{"id":15704,"date":"2019-03-11T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T16:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15704"},"modified":"2019-03-11T12:52:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T16:52:41","slug":"solis-out-what-does-this-mean-for-mlb-bullpen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15704","title":{"rendered":"Solis out; what does this mean for MLB bullpen?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Solis<\/a>

Solis and the Nats part ways. Photo: natsinsider blog<\/p><\/div>\n

As many expected,\u00a0Sammy Solis<\/strong> was cut loose<\/a> on 3\/10\/19, given his unconditional release.\u00a0 Solis was a very long-serving player for this team, a 2nd round pick in 2010, and for a time was a very valuable lefty option out of the MLB bullpen.\u00a0 But his 2018 struggles led many to believe he’d be non-tendered last fall, and more to believe that he had basically a 3 week try-out this spring.<\/p>\n

It was this last scenario that led us to this point; This was a key cut-off point for cutting players and only being responsible for 1\/6th of the agreed-upon salary.\u00a0 So Solis departs with a $147k check for his time and faces a tough future.\u00a0 He’s a tough sell to put on the 40-man roster b\/c of his lack of minor league options, but should have no issues getting a MLFA deal and go pitch out of someone’s AAA team to try to re-establish his ability to get lefties out (which left him for some reason in 2018).<\/p>\n

So, ripple effects on the Nat’s bullpen.<\/p>\n

Here’s\u00a0 the bullpen I predicted we’d go with at the beginning of spring training.<\/p>\n