The Padres announced that they’ve designated right-handed reliever Kazuhisa Makita for assignment. His roster spot will go to lefty Logan Allen, whom the Padres have officially selected from Triple-A El Paso.
Makita lasted just one day on the Padres’ roster, as they selected him from Double-A Amarillo on Monday. Makita didn’t appear in San Diego’s win over Milwaukee then, but he did log a solid amount of action out of the Padres’ bullpen last year.
After emigrating from Japan on a two-year, $3.8MM contract heading into the 2018 season, the submarining Makita stumbled to a 5.40 ERA/4.85 FIP with a 20.2 percent groundball rate in 35 major league innings last year. Makita did record 9.51 K/9 against 3.09 BB/9 in that span, but the Padres still booted him from their 40-man roster last offseason. The 34-year-old hasn’t been lights-out this season at the Double-A level, where he has posted a 3.82 ERA with 8.6 K/9 and 1.7 BB/9 in 37 2/3 frames.
well that was quick
He’s better than 4/5 of the M’s bullpen
Lol no he isn’t
Mariners have a ton of relievers that would do better than a 3.82 in AA
I think he made a difference. Definitely worth the $1.9M for this year.
Johnny I hardly knew ye
Someone needs to drill down into this and find out what’s going on.
His tenure as a Padre was a dull bit.
Pretty simple really, they could get an extra pen arm for a day by moving a guy to the 60 day IL a day earlier than they planned for Allen.
With Makitas high cost and low success they’d actually be happy if he got picked off waivers. So, for a day they had 1 less SP and one more RP.
Could have been needed if the Colorado train wreck continued.
Aka: Makita was a disposable sponge.
Too bad he hasn’t been effective. Watching him pitch is a lot of fun.