The Miami Marlins have signed right-hander reliever Junichi Tazawa to a two-year, $12 million contract according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.
Tazawa, 30, is coming off the possibly worst full season of his career. He had a 4.17 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, and allowed nine home runs in only 49.2 innings for the Boston Red Sox. The good news is that Tazawa did strike out 9.8 per nine innings, but posted only a 0.4 bWAR, his lowest in a full season.
In seven seasons with the Red Sox he had a 3.58 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 3.31 FIP and struck out 308 batters in 312 innings.
The Marlins still seem determined to improve their bullpen after missing out on big time closers Kenley Jansen and Aroldis Chapman.
They’ve also shown interest in Brad Ziegler and Fernando Salas, both of whom the Mets could have interest in signing as well.
