Left-handed pitcher Adam Conley, who was recently designated for assignment by the Rays, has cleared waivers and elected free agency per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
The 31-year-old Conley pitched effectively for a dominant Rays team after signing a surprise minor league deal in May. The jarring nature of Conley’s contract with the Rays came after he backed out of a deal with NPB’s Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, citing pandemic-related concerns.
For all the tumult of the reliever’s offseason though, the effects weren’t particular pronounced on his bottom-line results. Conley pitched to a 2.29 ERA across 19+ innings for Tampa Bay, albeit with less shiny peripherals and minor league numbers (4.35 ERA in 31 Triple-A innings). Some good BABIP fortune largely explains the hurler’s pristine ERA, but even when factoring that in his ability to limit walks and avoid hard contact were definite pluses. Another team will likely sign Conley to a low-risk deal to serve as depth in the coming months, perhaps eyeing a bit of upside if his effectiveness in this year’s small sample size proves sustainable.
Surprised the rays didn’t jump on this…
Oh wait
A 2-Arb player??? The Rays???? Shirley, you jest.
I don’t jest and don’t call me Shirley.
Possible Mets target after they miss out on loup
Id like to see him on the Mets, better than Gsellman and Castro
Lol
Man i remember when Conley was with the Marlins, I thought he had the makeup of top end of the rotation type stuff… I was wrong.
Lol
Lol.
From fish to rays and then escaped the net.
Maybe he’s a catch for the Mets, but he’ll probably stink by then.
My eyes saw “Adam Cromie clears waivers, elects free agency.”
New twist in the Mets saga!
This guy is exactly what the Angels go after and then he’ll get DFAd by the ASB when his ERA balloons to 7.
Conley is going to be the next Orioles signing. You heard here first
He will be announcing his retirement any day now. You heard it here first.
Padres? Nah, he needs to have arthritis or some sort of tumor to appeal to AJ Preller.
He preformed his duty for the Rays, but time to move on as they will replace him with yet another useful arm.
Wait…the guy backed out of a deal with an NPB team in Japan over “Covid concerns”?! That is rich! US = 650,000+ dead, people fighting over simple things like wearing a mask, MLB fans not wearing masks with stadiums in places like Texas full of such people. Meanwhile in Japan 18,000 TOTAL dead, more people vaccinated than in US, all except Qrazies wear a mask, kids in in-person classes except for 2 weeks early in 2020, stadiums half full and all wearing masks, players and coaches vaccinated. And this dumbo decided the safer place was on a minor league deal in the US!? Must be Aaron Rogers stupid.
I completely agree with you! The real reason he backed out was because the NPB organization required him to report to Japan for Spring Training, and at the time, only foreign national athletes were allowed entry into Japan. His wife and children were to follow once restrictions lifted. He refused to be apart from his wife and kids for ANY amount of time, and because of that, the Golden Eagles fully released him from the organization. He and his family are against vaccination and this has been verified numerous times, including through his wife’s blog.
It won’t be long now before he announces his retirement.
We don’t want him back! He’s inconsistent, arrogant in that he thinks he knows better than his coaches, and has his priorities all out of whack. He’s done for. Don’t be surprised when he announces his retirement any day now.