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Braves To Sign Kyle Kendrick
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By Zach Links | December 31, 2015 at 1:20pm CST
1:20pm: Kendrick’s deal will call for him to earn a $2MM base if he makes
the big league roster and incentives can boost the total value to $6MM, Jerry
Crasnick of ESPN.com tweets.
10:09am: The Braves announced that they have signed right-hander Kyle
Kendrick to a minor league deal. The pact includes a non-roster invite to
spring training.
Kendrick, 31, is coming off a poor season with the Rockies after signing a
one-year, $5.5MM contract last winter. As a fifth starter that doesn’t miss
many bats, Kendrick and Coors Field always seemed like a poor fit, but he
presumably went with the largest guarantee offered to him last winter.
In 142 1/3 innings with the Rockies, Kendrick limped to a 6.32 ERA. His K/9,
BB/9 and ground-ball rates each trended in the wrong direction in his lone
season in Denver, and he finished the year with respective marks of 5.1, 2.9
and 38.8 percent in those regards. While Kendrick’s season was easily the
worst of his career and likely hampered his 2015-16 market, he did have a
track record as a serviceable source of 25 to 30 starts per year in a
different hitter-friendly environment: Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park.
From 2010-14, Kendrick worked to a 4.33 ERA with 5.3 K/9, 2.5 BB/9 and a
ground-ball rate near 46 percent in 835 2/3 innings. He missed some time this
past year with inflammation in his right shoulder and has previously spent
time on the DL (2013) for the same injury.
Earlier this month, the Pirates were mentioned as a club with interest in
Kendrick and that pairing would have made a lot of sense given the club’s
reputation for restoring the values of veteran pitchers who have stumbled.
Instead, however, Atlanta has picked him up on a low-risk deal.
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備註：有問題歡迎不吝指教喔!
1. 勇士隊以小聯盟約簽下了Kyle Kendrick，若他登錄至大聯盟輪值中，他的薪水是
2MM/1YR，另外還有4MM的激勵獎金。
2. 他將會以non-roster的身分參加春訓。
3. Kyle Kendrick在2015年球季(COL)的成績表現(SP, 今年滿32歲, 去年薪水$5,500,000)
W - L ERA IP R ER SO BB ERA+ FIP WHIP
7 - 13 6.32 142.1 102 100 80 45 74 6.12 1.525
4. 生涯(2007-14在費城人、2015在洛磯)，雖然去年在洛磯投得很掙扎，但預估他若登錄
在輪值名單，還是有能力貢獻25~30場先發的能力。
5. 去年在洛磯有段時間因為右肩膀的發炎有躺過DL，這也是2013年在DL的舊傷。
6. 在12月初海盜隊據傳對Kyle Kendrick也有興趣。