The Indians have non-tendered catcher Kevin Plawecki and reliever James Hoyt, tweets Zack Meisel of the Athletic. Plawecki had been projected for a $1.5MM salary, while Hoyt was not yet arbitration-eligible.
The end of Plawecki’s tenure with the Indians looked like a formality after they acquired fellow backstop Sandy Leon from the Red Sox earlier Monday. Of course, it wasn’t what Cleveland had in mind when it acquired Plawecki, a former top 100 prospect, from the Mets last offseason. But the 28-year-old Plawecki wound up making for an unproductive backup to Roberto Perez in 2019, as he hit a subpar .222/.287/.342 with three home runs in 174 trips to the plate.
The Indians designated Hoyt when they traded for Leon, making it no surprise he’s on their non-tendered list. The former Astro fared well over an 8 1/3-inning sample size with the Indians in 2019, but the majority of the right-hander’s work came with Cleveland’s Triple-A affiliate. Hoyt posted a 3.43 ERA/3.98 FIP with 10.29 K/9, 4.29 BB/9 and a 53.4 percent groundball rate in 42 innings at the minors’ highest level this year.
didnt they just dfa Hoyt?
Yes but he could’ve been outrighted. This eliminates that option
Not a surprise with Plawecki. The Sandy Leon trade sealed his fate.
Non-tendering Hoyt (as opposed to DFAing him, which was what I assumed had happened earlier) at least leaves the door open to re-signing him since he’d no longer have to go through waivers.
LOL what a massive upgrade in Leon
Plawecki/Stallings platoon for the bucs, calling it now.
Welcome to the Angels where your OPS+ of 64 will be 21 times greater than Stassi’s of 3.
Mets still have Walker Lockett and Sam Haggerty, both of whom came from Cleveland in exchange for Plawecki. I guess that means the Mets made a good deal. Or at least not a bad one.