The Padres have signed Nabil Crismatt, as announced by the right-hander himself on his Instagram page. Crismatt elected to become a free agent after being outrighted off the Cardinals’ 40-man roster following the season.
2020 saw the 25-year-old Crismatt made his MLB debut, as he tossed 8 1/3 innings over six relief appearances for St. Louis and posted a 3.24 ERA and eight strikeouts against just one walk. He has also impressed in recent Dominican Winter League outings, with a 2.00 ERA, 8.50 K/BB rate, and 8.5 K/9 over 18 innings.
Crismatt began his pro career as a Mets international signing out of Colombia back in 2011, and he has a career 3.82 ERA, 3.90 K/BB rate, and 9.5 K/9 over 641 2/3 innings in the minors with the Mets (from 2012-18) and Mariners (in 2019). Crismatt has started 88 of his 167 appearances at the minor league level, with the majority of those starts coming since the start of the 2017 campaign.
While Crismatt’s overall numbers on the farm are pretty solid, he has struggled mightily at Triple-A, with an 8.96 ERA over 85 1/3 innings that seems largely due to an ungainly 2.4 HR/9. Home runs have (to a much lesser extent) been something of an issue throughout his career, and all three of the runs Crismatt surrendered in the majors last season were via the long ball. If the Padres can correct or even lessen Crismatt’s problems at keeping the ball in the park, he could be an interesting depth piece for the bullpen, rotation, or perhaps even both in a swingman capacity.
Merry Crismatt for Padres fans.
now that’s a good one
Aw thanks Mike tyson
This is the type of comments I have come to expect from this website. Well done sir
Haha. He was even born on Christmas day per Baseball Reference.
Damn I didn’t know Cardinals outrighted him… He was useful in his time in St Louis, guess they figured they have enough depth to let him go. Padres got a decent arm
I hear he like maybe to nabil at the corners
I hear he likes TO nabil at the corners
HAAAAAAAA!
Useful not overwhelming pitcher.
Good luck to him. He’s inly 25. Maybe they can fix that flaw.
Padres can’t fix any player let alone a pitcher, garbage manager.
larry48…”Garbage Manager”.
You mean the one that’s been there for one season and led the team to the 2nd best record in the NL?
Would love to hear your evidence of Tingler being “garbage”.
I won’t even mention that it wouldn’t be Tingler “fixing” a pitcher anyway.
He didn’t “lead” the team except in name only. It was a 60 game season, and all he showed was that he (or likely Preller) has no idea how to manage a pitching staff.
I think the jury is still out on Tingler’s ability to lead, and more importantly, to manage.
Um, padres are well known as a place pitcher go to rebound their career. Not all garbage can be fixed
This guy is destined to become a star !!!
I know this because— every time the Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak castoffs players from the Cardinals they have become stars or superstars. Voit to the Yankees, (2020 AL HR Champ), Marcel Ozuna to the Braves (2020 AL. HR Champ), Arozenea to Tampa (2020 World Series Star). It’s easier to just say look at the rosters of any given MLB team and you will find a John Mozeliak Cardinal castoff who has star status or is that teams Superstar. You ask “How many Superstars are there currently on the Cardinals roster for 2021?”
The answer is O “ZERO” O !!!!! Cardinal fans can’t believe the talent Mozeliak gives away and keep the lesser players —- saying they will develop!!! So far—. Not so !!!
17dizzy: Marcel Ozuna played in the National League his entire career, so far. He was a Marlin before he was a Cardinal. He wasn’t a “castoff” fr Stl, he signed a 1 yr free agent contract w Atl. Every team makes ill advised trades fr time to time. Some just get magnified more than others.
He was a castoff…. Cardinals didn’t match the braves offer which was about the same as the QO… Ozuna himself said he wished to come back to STL… So management failed at retaining him. John Mozeliak and the Cardinals have been doing some stuff that really makes a lot wonder what’s going on? Do they not know how to gauge a prospects offensive ceiling? What we’ve been seeing is reminiscent of the Kansas City Athletics trading there best players to the Yankees
To make matters worse the unwillingness to spend has caused them to rush top prospects to the major leagues… Now it seems the plan is to give 20 year old Nolan Gorman the Craig Paquette (A’s rushed him to the big leagues cause they had no other option at 3rd base) treatment if Matt Carpenter isn’t able to perform. Mike Shildt said in an interview there are signs he’s right around the corner even though he’s only had at bats in high A ball never seen AA OR AAA action. So they are gonna rush him like they did Carlson after an unwillingness to beat the Braves offer on a one year deal for Ozuna… Seems to me the 12 million for Wong would have been well spent. Let carpenter sit on the bench for his last year of his failed extension and play Edman at 3rd…. I can’t make this stuff up.
I thought Nabil Crismatt was one of them newfangled Star Wars characters
Nah, that’s Tres Barrera. He was the pilot of the Strassburg Falcon.
It sounds like a anagram for some other name.
i feel like we’ve been through this one before…
It’s your fault, for converting Anakin to the backside of the Force….oh, wait a moment….
Steve, Shhhhhh. I don’t want someone explaining anagrams to me again.
Blain :Marttrics
Sounds like another Perdomo type project, even though Perdomo was a rule 5. Worth a shot,
Yeah, Perdomo worked out so well. Even with Preller trying to force him into success.
Signed to a major league deal? I assume yes, who would be removed from the 40 man roster
he didn’t say. I’d assume minors otherwise.
Minor league. They have a full 40 man
He needs to be more aggressive, he tends to Nabil at the corners.
Hopefully he shows a Nabil-ity to adapt and improve.
Nabil Crismatt and a Happy New Year!
Sounds like me at the end of this year’s Christmas party. Tho it was more “Yappy Hew Near”.
As long as it’s not a major league contract then it’s just depth
Questions that will never be answered:
Is Annie ok?
Where is my mind?
What does the fox say?
What is love?
Where did Cotton Eyed Joe come from and where did he go?
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
What rhymes with “hug me?”
Where is Scooby Doo?
Could you be loved?
Why didn’t the White Sox just guarantee years 9 and 10 to Manny Machado if reaching 550 PA’s in his age 34 season will be such an easy feat?
Why didn’t the owners pay the players their full, non-prorated salaries in 2020 like Pads Fans/Koamalu said they had to?
Is Nabil Crismatt’s contract a major or minor league contract?
Foxes bark.
You forgot “How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?” and “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?”
A roll boat for the sailor, who mooned ya.
Fro the goat. The answer for both is the same.
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