The trade winds of winter are picking up as the Tampa Bay Rays and St Louis Cardinals have had talks involving the 2017 MLB saves leader, Alex Colome.
Colome, who will turn 29 years old on New Year’s Eve, just capped off his fifth year in the major leagues with 47 saves at the back end of the Rays bullpen. Colome had a 3.24 ERA and a 3.37 FIP to go along with a 20.6 K% and 8.2 BB% in just under 67 innings pitchers over 65 games.
Originally signed as international free agent in March of 2007, Colome eventually became one of the Rays top prospects and made his major league debut as a starting pitcher in May of 2013.