The Washington Nationals agreed to terms on a one- year contract with a condit
ional option for a second year with right handed pitcher Yusmeiro Petit on Mon
day.
Petit comes to Washington after spending the previous four seasons as a member
of the San Francisco Giants’ pitching staff. The right-hander, why has playe
d parts of eight seasons in the Major Leagues, was 10-7 with a 3.66 ERA during
his tenure with the Giants.
The versatile reliever appeared in 90 games (245.2 IP) in that span, starting2
1 and finishing 29. Establishing a reputation for having a durable arm and ape
nchant for strike-throwing, 57 of his 90 appearances with theGiants were moret
han an inning in length – including 13 starts – and his 4.92 strikeout-to-wa
lk ratio as a reliever was the fifth-best such mark in the National League fro
m 2012-2015.
The past two seasons, in particular, Petit has been a key cog on the Giants st
aff. Tough on right-handed batters throughout the course of his career, he has
been exceptionally stingy against them since the start of the 2014 season. Pe
tit has held the 422 batters he’s faced in that span to a .213 average agains
t,and struck out 124.
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