Andre Jackson has signed with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan’s Nippon Skilled Baseball, the staff announced. The transfer comes just a few weeks after he was designated for task and launched by the Pirates.
Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Publish-Gazette reported on the time that the DFA was a mutual choice to allow him to pursue an NPB alternative. It wasn’t then clear with what staff the 6’3″ righty could be signing. That’ll be a BayStars membership that additionally recently added lefty Anthony Kay.
Jackson, 27, has spent the previous seven years in affiliated ball. Drafted by the Dodgers in 2017, the College of Utah product reached the majors in ’21. He logged 39 innings over components of three seasons with Los Angeles, working to a 4.15 ERA. The Dodgers DFA him and flipped him to the Pirates for money in late June.
Whereas Jackson had pitched completely in aid in L.A., the Pirates used him out of the rotation at instances. Jackson began seven of 12 appearances in black and gold. He turned in a 4.33 ERA throughout 43 2/3 innings. His 23% strikeout charge was stable, however he additionally walked nearly 11% of opponents. Command has been the primary query all through his profession. He has walked 12.7% of batters confronted whereas fanning slightly below 26% of hitters in his minor league tenure.
Jackson is out of minor league choices and wasn’t firmly established on the MLB roster. Had he stayed in Pittsburgh, there was a good probability they’d have tried to run him by outright waivers in some unspecified time in the future. Jackson as a substitute locks in a assured wage in NPB, the place he may get a full season working from the rotation. He’s actually younger sufficient to reemerge as an possibility for MLB groups in future offseasons.
