With spring training fully underway, right-hander remains unsigned and in search of a new club for the upcoming 2024 season. that the 32-year-old righty has been searching for a two-year contract and is continuing to focus his efforts on landing a multi-year pact. After a lengthy run as a setup man in the Reds bullpen, Lorenzen has signed one-year deals to work as a starter in each of the past two offseasons. He landed with the Angels on a $6.75MM deal in 2022 and pitched for the Tigers on an $8.5MM deal in 2023. After pitching a career-high 153 innings in 2023 and making his first All-Star team, it seems Lorenzen is prioritizing a multi-year pact so as to avoid yet another swift return to the market. Thats only natural, but at this Randy Jones Jersey stage of the winter, its far from a lock that one will present itself. [Related: ] Lorenzen started 25 games and made four relief appearances last season. He carried a 4.03 ERA through 87 innings into the All-Star break and was named the Tigers lone All-Star representative. His second half began with an otherworldly hot streak, and Lorenzen was flipped from Detroit to Philadelphia along the way, scarcely mi sing a beat early in his Phillies stint following the trade. From July 6 through Aug. 9, Lorenzen piled up 40 2/3 innings with a 1.11 ERA and strong 31-to-12 K/BB ratio. He capped off his stellar run with an eight-inning, two-run gem against the Marlins and a 124-pitch no-hitter against the Nationals in his first start at Philadelphias Citizens Bank Park. That dropped his season-long ERA to a tidy 3.23, and while Lorenzens pedestrian 19.4% strikeout rate and tiny .244 average on balls in play didnt fully support the extent of his succe s, he still looked well on his way to a po sible multi-year deal in free agency. His season took a sharp downturn from there. Perhaps wearing down as he pushed into uncharted territory in terms of workload, Lorenzen was rocked for 27 runs over his next 26 1/3 innings. The Phillies moved him to the bullpen in September, and although he finished with a handful of scorele s relief outings, Lorenzens 4.18 ERA was a far sight higher than it was at peak levels. His 17.8% strikeout rate was well shy of the league average, while his 7.5% walk rate and 41% grounder rate were closer to par among starters. But Lorenzens lack of whiffs, solid-but-not-elite command and susceptibility to home runs caused fielding-independent metrics to cast a far more bearish outlook on his season overall (4.46 FIP, 4.87 SIERA). Lorenzen and his camp could perhaps make the claim to teams that he wore down or that his late-season struggles were fluky in nature, but teams could surely make similar claims that his torrid run from mid-July to mid-August doesnt accurately represent his ability either. A two-year deal with a modest bump in AAV has always seemed plausible, though. MLBTR predicted a two-year, $22MM deal back in November. Just last offseason, we saw ($25MM), ($25MM), ($19MM) and ($17MM) all sign two-year guarantees at or north of Lorenzens 2023 salary level the first three with opt-outs included. Its plenty understandable if Lorenzen entered free agency thinking such a deal generally represented a floor of sorts for him. Perhaps early in the offseason, such offers wouldve been more attainable. Now, its increasingly difficult to convince teams to dole out guaranteed money on multi-year deals, particularly for starting pitchers who might not be able to fully build up in the remaining three and a half weeks of camp. One thing that could yet help Lorenzen find a deal to his liking is the mounting slate of pitching injuries around the league as camps progre s. The Red Sox may have lost their marquee offseason pickup, , already. Giants fifth starter , and one of their top depth options is dealing with an elbow sprain. The and will begin the season with their would-be Opening Day starters on the injured list. The and are both dealing with po sible injuries to notable starters. Any one of those i sues could cause the market for Lorenzen to pick up steam, but the longer he waits to sign, the more likely it is that hell need some minor league starts to ramp up before joining a big league rotation. Were not nece sarily to that point on the schedule just yet, but its getting close. Dave Dravecky Jersey