Astros paid him US$12.5 million for 6.2 innings, he left the team and is still a World Series champion

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Houston Astros I do not doubt it. One of the best relief pitchers of that champion team Los Angeles Dodgers in the world series 2020 was free, so he gave him a two-year, $12.5 million contract. However, things did not turn out as expected. the champion of the ‘Fall Classic’ 2022 with one of the worst contracts in the history of the MLB.

In the Major Leagues there are no rules to define who receives a championship ring on the team that wins the World Series. So much so, that players who have not been on a roster game during the regular season or postseason can have this distinction. It all depends on who the team decides to give this distinction. In this case, The main pitcher in this story did play with the Astros in MLB 2022.

The premise of Dusty Baker was to have an elite bullpen to support the starting rotation led by Justin Verlander and Framber Valdez. He was able to achieve it, but before obtaining the record never seen before in 119 years of the MLB Postseason, one of the relievers I expected the most Houston Astros could not perform.

After testing positive for coronavirus, suffering discomfort in one of his shoulders and not consolidating in two years, Pedro Baez was released by the planets on April 28, 2022. The relief pitcher born in Dominican Republic he bid farewell to the Houston team with 6.2 innings pitched and a 5.40 earned run percentage in seven games.

Astros paid him US$12.5 million, he left the team and is still a World Series champion

In the season that ended with the Houston Astros title in the 2022 World Series, Pedro Báez was present in three games, He pitched 2.1 innings, allowing six runs, and had an ERA of 11.57. Even so, he is the pitcher who was paid US$12.5 million by the Astros and left the team, but ended up as champion of the ‘Fall Classic’ who had the defeat of Philadelphia Phillies.