The Nationals announced today that they have designated righty Carlos Torres for assignment. His active roster spot will go to prospect Erick Fedde, who was recalled to make a start today, as Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post reported yesterday on Twitter.
Torres, 35, helped the Nats through some bullpen injuries and carried a solid 9:3 K/BB ratio in his 9 2/3 innings. But he also allowed seven earned runs on nine hits, including three long balls, during his time in the D.C. relief corps.
It seems that this’ll be only a one-outing opportunity for Fedde. He could be retained as a relief option, though perhaps the likelier scenario is that he’ll go back to Triple-A to stay stretched out in case there’s a need for something more than a spot starter.
Fedde, a former first-round pick and top-100 prospect, did not turn in a compelling debut effort last year with the Nationals. But he has shown better thus far in 2018 at Syracuse, where he carries only a 4.35 ERA but more promising peripherals — 9.2 K/9 against 2.8 BB/9 with a 50.4% groundball rate — through 41 1/3 innings.
Not sure why they are getting rid of Torres, but I would expect someone to claim him. Lots of teams could use him and he’s a good value in terms of salary. Nats are doing a horrible job managing the bullpen and the numbers reflect that.
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Justin Miller looks a lot better than Torres and is a lot younger.
Put him in the Tribe’s pen.
look for the indians to claim him. he was one of the final cuts this spring and they tried to convince him to stay. considering the bullpen is horrible, why not add another guy with a 6 something ERA
If anything I’d thought gott would have been gone a while go