The Pink Sox have signed right-hander Austin Adams to a minor league deal, KPRC’s Ari Alexander experiences. Adams will obtain an invitation to Boston’s huge league spring camp, and his contract incorporates over $1.5MM in bonuses primarily based on appearances on the MLB stage.
Ought to Adams certainly money in on these bonuses, it ought to carry his wage pretty near the $1.7MM that MLBTR projected as his arbitration wage in 2025, although the Athletics outrighted him at season’s finish in what was primarily an early non-tender. Although $1.7MM isn’t an enormous sum even for the A’s, Adams’ 12% stroll price was on the excessive facet, regardless that he had a 3.92 ERA and 27.7% strikeout price over 41 1/3 innings out of the Athletics’ bullpen.
These numbers are fairly near a match to the 4.10 ERA, 31.6% strikeout price, and 13.9% stroll price Adams has posted in his 155 2/3 innings within the Present. His management issues additionally manifested themselves in a league-leading 24 batters hit by pitches in 2021.
Adams has appeared in every of the final eight Main League seasons, starting from cups of espresso (two appearances in every of the 2018 and 2022) to bigger workloads, like this previous season in Oakland or his profession excessive of 52 2/3 innings with the 2021 Padres. Adams has seen motion with 5 totally different groups on the huge league stage, together with a three-year stint in San Diego from 2020-22 that was shortened by a flexor tendon surgical procedure that value him virtually all the 2022 marketing campaign.
The Sox will turn into the newest crew to see if they will repair the 33-year-old’s management and get his slider-heavy arsenal to ship extra constant outcomes on the huge league stage. Adams’ strikeout potential is clearly evident, and even past the hidden-gem potential, he can carry some worth to Boston’s bullpen even when he solely replicates his general respectable 2024 outcomes. At the price of only a minor league contract, there’s no threat for the Pink Sox in letting Adams compete for a job in spring camp.
