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Who didn’t see that coming? Seriously http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-david-ross-jersey , who didn’t"Just when you start to think you’ve figured Billy Eppler out, he hits you with a Steph Curry-esque crossover. The deadline to tender arbitration eligible players a contract is tonight at 7 p.m. ET and Eppler started off with a bang by making the shocking, and perplexing move, to non-tender reliever Blake Parker in lieu of paying him an estimated $3.1 million. Parker was plucked up off of waivers from the New York Yankees two years and has contributed a combined 2.90 ERA across 133 1? innings pitched. Peeling back some of the layers, Parker was not able to repeat a stellar 2017 and seemed to lose faith from his skipper, Mike Scioscia, as the year went on. While he was absolutely brilliant the previous year, there were warning signs of future complications with Parker. An inflated HR/9 of 1.63 is dangerous territory for any pitcher let alone a reliever. The K/9 rate fell by 2 strikeouts an inning exactly, his FIP and xFIP gave a more ominous indication than his 3.26 ERA did (4.40 and 4.04 in each fielding independent metric), and his swinging strike rate plummeted as well by over 3%.While 2018 wasn’t Parker’s greatest season, it’s still a bit peculiar why the Angels would non-tender him when he had a reasonably cost-efficient salary, the estimated $3.1 million, in line and a lack of experienced options behind him on the depth chart. The best Carlos Zambrano Jersey , and most likely guess, is that Eppler feels he can better utilize that $3.1 million elsewhere and may not be a believer in Parker bouncing back to his 2017-version, but this leaves a hole on the roster that already had some murky outlooks going forward in 2019. And now, we wait to see the fates of the other arbitration eligible players on the roster (Matt Shoemaker, JC Ramirez, and Nick Tropeano all seem like possibilities). Update: Angels Non-Tender Matt ShoemakerThe, ahem, “surprising” moves keep on coming. The club is non-tendering an organizational soldier and fan favorite, Matt Shoemaker. Shoemaker was an undrafted free agent and surprise superstar for the Angels during their 2014 run into the playoffs. While Shoemaker wasn’t able to repeat the success he had in 2014, he had pitched admirably when he was able to stay on the field. The problem? Staying on the field. Shoemaker made a combined 21 starts the last two seasons battling a nagging forearm injury they couldn’t seem to solve until earlier this year. It proved to be too late seeing as the front office has seemingly lost faith in “The Cobbler”. Shoemaker was due to make an estimated $4.3 million this year and while that may seem a bit high for someone who has rarely pitched the last few years, for a team so short on starting pitching, it is a bit worrisome to see them shed yet another starting pitcher. From all the Angels fans, we salute you Mark Grace Jersey , Matt. 2014 was a magical season and you were a lone bright spot in the ALDS against the Royals. To go from undrafted to being a legitimate big leaguer is about as cool of a story that you’ll hear. Good luck on your next endeavors and maybe you can come back at reduced rate (please?).To sign off, the Angels tendered contracts to their remaining arbitration eligible players: Cam Bedrosian, Jose Alvarez, Hansel Robles, JC Ramirez, Nick Tropeano, Andrew Heaney, Tyler Skaggs, and newly acquired Tommy La Stella. CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Donaldson’s rough season has taken a positive turn. The Indians are giving him a swing at October.The 2015 AL MVP was traded Friday night by Toronto to Cleveland, which is hoping a healthy Donaldson can bolster its lineup and help the club get back to the World Series.“This is one of the most dynamic players in the game on both sides of the ball when he’s healthy,” Indians president Chris Antonetti said late Friday night. “We think there’s an opportunity for him to get to a point this month where he’ll be playing in games regularly and has a chance to impact us in the postseason.”The AL Central-leading Indians sent a player to be named to the Blue Jays for Donaldson, a three-time All-Star who has been limited to 36 games this season because of injuries. Toronto will send Cleveland $2,709 http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-david-ross-jersey ,677 to cover most of the $3,709,677 remaining in Donaldon’s $23 million salary.The third baseman played in his first game since May 28 earlier this week during a rehab stint in Florida and the Indians are satisfied he’s worth taking on for the season’s final month and then the postseason.“We had to do our due diligence to make sure we were getting back a player that we felt had a chance to help us,” Antonetti said. “We know we’re taking on some risk with that. But we feel we’ve built that in appropriately with the structure of the deal and spent quite a bit of time talking with the Blue Jays on how we appropriately balance that risk.”It’s not immediately known how much of Donaldson’s 2018 contract Cleveland is inheriting.Antonetti said Donaldson will be in Cleveland on Saturday and a plan will be mapped out for him joining the club on a full-time basis. It’s possible Donaldson could be placed on the disabled list so he can play in minor league games while rehabbing a calf injury.Once Donaldson is ready, Indians manager Terry Francona will play him at third, which means the club will move All-Star Jose Ramirez to second and replace Jason Kipnis.Antonetti said the club had preliminary discussions with Ramirez and Kipnis, but will meet with them again before Saturday’s game.Antonetti is confident Ramirez and Kipnis will be willing to do whatever’s best for the Indians.“What we’ve seen repeatedly with our roster is we have guys that are first and foremost focused on winning, trying to get to the postseason and win a World Series,” he said. “We’ve seen repeated examples of guys willing to make either personally difficult decisions, or in some cases, sacrifices to help the team win. I think that is part of the culture that Tito (Francona) has continued to build here, and our players actively embrace.”In Cleveland, the right-handed hitting Donaldson will be reunited with Indians slugger Edwin Encarnacion Kyle Schwarber Jersey , his former teammate in Toronto.“He’s great player, man,” Encarnacion said after the Indians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 and before the trade was official. “If it happens, everybody is going to be excited here. He’s a great guy.”The 32-year-old Donaldson was the league’s top player in 2015, when he batted .297 with 41 homers and 123 RBIs. Slowed by the calf injury, Donaldson batted .234 with five homers and 16 RBIs this year for the Blue Jays.Antonetti said the Indians scouted Donaldson in Florida this week and the team didn’t know if he would be available in a deal until 1 p.m. on Friday.Donaldson, who has 179 career homers, began his career with Oakland and played four seasons with the Athletics.