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Nationals Promote Jose A. Ferrer For Major League Debut

By Darragh McDonald | June 30, 2023 at 1:50pm CDT

June 30: The Nationals have made this official, announcing the recall of Ferrer. Lefty Patrick Corbin was placed on the bereavement list in a corresponding move.

June 29: The Nationals are going to promote left-handed pitcher Jose A. Ferrer, reports Héctor Gómez of Z101 Digital. Ferrer, who will be making his major league debut as soon as he gets into a game, is already on the 40-man roster but will require a corresponding move to get on the active roster. That move may not come until tomorrow because the Nats are off today.

Ferrer, 23, was signed by the Nats out of the Dominican Republic for $100K back in 2017. The reliever got some professional experience in Rookie ball in the next couple of years, though the minor leagues were then canceled by the pandemic in 2020. In 2021, he tossed 35 2/3 innings in the Complex League with a 2.78 ERA.

2022 proved to be a big breakout year for him, as he finally made it to full-season ball. He began the year in Single-A and eventually moved up to High-A and Double-A. He threw 65 1/3 innings between those three levels with a combined 2.48 ERA. He struck out 30.5% of opponents while walking just 4.3%. He was selected to appear in the Futures Game along the way.

The Nationals added him to their 40-man roster in November to prevent him from being selected in the Rule 5 draft. He’s spent all of this year in Triple-A thus far, logging 40 innings over 34 appearances. He has a 3.83 ERA but his peripherals have dipped since last year. He’s struck out just 18.4% of opponents while walking 11.2%, though he’s continued to get grounders on roughly half of the balls in play he’s allowed. Ferrer was recently ranked the club’s #18 prospect at Baseball America, #28 at FanGraphs and got the #20 spot from Keith Law of The Athletic coming into the year.

The Nats haven’t had much left-handed relief to speak of this season. The only southpaws to pitch out of the club’s bullpen this year have been Anthony Banda and Joe La Sorsa. Banda posted a 6.43 ERA over seven innings before getting outrighted off the roster. La Sorsa was just claimed off waivers from the Rays three weeks back and was in the minors on optional assignment until a week ago. That should give Ferrer an opening to establish himself in the club’s bullpen mix going forward.

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  1. hiflew

    3 months ago

    I wonder if he is related to the late actor Jose Ferrer.

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    • Gwynning

      3 months ago

      I honestly don’t know, but I doubt the Joses are related. Known actor Miguel Ferrer is the thespian’s son though, just fyi.

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      • DonnyElementary

        3 months ago

        Miguel died. He was cousins with George Clooney as Rosemary Clooney was his mother and George’s aunt.

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        Reply
        • Gwynning

          3 months ago

          Good catch, Donny. I suppose I should have said “was” but the point remains. Aloha!

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      • Unclenolanrules

        3 months ago

        They were both great actors.

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  2. Gwynning

    3 months ago

    Welcome to The Bigs, Jose!

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  3. Positively Half St

    3 months ago

    Welcome, Ferrer! The Nats need to keep trying relievers out until some show they need to stay. The more of you that are home-grown, the better. Of course, if the best team in baseball can’t find room for La Sorsa, we are happy to have him, too. I hope you have a few more uncomfortable roster moves we can take advantage of, Tampa Bay!

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  4. Slider_withcheese

    3 months ago

    The 100k he signed for was gone in the first week.

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    • dcftw

      3 months ago

      Oh yeh? You his cousin or somethin?

      Reply
  5. Mike Sullivan

    3 months ago

    “The $100k he signed for was gone in the first week.”

    Please explain, in as many words as you like, what you mean by that statement. On a site that teammates, friends, relatives and neighbors of his may subscribe to. Perhaps moderately excited about his MLB call-up?

    Your point, exactly?

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  6. Lefty_Orioles_Fan

    3 months ago

    I thought Ferrer was a Jockey at Monmouth and
    Tampa Bay

    Reply
  7. Mike Sullivan

    3 months ago

    Lefty Orioles Fan!
    Courageous alias! Can’t make fun of your name.

    Reply

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