{"id":21291,"date":"2019-06-23T15:42:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T19:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=21291"},"modified":"2019-06-23T15:42:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T19:42:58","slug":"trevor-rosenthal-released-by-washington-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/06\/23\/trevor-rosenthal-released-by-washington-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Rosenthal Released by Washington Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past offseason, the Washington National<\/a>s signed reliever Trevor Rosenthal<\/a> to a one year, $7 million contract with a club option for the 2020 season that would pay out $14 million. Sunday morning, Rosenthal was sent packing as the Nats released him after his last outing. The 2020 Option has a $1 million buyout Washington will have to payout, making this a failed $8 million experiment.<\/p>\n

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Breaking: The Nationals have released Trevor Rosenthal.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mark Zuckerman (@MarkZuckerman) June 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trevor Rosenthal Released by Washington Nationals<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Struggles<\/h2>\n

Rosenthal underwent Tommy John Surgery in August of 2017, which forced him to miss all of last season. Two seasons ago, Rosenthal wasn’t bad. In fact, he pitched to a 3.40 ERA in 47.2 innings pitched and 14.3 K\/9. Going back to 2015, he was an All-Star. He’s proven to be a reliable starter, but just couldn’t figure it out this season. Pitching to the tune of a 22.74 ERA in 2019 in 12 games pitched and 6.1 IP, the Nationals decided there wasn’t a reason to hang on to him.<\/p>\n

Last night, Rosenthal came in to pitch the 7th inning against the Atlanta Braves<\/a> with the Nationals leading 8-4. He promptly walked the first three batters of the inning and was yanked by manager Dave Martinez<\/a>. Tanner Rainey<\/a> was brought in to put out the fire, but walked his first batter, Dansby Swanson<\/a>, allowing a run to score (charged to Rosenthal). Then, Freddie Freeman<\/a> hit a bases-clearing double in the next at bat, charging Rosenthal for an additional two earned runs. Washington lost 12-9.<\/p>\n

The Nationals recalled pitcher Austin Voth<\/a>, who pitched in four games in 2018. He’s spent a lot of time bouncing around the minor leagues but should get more opportunity now. Washington is currently 37-39 and in third place (7.5 games back) in the National League East. With the season-long bullpen struggles, they should be a player for some relief help at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

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