The Phillies signed relievers Nabil Crismatt and Guillo Zuñiga to minor league contracts earlier this month. Both deals are reflected on the team’s transaction log at MLB.com and the players’ respective social media accounts.
Both pitchers logged limited major league action in 2024. Crismatt, who turned 30 on Wednesday, made five appearances for the Dodgers early in the year. He spent the remainder of the season in Triple-A, which he divided between three organizations. Crismatt pitched in the minors between Los Angeles, San Diego and Texas. He had a tough showing in the Pacific Coast League, allowing 5.81 earned runs per nine through 79 innings. Crismatt struck out a slightly below-average 20.7% of batters faced against a decent 7.5% walk rate.
The Colombian-born hurler has struggled over six Triple-A seasons. His major league track record is quite a bit better. Crismatt owns a 3.71 earned run average through parts of five MLB campaigns. Most of that production came during a strong two-year run in San Diego between 2021-22. He has logged 20 major league innings over the past two seasons.
Zuñiga, 26, debuted with two appearances for the Cardinals in 2023. St. Louis dealt him to the Angels in a cash deal in February. Zuñiga made 15 appearances for the Halos. He tossed 17 2/3 innings, allowing 10 runs with 12 strikeouts and eight walks. Zuñiga pitched 26 innings at the Triple-A level, where he turned in a 5.19 ERA with a well below-average 14.3% strikeout rate. The Angels designated him for assignment when they acquired Travis d’Arnaud and released him a few days later.
This year’s drop in strikeouts marked a bizarre change from the bulk of Zuñiga’s minor league career. He’d fanned a quarter of batters faced over 29 appearances in Triple-A during the ’23 season. His strikeout rate frequently pushed 30% during his time in the low minors. Zuñiga averaged 97 MPH with his four-seam fastball this year and sat just under 99 MPH during his limited MLB stint with the Cardinals in 2023.
Meanwhile in LA……The Dodgers sign a 30 HR RH hitting outfielder. Hmmm
Phillies signing another bad fielding outfit would have been one of the stupidest moves ever. Thank goodness you don’t work for the Phillies
Hernandez is not a “bad” fielding outfielder. He gets the job done while excelling at the plate.
-9 OAA and 7th worst fielding run value last year btw
Tell me some games where his defense hurt the Dodgers. Be specific.
95% catch probability: baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=1060d9…
70% catch probability: baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=cbf91b…
85% catch probability: baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=f18a37…
Go to his the fielding tab on his savant page and watch some videos of his routes and jumps. It’s quick, easy, and free
He also had no desire to sign anywhere other than LA, soooo….
Good thing Thom Brennaman is no longer around to try to pronounce his name.
He would avoid trying to pronounce it by saying something stupid and getting himself fired.
Dr Schlotnick, do your worst!
Crismatt came late this year.
That’s World Champion Nabil Crismatt.
Merry Crismatt to all
Signing Trevor Bauer would have more of an impact.
Steel throats are back I see
It’s a crime that he’s blacklisted by MLB because he’s a sexual freak, not because he’s a convicted criminal.
Bauer is blackballed and yet Freakbob and John Pork have never even been reprimanded for their many crimes. Just goes to show how Manfred is pulling the strings…
who are Freakbob and John Pork?
The true FletcherFan content I’m craving. Thank you my man.
Bauer violated MLB’s Domestic Violence Policy. No criminal conviction is needed to be reprimanded. Playing a sport on any level isn’t a right; it’s a privilege. Bauer is free to get a job, just not in Major League Baseball. He isn’t being treated differently than people in other fields who violate such policies.
He quite literally did not violate the domestic violence policy based on the videos of her from the morning after the alleged abuse
You are a genuine moron and it makes sense that you’re paying for this free website
Question: why do you Bauer fanboys continually ignore the rest of the basis for the domestic policy suspension, and never talk about the other two victims, one of whom did get an injunction against Bauer?. I have never had a Bauer fanboy answer this question.
Ahh – the Trevor Bauer Groupies show up on a thread about minor league relief pitcher signings. Do y’all show up and protest at the grand opening of a new Target store as well?
Nope, we just show up and steal the baseball cards.
Philly, we wish you a Merry Crismatt. And stop picking on Santa, he old
You’re just jealous because the Phillies signed Daphne Zuniga, and the team from your geographical area didn’t.
Modern Girls! Cult classic! And we were just at a Depeche Mode Christmas party!
Santa that year was drunk and looked like a homeless man. We booed him and threw snowballs at him because he was a real-life bad Santa, except it’s not funny when it’s not a movie and your kids think that’s Santa Clause. It wasn’t like oh there’s ol’ Saint Nick, screw that groomer let’s get him!
Nabil is underrated