The Yokohama DeNA BayStars have re-signed right-hander Michael Peoples to a new contract for the 2022 season, the team announced. This will be Peoples’ third season pitching with the BayStars.
Originally a 14th-round pick in the 2012 draft, Peoples posted a 4.16 ERA and a 17.3% strikeout rate over eight seasons and 779 2/3 innings in Cleveland’s farm system. Working primarily (126 of 166 games) as a starter, Peoples saw action at the Triple-A level over the last four of his seasons in affiliated ball, but never got the call to the majors. Injuries played a role, as Peoples was limited to only 133 1/3 total innings in 2017-18 and kept him from a full Triple-A season until 2019.
Over his first two seasons in Japan, Peoples spent time with both the BayStars’ NPB team and its minor league affiliate. The 30-year-old righty has a 4.55 ERA over 85 innings with Yokohama. Tyler Austin, Edwin Escobar, Fernando Romero, and Neftali Soto are some of the former MLB players joining Peoples as the non-Japanese contingent in the BayStars’ spring camp.
Oh, good. I was wondering what happened to him. I can sleep now.
I’m a big Michael Peoples person and I’m glad the Japanese are big Michael Peoples people too
It’s Michael, peoples!
He’s good Peoples.
Man.
A one game “postseason” followed by another extremely disappointing football season, Clip…& all we have are puns about some player I am pretty sure I have never heard of.
Lockouts are boring.
& Cash has seemingly adopted a strict policy of radio silence.
Lol… oh, true story, man.
Just when you thought there was absolutely nothing going on in the world.
Breaking News- Michael Peoples re-signs with basically a minor league team on the other side of the globe.
In other news the sun set today.
The Peoples choice.
that’s my peopel’s right der
Michael is a people pleaser!