The Angels announced they’ve re-signed reliever Joey Lucchesi to a minor league contract. He’d been released from his previous deal yesterday, presumably after triggering an opt-out clause.
Lucchesi has been on and off the roster since the end of Spring Training. He was in camp with the Giants on a minor league deal, opting out when San Francisco informed him he wouldn’t make the roster. Lucchesi signed a big league deal with the Halos and was on the Opening Day club. He was designated for assignment a couple weeks into the season.
The 6’5″ southpaw cleared waivers, elected free agency, then returned on a minor league deal. He was called back up in late April and the cycle repeated itself. Lucchesi returned on a second minor league contract after another quick DFA and free agent stint. He has made five MLB appearances this year, allowing six runs on seven hits and six walks over 3 1/3 innings.
Lucchesi has logged 18 frames with Salt Lake. He carries a 4.50 earned run average with a strong 28% strikeout rate against a manageable 9.9% walk percentage. They’re decent numbers overall, though he issued three walks and gave up two runs in his most recent appearance. He’ll re-join Tayler Saucedo and the just optioned Sam Aldegheri as depth options with the Bees. The Halos are carrying Drew Pomeranz, Brent Suter and Mitch Farris in the big league bullpen.
If an Angel relief pitcher falls in a forest….does he make a sound?
Mud man, mud man, what you gonna do
Ok, is this a joke or what… it’s like 4x already this year, same guy
Probably a new opt out date and a bit more money.
It’s a good thing, Joey needs to make his vig payment this week 🤣
With 5+ years of service time Lucchesi makes $127k/season in AAA. There are worse paying jobs. That month he spent in MLB at a prorated $780k adds a about an equal size chunk of cash on top of that.
He certainly is persistent. The life of a journeyman.
Can we officially change the phrase journeyman to. “Journey to the Angels man”
Snip snap snip snap
🤦♂️
Just another halo victory
The GM needs to start making trades for real , proven pitchers. Are there none out there to be had? Does Seattle have them all and won’t deal with the Angels?