West champs: Opening Day-7/26 and 8/6-end of season…was not on club's ALDS roster, but did make the 2 trips with the team to Toronto…spent bulk of campaign as club's long reliever, logging 8 outings of 3.0-or-more innings…his 64.0 innings ranked 2nd among TEX relievers, including A.L.-leading 47.2 relief innings at the All-Star break…had ML-high 6 relief outings of 3.2+ IP, no other ML reliever had more than 3…had most innings of any ML pitcher without a decision in 2015, most by a pitcher in Texas history…following the season, was dealt from Texas to Seattle in 11/16 Leonys Martin/Tom Wilhelmsen trade, then released by M's on 1/7/16 (unconditional release on 1/11/16) to pursue an opportunity in Japan…Pitched with Japan Series champion Hokkaido Nippon Ham-Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball, going 8-8 with a 3.65 ERA in 37 games/14 starts…team included Pacific League MVP Shohei Otani…was 6-7, 4.76 (40 ER/75.2 IP) as a starter and 2-1, 0.64 (2 ER/28.0 IP) in 23 relief appearances… his 0.64 relief ERA was lowest of any NPB pitcher with at least 25.0 relief innings…had 7 quality starts, 6 holds, 4 games finished, and allowed just 1 of 6 inherited runners to score… season-high 7.2 IP in start on 6/9 vs. Hiroshima (L, 8 H, 4 R-2 ER)…was 4-0 with a save and 11.2 shutout innings spanning 7 relief outings in postseason, most wins by any pitcher (start or relief) in any postseason since at least 2004…was one of 3 selected for outstanding player honors after Japan Series… earned win in championship-clinching Game 6, when his RBI single in the 8th preceded a Brandon Laird (brother of former Ranger Gerald Laird) grand slam…including last 9 regular season outings, finished his year in Japan with 23.0 scoreless innings over 16 relief appearances after final start on 8/30 vs. Tohoku.Anthony Edward Bass...Resides in Nashville, TN, with his wife, Sydney, and their daughter, Brooklyn...Graduated from Trenton (MI) High School, where in 2005 he was All-Region, All-District, All-Conference, All-Metro and was named to the All-Downriver Dream Team...Played at Wayne State University in Detroit...As a junior went 10-3 with 2.10 ERA and was named a Rawlings/ABCA AllAmerican...Was inducted into the Wayne State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.Posted a 3.38 ERA and 3 saves in 27 relief apps at Class AAA Iowa and a 2.93 ERA in 16 relief apps for the National League Central Division champions Cubs...had 2 stints on the Cubs' disabled list, from 7/8-7/17 with an illness and from 7/21-8/11 with a right mid-thoracic strain...from 6/11-7/4 allowed just 1 earned run in his first 14.1 innings over 14 apps for the Cubs (0.63era) before he was disabled on 7/8 with the illness...was reinstated from the DL on 7/19 but 2 days later, after allowing 4 runs in 1.0 inning over 2 apps on 7/19 and 7/20 vs StL, was disabled again with a right mid-thoracic strain...on 8/12 was reinstated from the disabled list and after clearing waivers was outrighted to Iowa, where he finished the minor league season...did not walk a batter in his first 13 apps and 13.1 innings for the Cubs...from 6/17-7/4 did not allow a run over a career-high 11 consecutive apps (11.1ip, 9h, 1bb, 12k)...on 6/20 vs LAD threw a season-high 2.0 innings (1h, 0r, 0bb, 1k)...became a free agent following the season and on 12/26 was signed by the Reds to a minor league contract with an invitation to 2019 Major League spring training camp.Acquired by Houston in a trade with San Diego at the 2013 Winter Meetings, Bass made the Astros Opening Day roster and went 1-1 with a 6.33 ERA (19 ER/27.0 IP) in 21 relief outings...was on the disabled list from 5/11-7/1 with a right intercostal strain...had 7 K's and 7 BB in 27.0 innings, as his 2.33 SO per 9 innings was lowest ratio among all MLB pitchers with 25.0+ IP...had a 2.45 ERA (3 ER/11.0 IP) over first 8 outings through 4/22, then had a 9.00 (16 ER/16.0 IP) figure in final 13 appearances spanning DL stint (6 HR allowed in that span) to finish at 6.33...lone win was 5/2 vs. SEA, tossing final 2.0 frames of 5-4, 11-inning walk-off win in game against M's starter Felix Hernandez...gave up grand slam to Brandon Moss in final Astros outing on 7/24 at OAK and was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City for duration of season after that game...was 2-for-4 in save chances...first batters hit .158 (3-19) with a walk and hit by pitch...allowed 6 of 18 (33.3%) inherited runners to score.