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Rockies, Ty Blach Agree To Minor League Deal

By Anthony Franco | December 17, 2021 at 4:41pm CDT

The Rockies have reached agreement on a minor league contract with southpaw Ty Blach, reports Thomas Harding of MLB.com (on Twitter). As Harding notes, it marks a homecoming for Blach, a Denver native.

Blach has pitched in parts of four big league seasons, the bulk of which have come with the division-rival Giants. He shouldered a fairly significant workload between 2017-18 in San Francisco, tallying 282 1/3 innings of 4.56 ERA/4.18 FIP ball during that two-year stretch. That’s decent back-of-the-rotation production, as Blach demonstrated solid control and kept the ball on the ground at a strong 49.7% clip.

Even during his best seasons, Blach never missed many bats though. He’s one of the softer throwers around the league, averaging right around 90 MPH with his sinker. Blach only punched out 12.3% of opponents during that stretch (a mark that’s around ten points lower than the league average for starters) and the Giants placed him on waivers in July 2019. The Orioles claimed Blach and gave him five starts, but he posted an 11.32 ERA across 20 2/3 innings in Baltimore before being outrighted off their 40-man roster.

Blach remained in the organization as a non-roster player, but he underwent Tommy John Surgery in July 2020. He missed a bit more than a year recovering from that procedure, then spent the last few months of the 2021 season rehabbing in the low minors. Blach elected minor league free agency after not getting another call to the bigs in Baltimore.

The 31-year-old will now join his hometown organization in hopes of getting back to the majors for the first time in three seasons. He can presumably serve as either rotation or long relief depth for Colorado, which is likely to open the year with a starting staff of Germán Márquez, Kyle Freeland, Antonio Senzatela, Austin Gomber and Peter Lambert after losing Jon Gray in free agency.

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  1. ajrodz1335

    4 years ago

    Is this Bud’s son?

    Reply
    • BashBroJoe

      4 years ago

      Yea man. The Black/Blach family runs deep in the MLB.

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      Reply
  2. Kapler's Coconut Oil

    4 years ago

    The bane of the Dodgers is back in the NL West.

    7
    Reply
  3. mrmackey

    4 years ago

    Sounds like a Klingon word.

    4
    Reply
  4. joefriday1948

    4 years ago

    This puts the Rockies over the top with talent.

    Reply
    • Get Off My Mound

      4 years ago

      What a great joke. Im laughing uncontrollably.

      1
      Reply
      • tstats

        4 years ago

        What a great comeback. I’m applauding uncontrollably.

        Reply
  5. The Baseball Fan

    4 years ago

    The Rockies love ex Giants like the Giants love Ex Rockies

    2
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    • RoastGobot

      4 years ago

      Marco Scutaro has entered the chat

      1
      Reply
  6. Baseball 1600

    4 years ago

    Owns the Dodgers

    1
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    • ltully789

      4 years ago

      He did for a few years, but that changed during his last season in SF (2 games, 5.2 IP, 16 H, 13 ER, 4 HR).
      But you’re right that Giants fans will always remember when he beat Kershaw 3-0 on the next-to-last day of 2016 to help the Giants lock up a playoff spot.

      Reply
  7. Gwynning's Anal Lover

    4 years ago

    Are the guys, like Ty, who just signed minor league contracts eligible to be selected in the rule V draft?

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    • Dorothy_Mantooth

      4 years ago

      That’s a really good question. I’m thinking no since he’s been in the majors (and part of a 40-man roster) recently but I could be wrong.

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      Reply
  8. chace alexander

    4 years ago

    Blach.

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