The Phillies signed relievers Nabil Crismatt and Guillo Zuñiga to minor league contracts earlier this month. Each offers are mirrored on the staff’s transaction log at MLB.com and the gamers’ respective social media accounts.
Each pitchers logged restricted main league motion in 2024. Crismatt, who turned 30 on Wednesday, made 5 appearances for the Dodgers early within the 12 months. He spent the rest of the season in Triple-A, which he divided between three organizations. Crismatt pitched within the minors between Los Angeles, San Diego and Texas. He had a troublesome displaying within the Pacific Coast League, permitting 5.81 earned runs per 9 by means of 79 innings. Crismatt struck out a barely below-average 20.7% of batters confronted towards an honest 7.5% stroll fee.
The Colombian-born hurler has struggled over six Triple-A seasons. His main league monitor document is kind of a bit higher. Crismatt owns a 3.71 earned run common by means of components of 5 MLB campaigns. Most of that manufacturing got here throughout a powerful two-year run in San Diego between 2021-22. He has logged 20 main league innings over the previous two seasons.
Zuñiga, 26, debuted with two appearances for the Cardinals in 2023. St. Louis dealt him to the Angels in a money deal in February. Zuñiga made 15 appearances for the Halos. He tossed 17 2/3 innings, permitting 10 runs with 12 strikeouts and eight walks. Zuñiga pitched 26 innings on the Triple-A degree, the place he turned in a 5.19 ERA with a nicely below-average 14.3% strikeout fee. The Angels designated him for project after they acquired Travis d’Arnaud and launched him a couple of days later.
This 12 months’s drop in strikeouts marked a weird change from the majority of Zuñiga’s minor league profession. He’d fanned 1 / 4 of batters confronted over 29 appearances in Triple-A in the course of the ’23 season. His strikeout fee incessantly pushed 30% throughout his time within the low minors. Zuñiga averaged 97 MPH together with his four-seam fastball this 12 months and sat slightly below 99 MPH throughout his restricted MLB stint with the Cardinals in 2023.
