Padres Tommy Nance Agree To Minor League Dea

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The Padres have agreed to a minor league contract with reliever , as reflected on the MLB.com . The right-hander had reached minor league free agency after being outrighted by the Marlins at the beginning of the offseason. Nance, 32, lost the bulk of the 2023 season to shoulder and oblique injuries. He pitched 17 innings over four minor league levels but didnt make an MLB appearance for the Fish this year. Nance had seen a fair amount of action out of the Miami relief corps the previous season. He logged 43 2/3 Dennis Rodman Jersey innings acro s 35 appearances in 2022, posting a 4.33 ERA while striking out an impre sive 29.1% of batters faced. A Long Beach native and Santa Clara product, Nance has 72 1/3 MLB innings under his belt. He debuted with the Cubs in 2021 five years after going undrafted. The Marlins claimed him off waivers in Spring Training the following season. He owns a 5.47 ERA at the highest level, although hes shown the potential to pick up a fair amount of whiffs and ground balls. San Diego has a handful of relief jobs up for grabs after each of , and reached free agency. The Padres are likely to add one or two relievers wholl be locked into the season-opening mix, but theyll also take a few fliers of this nature to bring in non-roster competition. Andre Drummond Jersey