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Right-hander has elected free agency in lieu of accepting an outright a signment to Triple-A Gwinnett, according to his at MLB.com. That indicates he cleared waivers after being designated for a signment by the Braves last week. Herget, 34, was claimed off waivers from the Mets in May. Since then, he has mostly been on optional a signment, making just one appearance for Atlanta. That was a scorele s inning Tristan Thompson Jersey on July 1st, after which he was optioned back down to Gwinnett. The Mets claimed him off waivers from the Brewers in the offseason and gave him similar treatment. They mostly stashed him in the minors and only put him into one big league game before designating him for a signment. Since he has previously been outrighted in his career, Herget has the right to reject outright a signments and has exercised that right. He has 45 2/3 major league innings under his belt, spread out over this year and the previous three seasons. In that time, he has a 4.53 earned run average, 13.9% strikeout rate, 5.7% walk rate and 35.9% ground ball rate. His minor league work has been decent this year. Between Syracuse and Gwinnett, he has logged 30 1/3 Triple-A innings with a 3.26 ERA. His 21.6% strikeout rate, 8% walk rate and 41.6% ground ball rate are all pretty close to typical averages. He will head to the open market to see what opportunities await him. Since he cleared waivers, he will probably be limited to minor league offers. If he eventually makes it back to the majors with some team, he can be optioned for the rest of this season but will be out of options in 2026. Photo courtesy of Dale Zanine, Imagn Images Marquese Chriss Jersey |
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