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His four-seam fastball, hard with a good amount of horizontal movement, stood out to those analyzing data in the front office. Same with how his slider could pair with heaters at the top of the strike zone. Jay Robertson, one of General Manager Mike Rizzo’s more trusted scouts, watched Finnegan a bunch in the Class AAA Pacific Coast League and liked what he saw. The analytics lined up with traditional scouting, leading the Nationals to jump the line and offer Finnegan a major league contract. It stands as maybe their most savvy move since they won the World Series in 2019. ...In 157⅓ innings for Washington, Finnegan’s adjusted ERA — referred to as ERA+ — is 19 points better than league average. In 2022, he walked considerably fewer batters and finished with a 3.51 ERA in 66 appearances, the second most on the club. He and the team recently agreed on $2.352 million salary for 2023, which could make him its highest-paid reliever....Come July, he could be one of their more intriguing trade candidates, offering a late-inning arm with two full years of team control remaining. But in the meantime, he is likely to share high-leverage innings with Harvey and Carl Edwards Jr., a veteran who arrived on a minor league deal before outperforming expectations last season.
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Topic: Finnegan: more value keeping or trading? (Read 2586 times)
