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Monday, November 08, 2021
3:44 pm: It’s an $8.5MM guarantee, reports Mark Feinsand of MLB.com (via Twitter).
3:37 pm: The Dodgers are signing free agent left-hander Andrew Heaney to a one-year contract, pending a physical, reports Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic (Twitter link). The deal is for more than $8MM, according to Rosenthal.
It’s the first major significant free agent strike of the offseason, as Heaney checked in 50th on MLBTR’s just-released free agent rankings. The southpaw returns to Southern California, where he’d spent parts of the 2015-21 seasons with the Angels. He split the 2021 campaign between the Angels and the Yankees, who acquired him at the trade deadline for a pair of pitching prospects.
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1. Howie Menckel Posted: November 08, 2021 at 05:52 PM (#6051946)what a sad sack on the Yankee stadium mound he was
I'd laugh harder if it wasn't the Dodgers who signed him
heh, it was 7.32
Pitchers are weird. He wouldn't be the first guy to break after 30. Dodgers must see something.
Adam Ottavino performed such a service for the Yankees after they dumped him on the Sox for "unknown compensation" after the 2020 season, and in 8 games against the Yanks in 2021 he posted a 9.45 ERA.
(He says, knowing the Dodgers will turn him into a 3-WAR swingman somehow)
talks about his xERA being same as 2018, his K % being one of best in the league, peripherals, etc etc.
Looking for the next Robbie Ray.
That happens all the time, amirite ?
Heaney Statcast page
Looking for the next Robbie Ray.
That happens all the time, amirite ?
Well, it never happens if you don't ever sign these type of guys. 1 year/$8M is insignificant to any MLB team; to the Dodgers it's a rounding error.
Having said that in his time as a full time starter since 2018 he's got a 91 ERA+ which is fine. It's not great but has value. And of course he led the Majors in shutouts in 2018. The entire Major Leagues!!!! (OK with 1 shut up).
I don't quite understand baseball savant's active spin leaderboard, but Heaney is near the top.
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/active-spin
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