Astros Roberto Osuna, Chris Devenski, Dustin Garneau and Chase De Jong have elected free agency after clearing waivers, Jake Kaplan of The Athletic reports.
The most notable addition to the open market here is Osuna, whom the Astros outrighted earlier this week. Osuna has been excellent since he debuted with the Blue Jays in 2015, but he’s forever marred because of a domestic violence suspension in 2018. The Astros still traded for him that year, however, and they did benefit from his on-the-mound presence after that. But the 25-year-old’s future is now uncertain because of a right elbow injury that cost him almost all of 2020 and could force him to undergo Tommy John surgery.
The righty Devenski was a lights-out bullpen workhorse for the Astros in his first two seasons, including during their World Series-winning year in 2017, but the 29-year-old has since fallen on hard times. Not only has Devenski’s production taken a severe turn for the worse, but he threw only 3 2/3 innings in 2020 and is just over a month removed from undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow. He’s not expected to recover from that procedure until sometime in the winter.
The well-traveled Garneau, 33, signed with the Astros last winter and ended up seeing time as their backup catcher. Garneau hit a meager .158/.273/.289 with one home run in 46 plate appearances, though.
De Jong began the year in independent ball before the Astros acquired him from the Sugarland Skeeters on Aug. 3. That move didn’t prove successful for Houston, as the right-handed De Jong went on to allow a whopping 12 earned runs in 7 1/3 innings.
With the Covid season why didn’t Osuna go for the Tommy John surgery
Anyway if he can continue to pitch and hold his own, I hope the O’s take a flier
He did his time and if healthy sign him
Probably won’t be a popular idea, but I don’t comment to be popular
Thank God we got rid of Osuna! I’m so f—— glad we got rid of Osuna!
+1
Very nice!! Good one.
So have teams ever signed a guy going through Osuna’s situation where even though he won’t play in 21′ (most likely), they sign him just so nobody takes him before they do? Maybe a 2 million dollar pact for 21′ and then 9 million for 22′?
Michael Pineda.
Garrett Richards, Drew Smyly
Graveman, Eovaldi
The Padres signed Garret Richards to a 2 year deal knowing he’d miss most if not all of the first year.
Lots but I wouldn’t completely write him off to TJS although it’s certainly a risk. I’m no dr but I’ve seen some guys being able to avoid it as of late especially bullpen arms
Osuna will pitch in the Mexican winter leagues for the Charros. Apparently TJ surgery is not needed.
@lets
Well if his arm falls off then we will know what he needed and didn’t get
That’s good to know. I wonder if he has a personal trainer/coach down there tracking his progress making sure he doesn’t work too hard. Nice risk to make in free agency if it’s true.
Uh oh. His victim fled Canada, flew all the way across the US and relocated to Mexico to get away from him. Can’t be a comforting thought for her.
Maybe a stop in the Dominican too so he can get the Bartolo Colon ‘miracle cure’ for his elbow.
Dominican medical community is top notch. Guys like David Ortiz and Nelson Cruz got stronger as they approached and passed 40, Bartolo’s elbow.
Truly miracle workers down there.
Man.
Some of y’all have really interesting yet erroneous ideas about PEDs.
You can’t just stick a needle in your butt cheek swallow a couple pills and – BAM! – you are now a big leaguer lol.
I remember Garneau when he was the guy I’d never heard of who would catch the last few innings of Rockies spring training games so the guys who had a chance of making the team could rest.
Good D but never developed much of a bat. Worth signing to be the guy in AAA that you call up if somebody gets hurt.