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Nationals To Sign Tyler Eppler To Minors Contract

By Mark Polishuk | January 9, 2020 at 3:05pm CDT

The Nationals have agreed to a minor league deal with right-hander Tyler Eppler, MLB Trade Rumors’ Steve Adams reports (Twitter link).  Eppler is returning to North American baseball after pitching for NPB’s Orix Buffaloes last season.

The trip to Japan saw Eppler pitch for both Orix’s minor league affiliate and with the Buffaloes themselves, including a 4.02 ERA, 7.2 K/9, and 2.78 K/BB rate over 31 1/3 relief innings with the big club.  Eppler worked almost exclusively as a starting pitcher over his previous 592 innings in the Pirates’ farm system from 2014-18, starting 100 of his 111 career games.

Originally a sixth-round pick for the Pirates in the 2014 draft, Eppler had some decent but unspectacular numbers in his minor league career.  He had a 3.82 ERA and 3.14 K/BB, though didn’t generate many grounders or miss many bats (6.4 K/9), which could be why Pittsburgh didn’t protect Eppler from the Rule 5 Draft in either 2017 or 2018.  Still, the bottom-line results are pretty solid, and there’s little risk for the Nationals in bringing the 27-year-old Eppler to Spring Training to see that he could contribute to the club’s shaky bullpen.

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  1. Jim Carter

    1 year ago

    Nationals are apparently trying to sign every available player. You would think they lost 100 games last season and purged their entire system.

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  2. leefieux

    1 year ago

    Former Pirate who sucked when he pitched for is. AAA depth.

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  3. Thurman8erThurman8er

    1 year ago

    CRAP!! For a second I thought that said Billy.

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    • halo6219

      1 year ago

      I was wondering why the Angels didn’t sign his son…haha

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  4. dynamite drop in monty

    1 year ago

    Guy looks like he molests squirrels.

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    • paddyo875

      1 year ago

      From the guy who knows

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  5. MBDaGod

    1 year ago

    Their bullpen ain’t shaky anymore lol

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  6. Paul Kersey

    1 year ago

    Second MBDaGod- bullpen with Harris, Doolittle and Hudson is hardly shaky. Best Nats have had in years, if not ever on Opening Day. These guys have had proven playoff success.

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  7. jorge78

    1 year ago

    I wonder what things are like playing for a Japanese minor league team? At least the travel should be reasonable?

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