The Padres have re-signed right-hander Julio Teheran to a brand new minor league deal and assigned him to Triple-A El Paso, per his transactions tracker at MLB.com.
Teheran, 32, had signed a minor league take care of the Padres over the winter however he opted out of that deal earlier this week and returned to free company. It was reported at the moment that the Friars hoped to re-sign him, which has now come to fruition.
Thus far this 12 months, Teheran has made 5 begins for the Chihuahuas however with a bloated 6.84 ERA. He has a 24.8% strikeout charge and seven.7% stroll charge however has surrendered six house runs over 25 innings within the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League.
Regardless of these outcomes, the Padres clearly worth him as a veteran depth choice and have introduced him again into the group. The membership isn’t precisely determined for rotation depth in the intervening time, as they’ve Joe Musgrove, Yu Darvish, Blake Snell, Michael Wacha and Seth Lugo as their regulars in the intervening time. They’ve sufficient choices that Nick Martinez has been pushed to the bullpen and Ryan Weathers has been optioned to Triple-A. However because the saying goes, you may by no means have an excessive amount of pitching, and the Padres will retain an arm with loads of expertise.
Teheran has racked up 1396 1/3 main league innings over his profession with an ERA of three.80. He was as soon as a mainstay of the rotation in Atlanta however has turn into a journeyman in recent times, bouncing to the Angels and Tigers not too long ago earlier than pitching within the Atlantic League and Mexican League final 12 months.
