TODAY: The Nationals formally introduced that La Sorsa’s contract has been chosen. In different strikes, righty Joan Adon was additionally known as up from Triple-A, whereas the Nationals positioned left-hander Robert Garcia on the bereavement listing and positioned right-hander Derek Regulation on the 15-day injured listing attributable to a proper elbow flexor pressure.
Regardless of the serious-sounding nature of Regulation’s damage, he instructed reporters (together with Spencer Nusbaum of the Washington Submit) that he thinks he’ll be again to regular in 5-6 days time. Regulation’s elbow has been bothering him for over per week, ever since pitching throughout wet situations within the Nationals’ 9-5 loss to the Giants on August 8.
AUGUST 16: Left-handed reliever Joe La Sorsa is on his manner from Triple-A Rochester to hitch the Nationals, per Andrew Golden of the Washington Submit (X hyperlink). Golden notes that La Sorsa may not be activated for in the present day’s sport, nevertheless. MLBTR has confirmed that La Sorsa is certainly headed to Philadelphia to hitch the Nats, and a supply says he’ll have his contract chosen following tonight’s sport. He’ll formally be part of the roster tomorrow. The Nats have a pair of vacancies on the 40-man roster, in order that they’ll solely have to make a corresponding 26-man roster transfer to accommodate the southpaw.
La Sorsa, 26, appeared in 25 massive league video games throughout final season’s MLB debut and pitched to a 4.41 ERA with a 19.3% strikeout charge and 6.2% stroll charge in 32 1/3 innings between the Rays and Nats. Washington outrighted him off the 40-man roster again in December however has saved him in Triple-A as a non-roster participant all season.
Issues have gone nicely for La Sorsa with the Crimson Wings. He’s appeared in 42 video games and logged 56 innings of reduction with a pristine 2.25 earned run common. His 18.2% strikeout charge there may be a number of proportion factors shy of common, however he’s helped to offset the dearth of whiffs with pinpoint command (4.9% stroll charge) and a hefty slate of grounders (50.9%). La Sorsa now sports activities sub-3.00 ERA marks at each the Double-A and Triple-A ranges in his profession.
The Nats have already got a pair of lefties within the bullpen in Robert Garcia and Jose A. Ferrer, though the latter has struggled significantly since getting back from a protracted keep on the 60-day injured listing attributable to a lat pressure. Nonetheless the Nats resolve to make room for him, La Sorsa ought to be getting a authentic audition down the stretch. If he performs nicely over the ultimate five-plus weeks of the 2024 marketing campaign, it’s simple to see the Nats conserving him on the 40-man roster this time round. La Sorsa nonetheless has two minor league choice years remaining, so he might be an up-and-down depth arm for supervisor Davey Martinez subsequent 12 months even when he doesn’t carve out a everlasting spot within the bullpen simply but.