San Diego Padres Set To Sign Sensational Star Pitcher Pirates To Major League Deal as they Plan to pounce on Atlanta Braves
The Angels have signed left-hander CD Pelham to a minor league deal, as announced by the Mexican League’s Leones de Yucatan on Friday. Pelham is represented by Pro Edge Sports Management.
The 29-year-old joined the Rangers organization after being selected in the 33rd round of the 2015 draft and eventually worked his way through the club’s minor league system to make his big league debut back in 2018. That brief cup of coffee in the majors didn’t go well, as Pelham struggled to a 7.04 ERA in 7 2/3 innings of work across ten appearances with seven strikeouts and four walks. Pelham remained with the Rangers on the 40-man roster throughout the 2019 season but was ultimately designated for assignment that offseason.
The lefty was eventually claimed off waivers by the Cubs before being assigned outright to the minors later in the 2019-20 offseason. Injuries and the cancelled minor league season in 2020 kept him from making his debut in a Cubs uniform until May of 2022, and the lefty pitched to a decent 4.35 ERA in 41 1/3 innings of work between the Double- and Triple-A levels that year. Pelham hit minor league free agency after the 2022 season and signed with the Padres on a minor league deal, though he ended up pitching just 14 1/3 total innings of the club last year.
Pelham has spent the 2024 season to this point pitching for the Leones in the Mexican League, and he’s achieved impressive results in that time. In 17 1/3 innings of work so far this year, Pelham has struck out 26.1% of batters faced while posting an excellent 1.04 ERA in 17 relief appearances. If he can translate that production into affiliated ball with the Angels, it’s feasible the southpaw could return to the big leagues with the club at some point this year. The relief corps in Anaheim has posted an AL-worst 4.89 ERA to this point in the season, better than only the Rockies among all MLB clubs. Jose Suarez, Matt Moore, and Kenny Rosenberg are the club’s relief options from the left side already on the 40-man roster.
The San Diego Padres are right in the mix for a playoff spot in the National League. They are 32-29 entering play on Sunday, winners in five out of their last six games. Alas, keeping up that level of production is going to be difficult in the coming weeks.
Their pitching rotation was hit hard by injuries over the weekend. The San Diego Padres placed both Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove on the 15-day injured list. Darvish is dealing with a left groin strain which forced him out of his last start on Wednesday.
After a hot stretch that included four straight starts without allowing a run, Darvish was hit hard in his last two outings. The New York Yankees and Miami Marlins both hit him hard, as the injuries could have played a part in his production falling off.
