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November 7, 2024 (UBLN)
Subject: Commodores-Tigers Deal: Gonzales for Ressler
You can focus on the negatives after being traded to a new team -- finding a new place to stay, leaving teammates and friends, having to start anew -- but one player hopes to focus on the positives. "It means I'm wanted somewhere. At least one team sees potential in me." Those were the comments heard after the Oakland Commodores came to an agreement to deal 27-year old minor league 2B Jonathan Pasteur, 25-year old minor league RHP Antonio Gonzales, 24-year old minor league RHP Edwin Garcia, 24-year old minor league LHP Dave Rodriguez, 28-year old minor league C Manny Lopez, and 27-year old CF Juan Suarez to the Indianapolis Tigers for 26-year old RHP Mike Ressler earlier today. The deal is expected to be formally announced later this evening.
Since making his debut, Ressler has accounted for 46 saves. In 148 games, he has a 12-12 won-lost mark with 183 strikeouts in 153.2 innings.
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We needed a true closer, someone who could be the face of the bullpen, and Ressler could be that. He realized his potential last year and posted a 1.41 ERA and 1.67 FIP. Suarez was expendable after the two prior trades and had no options left. Gonzales could replace Ressler in the bullpen for the rebuilding Tigers as he has 3.5* potential, with Garcia and Rodriguez also being potential arms for the future. Pasteur is another infielder that is blocked by others, and Lopez is a minor league backup.
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