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Cardinals Sign Jonathan Broxton To Two-Year Deal
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By Steve Adams | December 10, 2015 at 2:50pm CST
The Cardinals announced that they’ve signed right-hander Jonathan Broxton to
a two-year contract to return to the St. Louis bullpen. Broxton, a Jet Sports
client, will earn a $7.5MM guarantee and receive full no-trade protection,
per reports.
Though it seems like he’s been around forever, Broxton is still just 31
years of age. And he still averages better than 94 mph on his fastball
Last year was rough in terms of bottom line results — the veteran ended with
a 4.62 ERA — but that doesn’t tell the whole story. For one, Broxton’s
peripherals showed that he’d been a bit unlucky leading up to a mid-season
trade from the Brewers to the Cardinals. For another, Broxton produced a 2.66
earned run average over the 23 2/3 frames he logged with St. Louis.
In the aggregate, Broxton showed that he’s still plenty capable of providing
valuable innings from the pen. Though his walks actually trended up in the
latter part of the year, Broxton managed to strike out more than a batter per
inning for the first time since way back in 2010. Then, there’s the fact
that FIP (3.65), xFIP (3.24), and SIERA (3.15) all saw him as a quality
producer.
St. Louis already bet on Broxton once with the mid-season trade, and now it’
s doubled down after initially declining a $9MM option over the former
closer. It seems likely that the veteran could have achieved a greater
guarantee elsewhere, given the fact that his deal includes the kind of
no-trade protection that we don’t typically see in a short-term deal (let
alone one for a reliever).
But the match worked last year, and the Cards obviously felt another sturdy
arm was needed in the pen. Broxton will join Jordan Walden and Seth Maness as
right-handed set-up options in front of closer Trevor Rosenthal.
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備註：
1. 紅雀隊以7.5MM/2YR簽回了Jonathan Broxton，每年3.75MM，並含不得交易條款。
2. 2015年球季的薪水是9MM，並在球季結束被以2MM買斷合約成為自由球員。
3. 預計與紅雀牛棚的Jordan Walden、Seth Maness作為終結者Trevor Rosenthal前的
佈局投手選項之一。
4. 2015年球季Jonathan Broxton在MIL/STL的成績表現：
ERA HLD SV SVO IP SO HR BB FIP WHIP
4.62 17 0 3 60.1 63 7 22 3.65 1.376
(1) MIL
ERA HLD SV SVO IP SO HR BB FIP WHIP
5.89 11 0 1 36.2 37 5 10 3.71 1.391
(2) STL
ERA HLD SV SVO IP SO HR BB FIP WHIP
2.66 6 0 2 23.2 26 2 12 3.56 1.352