MONDAY, 10:31am: The Astros have released Byrdak, tweets Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
WEDNESDAY, 1:26pm: The Astros outrighted Tim Byrdak, Gustavo Chacin and Matt Nevarez off of the 40-man roster, according to a team press release. Byrdak and Chacin were both arbitration eligible, but MLBTR had identified them as non-tender candidates earlier in the month. Nevarez will be assigned to the Astros’ Triple-A Oklahoma City roster; Byrdak and Chacin can become free agents.
Byrdak, a 37-year-old lefty, posted a 3.49 ERA in 64 relief appearances (38 2/3 innings) with 6.8 K/9 and 4.7 BB/9. Chacin, also a left-hander, posted a 4.70 ERA with 7.3 K/9 and 4.7 BB/9 in 38 1/3 innings of work. It was his first appearance in the major leagues since 2007, when he was still with the Blue Jays.
The team also signed catcher Carlos Corporan to a minor league deal and invited him to Spring Training. The 26-year-old has just one major league plate appearance to his name (he singled), but he has a .251/.306/.377 line in over 2,000 minor league plate appearances.
Carlos Corporan is my all-time favorite MLB player
Career 1.000 hitter on a minor league deal! I’m excited.
lol… anyone else remember those Chacin cologne commercials??
if you haven’t seen them, I encourage you to youtube
Is that his claim to fame or the glasses?
I say we bring him back for long relief, and just sell tons of cologne its bound to pay off!! lol
Byrdak strike me as the type of guy who could be a very solid “buy-low” option. Could be had on a minor league deal, I’d think.
At one point Chacin looked promising as a Blue Jay
Brydak will find a major league job. He’s a very serviceable loogy.