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Nationals Designate Andres Machado For Assignment

By Steve Adams | June 6, 2023 at 12:55pm CDT

June 6: The Nationals have now made these moves official.

June 5, 1:28pm: The Nationals are recalling righty Jordan Weems from Triple-A in a corresponding move to the Machado DFA, per Talk Nats (Twitter link). Weems is already on the 40-man roster, so the Nats’ 40-man will simply drop to a count of 39 players for the time being. It’ll be Weems’ second stint of the season with the Nats. He tossed 2 1/3 scoreless frames earlier in the year and has a 3.75 ERA with a 24.7% strikeout rate and 13.4% walk rate in 24 Triple-A innings.

9:29am: The Nationals designated right-hander Andres Machado for assignment Sunday, reports Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post, although the team has not yet announced the move or a replacement for Machado in the bullpen.

Machado, 30, was an oft-used member of the Washington bullpen in 2021-22, appearing in 91 games and pitching to a 3.41 ERA in 95 innings. Those solid bottom-line results came despite pedestrian strikeout and walk rates (18.8% and 9.9%, respectively) and came with a well below-average .261 average on balls in play, contributing to some far less favorable grades from fielding independent metrics (4.56 FIP, 4.45 SIERA).

They also likely aided in the Nationals’ successful effort to pass Machado through waivers unclaimed back in January, when he was designated for assignment after the team signed outfielder Corey Dickerson to a one-year contract. Machado remained with the organization and was selected back to the big league roster at the end of April.

It’s been a tough go for the right-hander since his return. Machado has appeared in 14 games and been clobbered for 16 runs on 25 hits and six walks in 17 innings. He’s punched out just 15.4% of his opponents against a 6.4% walk rate, and opposing hitters have already connected for six home runs — more than half the number he allowed (11) in total from 2021-22.

Machado is throwing harder than ever before, averaging 96.8 mph on his fastball this season, but the uptick in velocity hasn’t done him any favors. Machado has seen a slider that ranked as his best pitch in 2021 hit increasingly hard across the past two seasons, which has prompted him to instead favor his changeup as his primary secondary offering. The changeup has been a good pitch for him this year, but his four-seamer, sinker and now-seldom-used slider have all been hit hard.

The Nats will have a week to trade Machado or attempt to pass him through outright waivers. He’s out of minor league options, so any team to acquire him would need to carry him on the big league roster. Because he was also outrighted back in January, Machado would have the right to reject an outright assignment in favor of free agency even if he once again goes unclaimed on waivers.

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  1. Tacoshells

    2 years ago

    Maybe pick up a few pointers from Manny

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  2. dclivejazz

    2 years ago

    Some of the younger relievers praise Machado for the example he sets with his professionalism. But, yeah, he hasn’t been getting the job done this year. Doesn’t seem like the Nats have anyone to replace him with, though, unless Doo is ready to come back up.

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  3. kodiak920

    2 years ago

    Need to do the same with Ramirez.

    Reply
  4. Jacksson13

    2 years ago

    BREAKING NEWS !!

    MACHADO has been designated for assignment !!

    Reply
  5. User 233578298

    2 years ago

    Mets should pick him up and stuff him in Triple-A. Can’t be much worse than the other options they have down there right now.

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    • Poolhalljunkies

      2 years ago

      Hes out of options so can only do that if he wants a minor league deal with them

      Reply
  6. Datashark

    2 years ago

    Not the Machado they were looking for

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