Although there are no ribbons handed out to last-place teams, the Washington Nationals made clear progress in their rebuild last season. They won 71 games in 2023, 16 more than their total from the previous year.
The Nationals are in agreement with veteran reliever Richard Bleier on a minor league contract, reports Andrew Golden of the Washington Post (X link). It seems likely the left-hander will get a look as a non-roster player in big league Spring Training.
According to reports, the Washington Nationals have agreed to a contract with veteran left-hander Richard Bleier. Per Jon Heyman of the New York Post: Lefty reliever Richard Bleier to Nats @andrewcgolden on it At the time of this posting, the financial details are not known.
Richard Bleier, 36, came over to the Sox in the offseason deal that sent Matt Barnes to the Marlins. That transaction hasn’t worked out especially well for either side.
We’ll continue our division by division series by checking in on players in the AL East whose contracts contain club or mutual options for next season.
The Red Sox made a change to their bullpen earlier this week, shipping out Matt Barnes to the Marlins for Richard Bleier.
The Red Sox are trading right-handed reliever Matt Barnes to the Marlins.
The Marlins have checked in with the representatives for free agent reliever Alex Reyes.
Noah Berger is joined by the two most experienced arms in the end-of-season Marlins bullpen, Dylan Floro and Richard Bleier. Concluding a series of exclusive interviews with members of the Miami Marlins bullpen, our guests are veteran relievers Dylan Floro and Richard Bleier.
With the Mets’ Jeff McNeil on first base in the 8th inning of Tuesday’s game, Marlins pitcher Richard Bleier had three straight balks called against him by first base umpire John Tumpane.
Miami Marlins reliever Richard Bleier had a tough night last night at Citi Field. The Marlins left-hander had a runner on first base in Jeff McNeil with Pete Alonso at the plate.
Miami Marlins pitcher Richard Bleier committed not one, not two but three balks during his relief appearance on Tuesday night against the New York Mets.
Miami Marlins lefty Richard Bleier was ejected from Tuesday night's game against the Mets after he tied a major league record with three balks in the same inning.
Miami, FL—The Max Meyer debut was not ideal. Not that it was his fault, for the most part. The 23-year-old pitcher out of the University of Minnesota was credited with five runs allowed, but two of them were inherited runners that reliever Richard Bleier allowed to score.
The Marlins are in agreement on a two-year, $6M contract extension with reliever Richard Bleier.
After an impressive 2020 season with the club, left-hander Richard Bleier entered the 2021 campaign as a key part of the Miami Marlins bullpen. The veteran reliever would go-on to enjoy yet another strong season, arguably the best of Bleier’s six-year MLB career.
There are three guarantees in this world: death, taxes, and sub-3 ERA’s from Richard Bleier. For all of the inconsistencies that plagued the 2021 Miami Marlins, Richard Bleier was among the few exceptions.
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