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Rays Designate Chris Mazza For Assignment

By Steve Adams | June 20, 2022 at 12:08pm CDT

The Rays announced Monday that they’ve reinstated right-hander Chris Mazza from the 60-day injured list and designated him for assignment. Mazza, who’s been sidelined since mid-April due to back spasms, saw his 20-day minor league rehab window run out and the Rays apparently didn’t see enough to bring him back to the big league roster. He’s out of minor league options, the team couldn’t simply send him down and had to designate him for assignment. Tampa Bay will now have a week to trade Mazza, attempt to pass him through outright waivers, or release him.

Mazza, 32, has seen big league time in each of the past four seasons, pitching to a combined 5.35 ERA in 79 innings with the Mets, Red Sox and Rays. He tossed 27 1/3 innings of 4.61 ERA ball for the Rays in 2021 but was torched for 10 runs (seven earned) in 5 1/3 innings this year before landing on the injured list.

Though he’s never missed bats at a high level (career 18.5% strikeout rate) and has a slightly worse-than-average career walk rate (9.2%), Mazza has also thrived when it comes to inducing feeble contact. That was particularly true with the 2021 Rays, when he allowed just an 85.5 mph average exit velocity and saw only 29.7% of batted balls against him clock in at 95 mph or more. Those trends went in the wrong direction this season, however, and Mazza’s rehab work in Durham clearly didn’t inspire enough confidence in his ability to right the ship. In 13 innings of Triple-A work, he yielded nine runs (seven earned) on 16 hits and six walks with 18 strikeouts.

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  1. ajrodz1335

    3 years ago

    About damn time

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  2. Mrsuntan

    3 years ago

    He sucked why was he even on team in the first place?

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  3. Bob Lablah

    3 years ago

    So its basically Ronaldo Hernandez and Nick Sogard for Jeffrey Springs. As much as I like Springs. I’d say the Redsox have won that trade.

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    • raylando

      3 years ago

      Not sure about that. Hernandez has faded a bit as a prospect; he’s still a Gary Sanchez-like butcher behind the plate and isn’t exactly crushing it offensively at AAA. He’s fallen out of Boston’s top-20. Sure, Springs is older but if this late bloomer thing is real, this at worst is a push.

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    • Sideline Redwine

      3 years ago

      Huh? Springs has been the Rays’ second best pitcher, sogard has an ops below .700…in AA,Hernandez has rapidly fallen down the prospect list; both are twenty four, meaning they need to start moving up quick. Am I missing something??? Even when Springs regresses (he cannot keep it up forever), I’d still take that trade all day long.

      Problem with the Rays is they are keeping good hitters in the minors and keep trotting out Brujan, Walls, and even Phillips every day. I love Maverick, but he is a fifth outfielder.

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      • DarkSide830

        3 years ago

        I can not understand how a guy like Brett Phillips continues to stick on a WS contending club in 2022.

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        • Jbigz12

          3 years ago

          Probably because Phillips plays gold glove D and can swipe bags.

          He was slightly above average w the bat last year too.

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    • soxfan1

      3 years ago

      I think that trade will look even worse if Springs sustains this performance. Hernandez and Sogard don’t look like they will contribute much in the majors.

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