Oliver Drake Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 4" / 220 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 1/13/1987 (37)
- Experience
- 5
- College
- Navy
Oliver Drake Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Oliver Drake News
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Oliver Drake (elbow) is dealing with neck/back soreness and will have a couple of days off. He was expected to begin a rehab assignment with the Rays' Florida Complex League affiliate on Tuesday but suffered a minor setback. The 34-year-old is without a timetable for a return and remains day-to-day. Drake has been sidelined all season after sustaining a right flexor strain in the playoffs last year. The veteran reliever owned a 5.73 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and a 7:6 K: BB across 11 innings in 2020. Drake is not on the fantasy radar in 2021 and managers can leave the Rays right-hander on the waiver wire.
The Tampa Bay Rays are re-signing relief pitcher Oliver Drake to an undisclosed deal on Wednesday. The club also traded reliever John Curtiss to the Miami Marlins in exchange for minor league first baseman Evan Edwards. The 34-year-old Drake is expected to start the season on the 60-day injured list due to a flexor tendon strain, with the expectation that he could be ready around the middle of the season. He pitched for five teams in 2018 and worked a career-high 56 innings after being called up from the minors in 2019 with Tampa. But the right-hander made just five appearances last year before going on the injured list for five-plus weeks with biceps tendinitis. Drake can be ignored in all fantasy formats.
Tampa Bay Rays right-handed pitcher Oliver Drake landed on the 10-day injured list Sunday due to biceps tendinitis in his throwing arm. With Drake down, outfielder Manuel Margot was cleared to return from the bereavement list, entering the starting lineup and playing center field in his first game back. Drake has served as the Rays primary save opportunist thus far in 2020, having notched two saves while producing a 3.38 ERA (with a 2.29 xERA) and 1.13 WHIP. His absence paves the way for Nick Anderson -- who is yet to allow a run in 2020 -- to be the primary ninth-inning man for a team that has shirked traditional bullpen roles.