After missing all of last season, the 29-year-old former closer had a 13.50 ERA over 22 appearances with the Washington Nationals and Detroit Tigers. Washington released the right-hander in June, and he opted for free agency after Detroit designated him for assignment earlier this month.
Odds are Rosenthal is toast; but who the heck knows. No risk. If he's trash, we move on.
He will be a free agent this offseason, I believe... Likelihood is he never throws a pitch in pinstripes, but you never know.
I don't think they anticipate him ever being in that position to begin with. With Ottavino, Kahnle, Britton, Chapman and eventually (hopefully) Betances, there's really no reason why Trevor Rosenthal would ever find himself on the mound in a big spot for the 2019 Yankees.
I think it's more just a flier and if they can get him back in the strike zone, he might help alleviate more middle innings in September just to help get us into the Fall without riding our leverage guys too hard.
That's the best strategy. Hold on to him and hope he's better next season. Gambles like that sometimes pay off and, if they don't, they don't cost too much.
I don't disagree. But teams like Detroit can't really afford to keep guys like this hanging around. Yankees have the depth and patience to see how some of these longshots playout. I certainly don't expect anything, but they will give him every opportunity to put it together which is pretty cool.
The risk is if you have to pitch him in a major league game this season. Oof.
Might just need more recovery time.
He won't be under contract next season, he will be free
to sign with anyone. The Nats are paying most of his money.
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May take him until next year to recover. Maybe the Yanks keep him in AAA & hope next season Cash has another "find"
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He won't be under contract next season, he will be free
to sign with anyone. The Nats are paying most of his money.
I like this move -- had the Marlins as a client in 2003/2004 and talked to Marlins people about AJ Burnett's comeback from TJS -- said he had numb fingertips into 2004 and that the control was just impossible without the touch -- especially on secondaries. They said that was very normal as far as TJS recovery.
Rosenthal could pay big dividends -- you get him into a premier organization and you can bet he re-signs if the Yanks are interested.
Question about signing waived players (if anyone knows) -- say a team DFA's a guy with 2+ years left on his deal at 10 mil per. I get that if he clears waivers and signs, the team is liable for a pro-rated share of the league minimum. Say that the team/player like each other and want to negotiate a new deal after that first partial season. Does the player get his guaranteed $$$ from the original team plus whatever he can negotiate or is there some sort of offset?
Just have always wondered that.
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