The Guardians announced that they have selected the contract of left-hander Tanner Tully. To create space on the active roster, right-hander Yohan Ramirez was optioned to Columbus. The 40-man roster already had a vacancy, thanks to Oscar Mercado being designated for assignment earlier this week.
This will be Tully’s second stint with the Guardians, though this one will be more official. As the club was dealing with a COVID outbreak in April, Tully was one of several players select to join the team and help fill in. Three days later, he was returned to the minors. As a COVID replacement player, Tully was deemed eligible to be removed from the 40-man roster without first being exposed to waivers.
Tully, 27, was able to make his MLB debut in that short window of time where he was on the roster. He made one appearance, logging two innings with one earned run. He’s been working out of the rotation in Triple-A, starting all 12 of his appearances. He’s thrown 63 2/3 Triple-A innings on the year with a 5.23 ERA. His 14.9% strikeout rate is well below average, but his 3.5% walk rate is quite good. He’ll likely be deployed as a long man out of the bullpen.
Is his middle name Blanchard?
Maybe it’s Louis. Who are you going to call?
Is his middle name Daniel/Danny?
There’s probably some inside joke or meme that I’m missing here, but his middle name is Paul.
Tully Blanchard is a wrestler from the 70s-80s
Louis Tully is a character from Ghostbusters played by Rick Moranis
He’s in honey, we shrunk ourselves
With mine Danny is Danny Tanner from Full House.
There’s something *weird* going on in AAA. Tully was one of the best performers this year for the Columbus Clippers. Which is very strange as he wasn’t really considered a prospect at all. But all of their top prospects in Columbus have really struggled, and have specifically struggled to get strikeouts. Tobias Myers, who they got from Tampa, was a guy who regularly struck out more than a batter and inning until this year, where he’s at less than 6 per 9, which is almost identical to his walk rate. Peyton Battenfield also is way down. As a result, soft tossers like Tully and Kirk McCarty have succeeded and been promoted.
This isn’t just a Guardians thing.
Bowar, Wesneski, Liberatore, in addition to Battenfield/Myers – all way down. Makes me wonder if AAA or just the International League is doing something weird with the baseball.