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Padres sign right-hander Domingo Tapia<\/strong> to a minor league deal, according to his transaction tracker for MLB.com. He will probably be invited to major league spring training.<\/p>\n Tapia, 31, has some major league success in 2021, split between the Mariners and Royals. Between these two clubs, he pitched 33 2\/3 innings in his 34 appearances and posted an earned run average of 2.67. His 19.3% strikeout rate and his 11.1% walk rate were both a little worse than league averages, but he scored ground balls at his solid 46.8% rate.<\/p>\n In 2022, he was waived by the A’s and spent the season bouncing between the majors and minors. His Triple-A and MLB results have marks of 1.76 ERA in Las Vegas and 8.47 in Oakland. so there was no more difference. This is perhaps a sign of his low strikeout approach, allowing a .387 batting average in play in the majors but a .276 batting average in the Aviators.He also strands his 72.2% of baserunners in Vegas. However, in A only he was 62.2%.<\/p>\n The Padres might get a chance to change Tapia’s fortunes in 2023, or find a few more strikeouts and take their fate into their own hands. Last year his fastball averaged 97.9 mph and his strikeout rate was just 13.3%, but he fell below the 95th percentile among eligible hurlers. If Tapia can make it onto San Diego’s roster, he still has his one-year option left, which could provide the club with roster flexibility. And considering he hasn’t spent a full year in MLB yet, he could be cheaply kept in the future.<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n