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Pirates To Signal Tim Mayza


7:26pm: It’s a one-year, $1.15MM deal, Stumpf stories.

6:23pm: The Pirates are in settlement with lefty reliever Tim Mayza on a significant league contract, stories Alex Stumpf of MLB.com. The signing is pending a bodily for the Ballengee Group shopper. Pittsburgh has a full 40-man roster and might want to make a corresponding transfer when the deal is finalized.

Mayza, who turned 33 a couple of weeks in the past, was a twelfth spherical choose of the Blue Jays in 2013. He spent over a decade within the Toronto group. The southpaw acquired to the large leagues in 2017 and pitched in components of seven seasons. He had a quietly sturdy run between 2021-23, combining for a 2.67 earned run common whereas putting out practically 1 / 4 of opposing hitters by 155 innings. Mayza restricted same-handed batters to a .203/.238/.273 slash in 270 plate appearances over that stretch. He stored the ball on the bottom at an enormous 58-59% clip in all three seasons.

His fortunes turned sharply final yr. Mayza took the ball for the Jays 35 occasions. Opponents blitzed him for greater than eight earned runs per 9 innings. His strikeout price plummeted to 13.2%, whereas the ground-balls fell to a modest 39.1% price. There weren’t many indicators of encouragement in both the outcomes nor the underlying profile. Toronto designated him for task in late June, a disappointing finish to his tenure.

Mayza cleared waivers and was granted his launch. He signed a minor league cope with the Yankees not lengthy thereafter. He fired 8 1/3 innings of two-run ball in Triple-A to earn a name up in the course of August. The Yanks gave him 15 appearances, largely in low-leverage conditions, for the ultimate six weeks of the common season.

The outcomes had been dramatically improved from his early-season work however not again to his 2021-23 heights. He allowed 10 runs (eight earned) by 18 frames. He struck out a modest 16.4% of batters confronted. Mayza added 2 1/3 scoreless frames in mop-up conditions throughout New York’s pennant run — together with a scoreless inning to wrap up their Recreation 4 win within the World Collection. The Yankees non-tendered him in lieu of a projected $4MM wage for his closing yr of arbitration.

Mayza, like many situational lefties, depends on a sinker-slider mixture. His sinker sat within the 93-94 MPH vary throughout his greatest seasons in Toronto. The speed was down about two ticks early final season. Mayza rediscovered it throughout his time within the Bronx, sitting round 93.5 MPH throughout his closing two months. That didn’t end in a dramatic uptick in whiffs, although Mayza recaptured a lot of his prior ground-ball acumen. He stored the ball on the bottom at a powerful 55.4% clip throughout his time with the Yankees.

Whereas not fairly a return to type, Mayza confirmed sufficient late within the season for the Pirates to present him a roster spot. He has over 5 years of service time and can’t be despatched to the minors with out his consent. The most important league deal signifies he’s very prone to be in Derek Shelton’s season-opening bullpen. He joins fellow free agent signee Caleb Ferguson (one other former Yankee) in that regard. The one different lefty reliever on the 40-man roster is lengthy man Joey Wentz. He’s out of choices, so he’ll additionally want to stay on the MLB roster or be made out there to different groups by way of commerce or waivers.

Monetary phrases haven’t been revealed. It’ll be a modest funding, very seemingly lower than the $4MM arbitration projection. RosterResource calculates the Bucs’ payroll round $79MM. They ended final season within the $87MM vary.

Picture courtesy of USA In the present day Sports activities.

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