The Tigers de Quintana Roo in the Mexican League have recently added a pair of former big leaguers. Designated hitter Willie Calhoun signed with the team tonight, according to an MiLB.com article. The team also announced on social media last night they’re bringing in reliever Carl Edwards Jr.
Calhoun and Edwards each appeared in the majors last season. The lefty-hitting Calhoun played in 68 games for the Angels. He hit .245/.315/.380 with five homers through 254 plate appearances. That brings his career batting line to .241/.303/.399 in more than 1300 trips to the dish. That’s underwhelming for a player whose game is built entirely around his bat. Calhoun can occasionally play at first base or in the corner outfield, but he’s close to a full-time DH.
Edwards, a 33-year-old reliever, pitched in one game for the Padres last year. He issued two walks and allowed a hit without recording an out. That qualified for the lanky righty’s 10th consecutive season getting some big league action. Edwards turned in decent results in middle relief with the Cubs and Nationals earlier in his career. He owns a 3.54 ERA across 280 big league innings. Edwards spent most of last season in the minors, where he combined for a 4.11 ERA in 70 innings between the Cubs’ and Padres’ systems.
Carl Edwards needs to deliver the Football Slider slow, hard and everything in between.
Carl learn the shaping technique part of the Football Slider from the guy who started it in 2018.
Calhoun is better than he has been. In Round Rock he hit ’em.
Gets to what he gets to.
Come back.soon!
Like Dimitri
It’s so bizarre to me when someone like Willie Calhoun has the career he has- he’s this ‘designated hitter’ that has been used by a number of major league clubs, when he barely hits 5 HR’s a season and has negative WAR value.
So…. how does this happen. How does a guy like Willie Calhoun have this career and why not Zoidberg? Seriously, though- with all that raw one dimensional minor league talent consisting of guys who can hit for power- why Willie Calhoun?
Good clubhouse guy?
Former top 100 prospect. Centerpiece of the Dodgers trade for Darvish in 2017. That kind of potential gets a longer leash. Not saying it’s right, just that it happens.
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For some reason I thought Yankees win
Feels like Edward’s should still have a MLB job.
I remember back in the olden days when I thought Willie Calhoun was really gonna rake in the bigs and never look back. Good luck, Willie.
I felt the same about Randal Grichuk
Grichuck has had a far more productive career than Calhoun. Willie is that AAAA player that probably starts bouncing around foreign leagues. Good for him though, getting to keep the dream alive for a little longer
Willie Calhoun batting cleanup for the 2023 New York Yankees (payroll that year – $278.6m, as per Spotrac) was a thing that happened.