{"id":83774,"date":"2024-08-22T12:13:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T16:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=83774"},"modified":"2024-08-22T12:13:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T16:13:13","slug":"astros-hector-neris-reunite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/22\/astros-hector-neris-reunite\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros Reuniting with Veteran Arm After Cubs Departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, the Chicago Cubs released right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/n\/nerishe01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">H\u00e9ctor Neris<\/a>. Neris, 35, has quickly found a new home and it&#8217;s in familiar territory. According to Ari Alexander of <em>KPRC 2<\/em>, the Houston Astros are signing Neris and they will need to make a corresponding move to get him on the 40-man roster. The Cubs already put Neris on waivers without making a formal announcement of the move. He went unclaimed as his roster spot went to fellow right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/n\/neelyja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Neely<\/a>. Neris signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/01\/27\/2022-world-series-champion-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">one-year, $9 million contract<\/a> over the offseason and was inconsistent this season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Source: Hector Neris is signing with the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Astros?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Astros<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s back. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rl2xDAnuWS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Rl2xDAnuWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ari Alexander (@AriA1exander) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriA1exander\/status\/1826635735103144342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Astros to Sign H\u00e9ctor Neris<\/h2>\n<p>The move disregards any possibility of Neris gaining a $9 million player option for next year. That would have been based on appearances or games finished and not ending this season on the injured list. Neris posted a 3.89 ERA with 17 saves for the Cubs, but he coughed up five of the 25 save situations on the season. Neris also put up a career-worst 23.1 percent strikeout rate and 13.3 percent walk rate respectively. It&#8217;s a season removed from a robust 1.71 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 68 1\/3 innings for the Astros. With Houston signing Neris, they will only be responsible for the prorated portion of the major league minimum salary.<\/p>\n<p>Neris should be able to latch on with the Astros, considering his reputation as a great clubhouse figure and his role in helping the club win the 2022 World Series. He had much success between 2019-23, pitching 297 1\/3 innings between the Astros and Philadelphia Phillies for a combined 3.12 ERA, 30.2 percent strikeout rate, 9.6 percent walk rate, 73 holds and 50 saves.<\/p>\n<p>The Astros have seen their fair share of injuries to their bullpen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/graveke01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kendall Graveman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murfepe01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penn Murfee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ortegol01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oliver Ortega<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sousabe01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bennett Sousa<\/a> are all on the 60-day injust list. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pressry01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Pressly<\/a> landed on the 15-day IL due to a lower back strain. Perhaps a return to a familiar place will get Neris back on track. Houston&#8217;s bullpen ranks in the top ten for various stats in the American League, including second in ERA (3.56), fourth in strikeout rate (24.7%) and walk rate (9.9%), tied for sixth in saves (32) and eighth in strikeouts (457).<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, the Chicago Cubs released right-hander H\u00e9ctor Neris. Neris, 35, has quickly found a new home and it&#8217;s in familiar territory. According to Ari Alexander of KPRC 2, the Houston Astros are signing Neris and they will need to make a corresponding move to get him on the 40-man roster. The Cubs already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3686,"featured_media":83776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1071,35],"tags":[2880,1080,4025],"class_list":["post-83774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-astros","category-mlb","category-news","tag-hector-neris","tag-kendall-graveman","tag-ryan-pressly"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}