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Nabil Crismatt Elects Free Agency

By Anthony Franco | June 25, 2023 at 8:35pm CDT

Right-hander Nabil Crismatt has elected free agency after going unclaimed on outright waivers, the Padres announced. San Diego had designated him for assignment on Tuesday.

Crismatt has spent the past three seasons with the Friars. He signed a minor league deal heading into the 2021 campaign and cracked the Opening Day roster. That proved to be an excellent depth addition for the San Diego front office. While he worked mostly in low-leverage relief, the Colombian-born hurler was a quality middle innings arm. He topped 65 innings in both seasons between 2021 and ’22, posting respective ERAs of 3.76 and 2.94.

Between those two years, he worked to a 3.39 mark over 148 2/3 frames. Crismatt’s 21.6% strikeout rate was a couple points below league average for a reliever, but he showed sold control and kept the ball on the ground on half the batted balls he allowed.

The 2023 season has been more challenging. Crismatt allowed multiple runs in four of his first six appearances before landing on the injured list midway through April with a left hip strain. He spent two months on the shelf and only got into one game after returning before San Diego took him off the roster. Crismatt has never been a hard thrower, but his average fastball velocity was down from the 90-91 MPH range to 88.8 MPH this year.

Crismatt has exhausted his minor league options, so a DFA was the only way for the Padres to take him off the big league roster. Because he also cleared waivers while a member of the Cardinals’ organization back in 2020, he had the right to decline this outright assignment and test the open market. He certainly did enough over the prior two seasons to draw minor league interest around the league.

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  1. brewers214

    2 years ago

    wouldn’t mind the brewers picking him up

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  2. Paleobros

    2 years ago

    Rockies closer. Let the Crismatttt Era begin!

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  3. User 3595123227

    2 years ago

    Goodbye Nabil Crismatt.

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    Reply
  4. Nabillionaires Live for Crismania

    2 years ago

    Let the Crismania start anew

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    • DanUgglasRing

      2 years ago

      I’ve definitely got it

      Reply
  5. SweetBabyRayKingsThickThighs

    2 years ago

    Someone will claim him for blowout work for a few games.

    Reply
  6. Habeto

    2 years ago

    Kim Ng, do your thing.

    Reply
  7. bag o ballz

    2 years ago

    it would be amusing to see the giants fix him and have effective manaea, rogers and crismatt in the pen

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    • Pads Fans

      2 years ago

      Manaea is effective out of the pen? 4.40 ERA doesn’t seem effective to me. I guess it is more effective than he was as a starter. Ouch.

      baseball-reference.com/players/r/rogerta01.shtml

      or

      baseball-reference.com/players/h/haderjo01.shtml

      Crismatt’s velocity is down 2 MPH from last season. People were laying off the changeup at 81 mph and teeing off on that 88 mph FB. If the Giants or some other team can somehow help him get that velocity back and tighten up his slider he might be an effective reliever again. Hoping for the best for Nabil. He is a good guy.

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      • thefaithfulfriar

        2 years ago

        Surprising move. Thought they would have let him play for a while

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      • bag o ballz

        2 years ago

        This is what happens when people like to talk about things they no nothing about by looking at a single meaningless number. he had over a 10 ERA earlier in the season and has been chipping away at it out of the pen with impressive SO rates (and a number of scoreless outings.) Rogers hasn’t allowed a run since May after a brutal start to the season. There is a reason over the last month + the Giants have had the best pen in baseball WITH these guys in it.

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        • Pads Fans

          2 years ago

          Its KNOW not no. I know.

          Those are ALL of the stats. Time for you to learn how to read those pages.

          Manaea has a 5.52 ERA in the last 28 days.
          baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=manae… Twice he has allowed 4 ER in a 4 inning relief appearances during that period. He is pitching in garbage time. That is not a part of the solution. Its a problem.

          Padres are certainly not lamenting trading Rogers for Hader. Rogers has been good as a set up man for a month. Hader has been one of the top closers in baseball all season. The only thing the Padres have to lament is that they have not put Hader in more closing opportunities.

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  8. Keithg813

    2 years ago

    Steve Cohen on line one…

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  9. Dumpster Divin Theo

    2 years ago

    Nabil Crismatt- now they’re just making guys up

    Reply
  10. dlw0906

    2 years ago

    The Mets should definitely try to get him. A definite improvement over the likes of Leone and Brigham.

    Reply
  11. Bil 2

    2 years ago

    The Mets should sign him.

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