The Padres announced that they have claimed right-hander Sean Poppen off waivers from the Diamondbacks.
Poppen, 29 in March, has seen some time in the majors in each of the last four years with the Twins, Pirates, Rays and Diamondbacks. Over those four seasons, he’s thrown 67 1/3 innings with a 5.08 ERA, 22.3% strikeout rate, 10% walk rate and 42.9% ground ball rate.
Poppen was frequently optioned by the D-Backs this season and also threw 25 1/3 innings in the minors. In that time, he posted a 4.62 ERA, with a 17% strikeout rate, 6.3% walk rate and 41% ground ball rate. He’s now out of options, meaning the Padres will have to keep him on the major league roster or else place him back on waivers at some point.
There had been no previous indication that Poppen had been designated for assignment but Arizona evidently put him on waivers in recent days. Their recent signing of Miguel Castro gave them a full 40-man roster but this claim drops them to 39. That move was perhaps made with an eye towards next week’s Rule 5 draft.
His Aunt Mary was quite the babysitter.
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Mary. His aunt Mary 3rivers
He’ll be super in Cali though his fragile schtick is special dough chess.
Over under 12.5 pun comments
Ill take the over!
We better get this shizz Poppen!
Jeez, I have no idea how I read Todd Van Poppel
World Series here we come.
Why do people like you make posts like this? Smh don’t you get tired of it?
apparently as much as people get tired of making trashcan jokes.
Perhaps the same reason people have dumb TDS Avatars.
The missing piece. He would have gotten Harper out.
Could have pitched around or walked Harper 2-3 times and extended that series
Well, the hot stove sure is Poppen now!
Adios professor.
Someone please give him the nickname pimple
I thought the Poppen-Jays might have grabbed him
Padres hope to have claimed the Tampa Bay Rays/Durham Bulls version of Poppen.
Probably won’t be on 40 man long. Nice depth for a team who can get him past waivers. Petco is a nice fit for him.