TODAY: Gillaspie cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A El Paso earlier this week, the Padres introduced. Gillaspie made the beginning for El Paso in yesterday’s recreation.
JUNE 30: The Padres introduced Monday that they’ve reinstated right-hander Logan Gillaspie from the 15-day injured record. Slightly than add the out-of-options righty again to the energetic roster, San Diego has designated him for project.
Gillaspie, 28, has been out since late April resulting from an indirect harm. He appeared in three video games for the Friars in 2025, tossing seven innings and holding opponents to simply two runs. He did so with matching 12.9% strikeout and stroll charges, nonetheless, and gave up fairly a little bit of loud contact alongside the way in which (92.1 mph common exit velocity, 45.5% hard-hit fee).
That is the fourth straight season during which Gillaspie has logged not less than some large league time. He’s pitched a complete of 44 2/3 MLB frames between the Orioles and Padres, logging a mixed 4.63 earned run common with a 14.5% strikeout fee, 6% stroll fee and 35.7% ground-ball fee. Gillaspie has averaged 95.1 mph on his four-seamer in his profession (94.7 mph in 2025) and sometimes pairs the pitch with an 83-84 mph slider, an 87-88 mph changeup and an 82-83 mph curveball (in descending order of use). Not less than in his temporary three-inning look this 12 months, he’d additionally begun to combine in a cutter that sat 91.5 mph.
Gillaspie has labored completely as a reliever ever since reaching Excessive-A. Initially signed by the Brewers as an undrafted free agent, he’s now pitched in in 4 Triple-A seasons as effectively, logging a 4.37 ERA, 23.3% strikeout fee and eight.1% stroll fee in 129 2/3 innings. The Padres can commerce Gillaspie or place him on waivers at any level within the subsequent 5 days. Waivers are a 48-hour course of, so his DFA shall be resolved inside per week’s time. Since Gillaspie has by no means been outrighted and doesn’t have three years of huge league service, he’ll keep on with the group as a depth arm in Triple-A if he passes via waivers unclaimed.
