Colorado Rockies trade rumors: Bullpen trade targets from the AL Central

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – JUNE 05: Nate Jones #65 of the Chicago White Sox delivers a pitch against the Minnesota Twins during the eighth inning of game one of a doubleheader on June 5, 2018 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. All uniformed players and coaches are wearing number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day. The original day was rained out. The Twins defeated the White Sox 4-2. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

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Nate Jones was a reliever that we mentioned as being as a part of a hypothetical trade to the Rockies, along with Jose Abreu that Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports and MLB Network came up with (we discussed analyzed the trade in this article last week).

His ERA has ballooned to 4.30 since then (since on June 5, he went 2/3 of an inning but allowed 4 earned runs).

The problem in his career is injuries as he has really had only three full seasons. However, when healthy, he is very good.

In 2012, he pitched in 65 games and had an ERA of 2.39.

In 2013, he pitched in 70 games and had an ERA of 4.15, but his ERA+ was 101. His FIP says that he was much better than that, though, as it was 2.64.

In 2016, in 71 games with an ERA of 2.29.

He missed much of 2017 with shoulder surgery, which is a big deal with his contract. It changes many of the options as all become team options for much less money. They go through 2021 and if you want to check out the details on them, we discussed them in the article below.

Next: Bullpen options in the AL East

Check back here tomorrow when we will have the third installment of our series when we will look at some more bullpen targets.

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