The Padres are in settlement with reliever J.B. Wendelken on a minor league contract, experiences Robert Murray of FanSided. The suitable-hander shall be in Spring Coaching as a non-roster invitee.
Wendelken returns to affiliated ball after two seasons in Japan. The 31-year-old turned in glorious outcomes over a pair of years with the Yokohama DeNa BayStars. Wendelken put up a 1.67 earned run common throughout 86 innings in Nippon Skilled Baseball. He struck out 22.2% of batters confronted towards an 8.8% stroll price.
Earlier than heading to Japan, Wendelken pitched in components of six massive league seasons. He spent the vast majority of that point with the Athletics. Wendelken labored to a 3.62 ERA over 5 years in Oakland. He had a harder time after touchdown with the Diamondbacks by way of August ’21 waiver declare. Wendelken allowed practically 5 earned runs per 9 by means of 47 2/3 frames in Arizona. The D-Backs outrighted him off their 40-man roster halfway by means of the 2022 marketing campaign.
The Padres have a handful of relievers locked into the Opening Day bullpen. Robert Suarez, Jason Adam and Jeremiah Estrada are all ticketed for late-inning roles. Yuki Matsui and Wandy Peralta must be within the center innings, because the Padres would doubtless be unable to dump their multi-year offers in commerce. Bryan Hoeing and Adrian Morejon shall be on the large league roster in some capability, although it’s not out of the query that they may win rotation jobs in Spring Coaching. Which will solely depart one or two center reduction spots up for grabs among the many likes of Sean Reynolds, Tom Cosgrove, Stephen Kolek and Wendelken.
