Minnesota Twins P Ricky Nolasco tells fan he wishes he was still in L.A.
By Phil Watson
Rough day all around for the Minnesota Twins—for the first time in 28 years, they fired a manager; their revered former manager had a suffered a stroke last week; and now one of their expensive free agent acquisitions from last winter told a fan on social media that he wishes he was still with his old team.
It never rains, but it pours, as the old saw goes.
Right-hander Ricky Nolasco joined the Twins on a four-year, $49 million contract last winter and proceeded to turn in one of the worst seasons of any starter in the American League.
Aaron Gleeman of Hardball Talk predicted this will go over well with fans and the Twins alike. He’s probably right … in that whole “it won’t go over well at all” sort of way.
This will go over well. Dodgers fan tweets "wish you were still with LA" to Ricky Nolasco and he replies "so do I!!!" pic.twitter.com/Dq61tOOiSs
— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) September 29, 2014
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Nolasco was 6-12 with a 5.38 ERA and 1.516 WHIP in 27 starts this season, covering 159 innings. He struck out 115 batters and surrendered 22 homers.
Among 65 American League pitchers with at least 20 starts, his ERA was dead last.
Nolasco also spent some time on the disabled list with an elbow issue.
Of course, one could question the wisdom of giving Nolasco four years and $49 million, considering he’s only posted sub-4.00 ERAs twice in nine major-league seasons.
For his career, Nolasco is 95-87 with a 4.48 ERA and 1.313 WHIP in 256 appearances, 239 starts, and 1,471.2 innings.
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