The Nationals announced that they have selected the contract of left-hander . Right-hander has been optioned to Triple-A Rochester as the corresponding active roster move. To open a 40-man spot, outfielder has been transferred to the 60-day injured list. Pilkington, 27, signed a minor league deal with Matt Mooney Jersey the Nats in the offseason. He has been pitching out of the Red Wings bullpen this year, though three of his appearances have technically been starts. Over his 36 games, he has logged 41 2/3 innings with a 2.59 earned run average. His 15.2% walk rate is awful but hes striking out 28.1% of batters faced and getting grounders on 47.3% of balls in play. His previous work has been somewhat similar. He to sed 60 big league innings for the Guardians over 2022 and 2023 with a 3.75 ERA, 19.5% strikeout rate, 12.4% walk rate and 39.9% ground ball rate. He to sed 309 2/3 minor league innings from 2021 to 2024 with a 5.58 ERA, 24.3% strikeout rate and 12.9% walk rate. He was largely a starter in his previous seasons. The move to a relief role this year hasnt helped his control i sues but he is getting more strikeouts. The Nats used six relievers in last nights game. Theyre doing a sort of bullpen game tonight, with starting. recently required elbow surgery, which opened a rotation gig for Lord, but Lord hasnt thrown more than 2 1/3 innings in a game since early May. Pilkington gives them a fresh arm capable of working more than an inning. The Nationals have two lefties in their bullpen already in and . The latter is a veteran on a one-year deal and likely to be traded in the coming week or so, which makes it po sible Pilkington is the second lefty on the bullpen chart come August. Pilkington still has an option year, so the Nats could easilty send him back down to Rochester. As for Crews, this doesnt impact his timeline. He landed on the 10-day IL on May 21st due to an oblique strain. His 60-day count is retroactive to that initial IL placement. Since its already been 60 days, he is eligible for reinstatement at any time. Photo courtesy of Sam Navarro, Imagn Images Larry Johnson Jersey
The Nationals announced that they have selected the contract of left-hander . Right-hander has been optioned to Triple-A Rochester as the corresponding active roster move. To open a 40-man spot, outfielder has been transferred to the 60-day injured list. Pilkington, 27, signed a minor league deal with Matt Mooney Jersey the Nats in the offseason. He has been pitching out of the Red Wings bullpen this year, though three of his appearances have technically been starts. Over his 36 games, he has logged 41 2/3 innings with a 2.59 earned run average. His 15.2% walk rate is awful but hes striking out 28.1% of batters faced and getting grounders on 47.3% of balls in play. His previous work has been somewhat similar. He to sed 60 big league innings for the Guardians over 2022 and 2023 with a 3.75 ERA, 19.5% strikeout rate, 12.4% walk rate and 39.9% ground ball rate. He to sed 309 2/3 minor league innings from 2021 to 2024 with a 5.58 ERA, 24.3% strikeout rate and 12.9% walk rate. He was largely a starter in his previous seasons. The move to a relief role this year hasnt helped his control i sues but he is getting more strikeouts. The Nats used six relievers in last nights game. Theyre doing a sort of bullpen game tonight, with starting. recently required elbow surgery, which opened a rotation gig for Lord, but Lord hasnt thrown more than 2 1/3 innings in a game since early May. Pilkington gives them a fresh arm capable of working more than an inning. The Nationals have two lefties in their bullpen already in and . The latter is a veteran on a one-year deal and likely to be traded in the coming week or so, which makes it po sible Pilkington is the second lefty on the bullpen chart come August. Pilkington still has an option year, so the Nats could easilty send him back down to Rochester. As for Crews, this doesnt impact his timeline. He landed on the 10-day IL on May 21st due to an oblique strain. His 60-day count is retroactive to that initial IL placement. Since its already been 60 days, he is eligible for reinstatement at any time. Photo courtesy of Sam Navarro, Imagn Images Larry Johnson Jersey