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Nationals, Luis Avilan Agree To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | November 29, 2021 at 8:50am CDT

The Nationals have agreed to a minor league contract bringing veteran left-handed reliever Luis Avilan back to the organization, reports MLB Network’s Jon Heyman (via Twitter).

Avilan, 32, underwent Tommy John surgery last April and was thus limited to five innings with the Nats. He allowed an unsightly seven runs in that time, but the southpaw has a strong track record dating back to his 2012 MLB debut with the Braves. In 349 big league innings from 2012-20, Avilan worked to a combined 3.30 ERA with a 21.5% strikeout rate, a 9.4% walk rate and a strong 50.3% ground-ball rate.

As with most southpaw relievers, Avilan has been better against lefties than against righties, though he’s far from a pure specialist. Left-handed batters have posted a feeble .204/.279/.281 slash against him through 686 plate appearances, while right-handers carry a decent but hardly dominant .262/.347/.387 output through 805 trips to the plate.

Given the time of his surgery, Avilan will spend Spring Training rehabbing the injury and likely won’t be an option for the Nationals until the summer. If he’s healthy, he can give the Nats a solid lefty in the bullpen and perhaps a modestly priced trade chip if he rounds back into form prior to the end of July.

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10 Comments

  1. Milwaukee-2208

    4 years ago

    Lol Mets.

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    • MendozaNYC

      4 years ago

      Lol brewers

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      • Milwaukee-2208

        4 years ago

        Only works with Lol Mets. Sorry big guy

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      • pinstripes17

        4 years ago

        mets are a joke

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        • davidk1979

          4 years ago

          Yet were in the World Series more recently than the Yanks enjoy Simmons though

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  2. NatsFaninMD

    4 years ago

    The Nationals aren’t even TRYING to get better.

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  3. msqboxer

    4 years ago

    This is why fathers should never allow their sons to throw with their right arms…

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  4. Larmando

    4 years ago

    Im not gonna lie , that guy is having a good carrier so far and still 32 !

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  5. IBackTheNats6

    4 years ago

    Another massive move!

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  6. dclivejazz

    4 years ago

    Hahhaha ha. This combined with the news about Max is just too sad. Avililan might be a good pickup, but still…

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