The Rays have designated left-hander Brandon Eisert for project, stories Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Occasions. That’s the corresponding transfer for infielder Ha-Seong Kim, whose two-year deal is now official.
Eisert, 27, had a short spell on the Tampa roster. After being designated for project by the Blue Jays when that membership signed Anthony Santander, the lefty was acquired by the Rays on January 23 in a money deal. Now lower than two weeks later, he’s been given the DFA remedy but once more.
His main league expertise may be very restricted, with simply three appearances final yr marking the whole of his large league observe file. He has typically posted robust minor league numbers. From 2021 to 2024, he logged 246 2/3 innings throughout numerous ranges, permitting 3.76 earned runs per 9. He struck out 29.1% of batters confronted and solely issued walks at a 7.7% clip.
Regardless of these stable numbers on the farm, there’s maybe some skepticism that he might be as efficient within the majors. His fastball solely averaged 91.2 miles per hour throughout his MLB debut final yr and he was solely at 90.2 mph in Triple-A.
The Rays will now have per week of DFA limbo at most to evaluate the market on Eisert. For the reason that waiver course of takes 48 hours, any commerce talks would wish to happen within the subsequent 5 days. Although the dearth of velocity could possibly be tamping down the passion considerably, Eisert has been getting minor leaguers out for years now. If any membership is intrigued sufficient to amass him, the lefty nonetheless has a few choices and barely a month of service time, that means he could possibly be used as reasonably priced depth with roster flexibility for the foreseeable future.
