Right-hander Nabil Crismatt has cleared waivers and been sent outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City, per Eric Stephen of True Blue LA. The pitcher has the right to reject this assignment and elect free agency but his transactions tracker at MLB.com says he has been activated by OKC, which seems to suggest he has accepted.
Crismatt, 29, was added to the Dodgers’ roster and earned the win in Sunday’s game. He entered with the club losing to the Cardinals, tossed two scoreless innings as the Dodgers took the lead and ended up with the W. He struck out three opponents in the process while allowing one hit and no walks. As a thank you for that performance, the Dodgers designated him for assignment the next day in order to add a fresh arm in Dinelson Lamet.
The other 29 clubs had a chance to grab Crismatt but seemingly passed, so he’ll stick with the Dodgers to provide some non-roster depth. He had a poor season in 2023, as he had an earned run average of 8.31 in the majors and 6.86 in the minors, but he was much better prior to that. He tossed 148 2/3 innings for the Padres over 2021 and 2022 with a 3.39 ERA, 21.6% strikeout rate and 7.3 walk rate.
I wonder, when he goes out on the town, does he wear a Crismatt suit?
Yep. Whether he’s in his sleigh or visiting the nuclear waste facility. Or just popping down the cooling tower to hand out gifts to all the good power plant workers.
I heard.he won a Nabil Prize
I Lamet reading this post.
At this rate 100 guys will play some games for the Dodgers this year
B88
Smart
Getting extra roster spots
I mean why not? As long as they can maintain some chemistry.
If LA wins it all does Nabill get a ring ? Went 1-0 in 1 game.
Guys who get one-off pinch hit appearances get one, so I assume so.
He wont need to worry about that – it looks like they will play over 60 games this season. Dodgers will lose steam in September.
a career minor leaguer
I think AAAA would be more accurate. Regardless, I think anyone here would jump at the chance.
Was very much liked by the STL fanbase when he was a Cardinal
He had some great moments with the Padres. Unfortunately a low-90s RH doesn’t have a lot of leeway.
“As a thank you for that performance, the Dodgers designated him for assignment the next day…”
Best snark ever in an article on here. Kudos to the writer.
He got a free trip to scenic Oklahoma City.
As it relates to the Dodgers and several writers on this website, “snark” is a fairly predictable response to decisions made in LA.
Karma, I’d presume.
i heard Friedman gave him a kick to the sack as well
Nabil will be just fine and will be back up with the Dodgers at some point this season and playing in OKC will be okay because when he gets hungry, he can just head over to the “Cattleman’s Steak House” by the stock yards and have a BIG Porterhouse steak.
The Dodgers can use him and he can still get big league hitters out and is a great guy in the club house and community. I know he was solid for San Diego while he was there.