Brewers left-hander Neal Cotts has been claimed on revocable waivers by an unknown team, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (Twitter links). Rosenthal notes that it seems unlikely Cotts made it through the National League.
Cotts, 35, is in the midst of a solid season with the Brewers, having pitched to a 3.28 ERA with 8.8 K/9, 3.1 BB/9 and a 42.2 percent ground-ball rate in 49 1/3 innings. FIP paints a more pessimistic picture, although that mark is skewed by a fluky 17 percent homer-to-flyball ratio that is well out of line with Cotts’ career norms. Cotts has been highly effective against left-handed hitters in particular, limiting same-handed opponents to a .185/.230/.346 batting line and striking out 27 percent of them (24 of 89).
Somewhat coincidentally, Cotts was claimed on trade waivers nearly one year ago to the date — Aug. 20, 2014 — also by an unknown club. Ultimately, a trade did not occur, and Cotts hit the open market after his season with the Rangers ended. He would eventually land with Milwaukee on a one-year, $3MM contract, and he’s still owed about $754K of that sum. The Brewers will have 48.5 hours to work out a trade with Cotts, and if no deal is struck in that time, they can pull him back off waivers.
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i see you dodgers!
I think it’s the Jays
Unlikely he got past the NL contenders.
my question would be what happened from 2013 to 2014 for this guy? Or what did he do from 2012 to 2013 that made him so great?
Better be the damn Twins–we need all the bullpen help we can get!
Cotts has been fine when used properly (aka against lefties). They’ve left him in to face entirely too many righties this year.
yup. lefties are only hitting .185 against Cotts.
dodgers maybe?
Dodgers, Mets, Nationals, Cardinals… even Cubs, Pitt, Giants in a blocking move