Left-hander Joey Lucchesi elected free agency after clearing outright waivers, according to an announcement from the Angels. He was designated for assignment over the weekend.
Lucchesi was pushed off the roster after Sunday’s scheduled starter, Ryan Johnson, was scratched with a viral infection. The Halos tabbed prospect George Klassen for a spot start. They needed active and 40-man roster space to bring him up, leaving Lucchesi as a tough luck roster casualty.
The 32-year-old southpaw had a very brief stint with the club. He signed a major league contract at the end of Spring Training and made three appearances. Lucchesi allowed five of six hitters to reach in his season debut. He followed up with a pair of scoreless outings but walked at least one batter in all of his appearances. He wound up issuing five free passes (four walks and a hit batter) across 2 1/3 innings.
Lucchesi spent last season with the Giants. He opened the year in Triple-A but was called up in the middle of June. He remained on the active roster for the final three and a half months, turning in a 3.76 ERA over 38 1/3 innings. Lucchesi got grounders at a 53% clip but had a modest 18.8% strikeout rate that led the Giants to drop him from the 40-man roster at season’s end. He returned on a minor league contract for Spring Training and was granted his release when the Giants picked up Ryan Borucki late in camp.
Another mediocre lefty uses up yet another one of his 9 lives.
And by doing so has accomplished ten times more than you ever will.
Jays need bodies
Should stay here. We have no pitching depth. He’d be back in the show soon.
That’s when it really helps to have a good, experienced agent that can read the “tea leaves”, aka “market”.
He’s already signed a big league deal, so he’s in a pretty decent spot from which to decide teams and stack some service time.
Okay then!
Hang tough, Joey.
By electing free agency, I believe he forfeits his guaranteed money. He must feel confident in securing a similar ($1MM+) MLB contract.
lefty that specializes in inducing groundballs at an elite (99 percentile) rate? yeah, he’ll get a 7 figure contract.
He does not forfeit the money at all – 5 years of service. 29 other teams can have him for the minimum ( or on a minors deal) or he can stay with the Halos if he feels that’s his best shot for playing and service time. Still needs nearly a full season to reach FA but that doesn’t really matter either. He’ll be looking for where he can most likely maximize majors service time.
Future Blue Jay (for 1 game, then he will promptly be DFA’d)!
Cubs on line 1 through 5
Soler/ Lopez. Heavy weight bout. Soler has a strong right. Imagine, over reacting on the job. Turn the page. Let go.
The Orioles need any lefty RP with a pulse
Maybe the Giants need to re-think who they replaced him with in spring training (Borucki) and fix that error.
Yall see that fight with Soler and Lopez?