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Padres To Re-Sign Craig Stammen To Minor League Deal

By Anthony Franco | January 11, 2023 at 7:19pm CDT

The Padres are in agreement with veteran reliever Craig Stammen on a minor league contract, reports Dennis Lin of the Athletic (Twitter link). He’ll be in big league camp as a non-roster invitee. Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Stammen would lock in a $1.5MM base salary if he cracks the MLB roster, and the deal contains another $2MM in potential incentives.

It’ll be a seventh straight season in the organization for Stammen, who turns 39 before Opening Day. After spending his first seven years as a member of the Nationals, he spent the 2016 campaign in the minors with Cleveland. After that season, Stammen landed with the Padres on a minor league contract. That proved the start of a fruitful relationship, as he’s effectively soaked up a number of innings out of the bullpen over the last six years.

The righty pitched 80 1/3 innings of 3.14 ERA ball for the Friars during his first season. That earned him a two-year deal the following offseason. Stammen posted similar numbers over the course of that contract, throwing 161 combined frames with a 3.02 ERA for a total cost of $4.5MM. San Diego retained him on another two-year pact thereafter, this time with a $9MM guarantee and a $4MM club option covering the 2022 campaign.

Stammen struggled during the abbreviated 2020 season but rebounded with a 3.06 ERA over 88 1/3 innings the next year. San Diego exercised their option and brought the Dayton product back. Stammen ran into some uncharacteristic struggles last year, particularly thanks to the home run ball. He surrendered nearly two homers per nine innings and posted a 4.43 ERA over 40 2/3 frames. He missed a couple months in the second half thanks to inflammation in his throwing shoulder before returning to health in early September.

A ground-ball specialist, Stammen thrives on command and movement rather than overpowering velocity. He leans heavily on a low-90s sinker and upper-80s cutter to keep the ball on the ground. He induced worm-burners a bit more than half the time last year while only walking 5.6% of opponents. His 19.8% strikeout rate was a few points below league average, down more than three percentage points relative to his 2021 mark.

The non-roster pact means Stammen will have to earn his way back for a 14th big league campaign. He’ll get a chance to do so in Spring Training and presumably has a good shot at cracking the roster given his familiarity to the front office and coaching staff.

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  1. Brew’88

    3 weeks ago

    Grooming him to coach

    Reply
  2. Smelly_Cobb

    3 weeks ago

    This man oozes leadership qualities.

    Reply
  3. This one belongs to the Reds

    3 weeks ago

    Another relief pitcher who throws ground balls off the board and Bob’s kid GM just holds his.

    Reply
  4. LosPobres1904

    3 weeks ago

    Our next 1b

    Reply
  5. VegasSDfan

    3 weeks ago

    Love it, welcome back

    Reply
  6. Yanks2

    3 weeks ago

    How is this guy still in baseball lol

    Reply
    • DrDan75

      3 weeks ago

      He can eat innings, that’s how.

      Reply
    • 99socalfrc

      3 weeks ago

      Well let’s start by pointing out he’s pitched 6 seasons for the Padres and posted a 3.36 ERA and a 120 ERA+. And most of those seasons he led the bullpen in appearances.

      If you don’t like Craig Stammen you are the problem.

      Reply
  7. B4Pilgrams

    3 weeks ago

    More insurance for the pen

    Reply
  8. MannyBeingMVP

    3 weeks ago

    Call him Craig Stamina

    Reply
  9. OldSaltUSNR

    3 weeks ago

    He well deserves the chance to extend his career by another year, based upon what he’s done for the Pads. If he’s healthy, he’ll probably be pretty good, too.

    Reply

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