Jeremy Jeffress was released by the Washington Nationals on Sunday for what general manager Mike Rizzo called unspecified “personnel reasons,” less than two weeks after the reliever agreed to terms on a minor league deal. The team sent out a six-word tweet announcing the move. Rizzo released a statement about the right-hander via a team spokesman that did not offer an explanation, saying only: “He was released for personnel reasons.
Jon Lester left spring training camp last week to undergo the thyroid gland procedure
That can be kind of an equalizer pitch for him against right-handers, so hopefully that continues to develop and get better and he gets more confidence with that pitch. It’s something that he’s always kind of worked on,” the veteran backstop added. The way he pitches, the angle that he creates on the mound, especially against a right-handed hitter with the fastball in and the slider off that on the inside corner for a righty and then away to a lefty, that’s kind of his angle, and so it’s kind of...
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