyt has landed back with the Cleveland organization. Full terms aren’t known, but the contract does come with a MLB roster spot.

The 33-year-old Hoyt hasn’t yet proven he can deliver results in the majors, but has had no trouble getting swings and misses from big-league hitters. He has averaged a 16.8% swinging-strike rate at the game’s highest level, allowing him to carry an excellent 104:26 K/BB ratio over eighty frames. Hoyt has also allowed 14 long balls in that span.

It’ll be interesting to see whether the Indians can coax some quality MLB frames out of the slider-heavy hurler. He spent the 2019 season shifting from a four-seam to a two-seam heater — at least, as identified by pitch-tracking software — which may have helped him to limit International League hitters to three home runs in 42 Triple-A frames. But Hoyt did go on to surrender a pair of dingers in his 8 1/3 September innings in the majors.

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  1. JRamHOF

    6 years ago

    2020 WS bound

    Reply
  2. sufferforsnakes

    6 years ago

    One enters, one must exit?

    Reply
    • hockeyjohn

      6 years ago

      He takes Plawecki’s spot on the 40 man roster.

      Reply
      • sufferforsnakes

        6 years ago

        Upgrade!

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        • Polish Hammer

          6 years ago

          Yeah but Plawecki pitched better than Hoyt last season. Who will be our position pitcher for mop-up duty? Will it be Michel Martinez again?

          Reply
        • layventsky

          6 years ago

          Please don’t give them any ideas.

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        • sufferforsnakes

          6 years ago

          Can he throw a curveball?

          Reply
  3. Rangers29

    6 years ago

    Smart, anything to help a half-broken bullpen, he has no promise for being 33, but maybe he can turn it around. Nice backup.

    Reply
  4. MarlinsFanBase

    6 years ago

    Another vet for AAA pitching staff.

    Reply
  5. PapiElf

    6 years ago

    He was good in Houston for one year. Now he might be decent in Columbus and maybe acceptable in September when he’s called up to Cleveland.

    Reply
  6. dgk71

    6 years ago

    Indians have an open spot on their 40 man roster

    Reply
    • ehawks62

      6 years ago

      Allstar addition Big Spending Dolans!!!

      Reply
  7. ehawks62

    6 years ago

    Allstar addition!!! Go Dolans!

    Reply
    • Polish Hammer

      6 years ago

      Yes because with a solid bullpen they should spend millions on a depth player for Columbus.

      Reply
      • sufferforsnakes

        6 years ago

        From above….

        “Full terms aren’t known, but the contract does come with a MLB roster spot.”

        Not Columbus.

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        • Polish Hammer

          6 years ago

          Not so fast…

          “He signed a split contract that will pay him $608,500 in the big leagues.

          The Indians brought him to the big leagues on Sept. 1 when the rosters expanded. In eight appearances, he struck out 10 and walked two in 8 1/3 innings. The opposition hit .200 against Hoyt, who pitched in parts of three seasons for the Astros.

          The signing of Hoyt gives the Indians a full 40-man roster as their executives prepare to go to the winter meetings next week in San Diego. It’s unclear what kind of chance Hoyt has on making the 25-man roster out of spring training, but the Indians do need to remake the bullpen.”

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        • sufferforsnakes

          6 years ago

          Yeah, I just saw that.

          Reply
  8. jints1

    6 years ago

    Grant Brisbee was hot for this guy to join the Giants bullpen. Could be a sleeper.

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    • Avory

      6 years ago

      Of course you’re right, and finding diamonds in the rough is the key to building an effective bullpen. But not according to the dummies above who use this as an indictment of the owners. I guess they’d rather the Tribe spend $108 million on wildly ineffective relievers like the Rockies did a couple of winters ago? Only bad organizations spend big on pens. Heck, only bad organizations spend big, period.

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