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• Nationals' Konnor Pilkington: NRI with Washington

  11D ago • By RotoWire

  The Nationals signed Pilkington on Thursday to a minor-league contract that includes an invitation to spring training, Bobby Blanco of MASNSports.com reports. Pilkington spent the 2024 season at Triple-A Reno in the Diamondbacks organization, holding a 5.91 ERA and 79:49 K:BB over 77.2 frames. The left-hander saw significant action at the major-league level with the Guardians in 2022, posting a 3.88 ERA across 58 innings. He'll likely begin the 2025 season in the rotation at Triple-A Rochester.

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• Diamondbacks' Konnor Pilkington: Outrighted to Triple-A

  07/14/2023 • By RotoWire

  Pilkington was outrighted to Triple-A Reno on Thursday, per the MLB transaction log. Pilkington was designated for assignment Friday and will head back to the minors. He's thrown only two innings in the majors this season and has a 9.53 ERA with a 2.22 WHIP across 39.2 frames with Reno for the campaign.

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• Diamondbacks' Konnor Pilkington: Designated for assignment

  07/07/2023 • By RotoWire

  Pilkington was designated for assignment by the Diamondbacks on Friday. This move clears out a 40-man roster spot for outfielder Dominic Canzone, who is joining the Diamondbacks ahead of Friday's game versus the Pirates. Pilkington has made only appearance at the MLB level in 2023, and that was with the Guardians in April.

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• Diamondbacks' Konnor Pilkington: Traded to Arizona

  05/01/2023 • By RotoWire

  Arizona acquired Pilkington from Cleveland on Monday in exchange for cash considerations. Pilkington had been removed from Cleveland's 40-man roster late last week and has now found a new home. The left-hander has a limited ceiling but is a capable depth arm for Arizona. He's posted a 3.75 ERA over 16 appearances (11 starts) at the big-league level and will likely slide into Triple-A Reno's rotation.

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• Guardians' Konnor Pilkington: Dropped from 40-man roster

  04/26/2023 • By RotoWire

  The Guardians designated Pilkington for assignment Wednesday, Joe Noga of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Pilkington will move off the 40-man roster to open up a spot for right-hander Tanner Bibee, whose contract was selected from Triple-A Columbus ahead of his MLB debut Wednesday versus the Rockies. Though the 25-year-old southpaw was one of the Guardians' preferred spot starters in 2022 and struck out two over two scoreless innings of relief in Tuesday's 5-1 loss, Pilkington has since fallen behind all of Peyton Battenfield, Logan Allen, Bibee, Hunter Gaddis and Xzavion Curry on the organizational rotation depth chart. He'll now be exposed to waivers and could draw interest from an organization with lesser pitching depth than the Guardians.

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