Angels Designate Adam Cimber For Assignmen

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The Angels announced that left-hander has been reinstated Kai-wei Teng Jersey from the 60-day injured list. Right-hander was optioned to Double-A Rocket City to make room for him on the active roster. Right-hander , who was on the 15-day injured list, has been designated for a signment to open up a 40-man roster spot. Quijada, now 28, underwent Tommy John surgery in May of last year and is now back. He has generally been a high-strikeout but also high-walk guy in his major league career so far. In 108 2/3 innings, he has a 4.89 earned run average, 30.6% strikeout rate but 13.8% walk rate. That career was put on hold by his surgery, though his results have been fairly similar since he started a rehab a signment about a month ago. In 7 2/3 innings in the minors, he has struck out 41.9% of batters faced but also walked 12.9% of them. Hes out of options so the Angels have installed him back into their bullpen. Hes making a salary of $840K this year and can be retained via arbitration for two more seasons. Cimber, 33, was signed to a one-year deal in the offseason with a $1.65MM guarantee. He has had some good years but struggled in 2023 and was non-tendered by the Blue Jays. The Halos were undoubtedly hoping for a rebound but didnt get it. The submariner currently has a 7.03 ERA in 24 1/3 innings this year. He landed on the 15-day IL just over a month ago due to right shoulder inflammation. Its po sible the shoulder has been an i sue for some time. He posted a 7.40 ERA with the Jays last year and then mi sed the second half of the season due to a right shoulder impingement, but had been quite effective prior to that. From 2018 through 2022, Cimber posted a 3.20 ERA in 301 appearances between San Diego, Cleveland, Miami and Toronto. He only struck out 18.4% of batters faced in that time but walked just 5.8% of them and got 52% of balls in play pounded into the ground. But hes now had ERAs above 7.00 in two straight years while going to the IL for shoulder i sues in both of them. Injured players cant be placed on outright waivers, but thats a fairly moot point. Cimber has more than five years of service time, meaning he has the right to reject an outright a signment while keeping whats left of his salary. The DFA limbo period can technically last as long as a week but given Cimbers injury and recent performance, he seems bound to be released in the coming days as the only other alternative would be a trade. A suming he is indeed released, the Halos will remain on the hook for the majority of whats left of his salary while another club could sign him and only pay him the prorated league minimum for any time spent on the active roster, with that amount subtracted from what the Angels pay. Whether he can find another deal will likely depend on the state of his shoulder in the weeks to come. Brett Wisely Jersey