Former Los Angeles Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton has reached agreement on a one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, a baseball source told ESPN.com.
The deal is contingent on Broxton passing a physical exam Wednesday, the source said.
Broxton, 27, is 25-20 with a 3.19 ERA and 84 saves over seven big league seasons. He was a National League All-Star in 2009 and 2010, but made only 14 appearances for the Dodgers last season before undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow in September.
Broxton was attractive to numerous clubs because of his willingness to sign a one-year deal and go back on the market as a free agent next winter. The Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers and New York Mets all actively pursued him before he decided to sign with Kansas City….
Terms of Broxton’s agreement with Kansas City weren’t immediately available, but sources said he was seeking a deal in the $4 million to $6 million range.
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1. valuearbitrageur Posted: November 29, 2011 at 05:58 PM (#4002969)That's almost $20,000 per pound!
Unless KC is resurrecting the Soria to the rotation idea?
I'm pretty surprised that the Red Sox weren't in on Broxton if his price tag was that low.
I'm sure they can have him later this summer.
Everything at BTF always relates to Frenchy somehow.
Sure ... it'll be time to re-stock the hot dog supply.
From the Boston Herald;
Man: The most dangerous game of all.
Broxton surely feels he's signing as a closer, and Kansas City doesn't seem like the kind of team that has $4-5 mil on a non-closing reliever.
But it makes you wonder why Broxton signed when he probably had chances to close elsewhere. Money? Seems a bit similar to Rafael Soriano a year ago, except at least he had a chance to pitch for a contender.
...but just 11 games behind using their Pythag record (the Tigers were very lucky, the Royals very unlucky).
If I were Dayton Moore, I would be making decisions this offseason with an eye on competing for the AL Central title in 2012 (and beyond, of course).
If they can get Kelly Johnson to a 1 or 2-year deal, DO IT.
1. Detroit Tigers 89-73
2. Kansas City Royals 78-84
3. Chicago White Sox 75-87
4. Cleveland Indians 75-87
5. Minnesota Twins 62-100
So it wasn't so much the recruiting skills of Francoeur and Yost as it was the likely scenario that Broxton ate all of his beef jerky early in the trip and agreed to sign with the Royals in exchange for some of Francoeur and Yost's jerky stash.
I hope this is a jab at the silliness of the msm and their obsession with save percentage.
Meh. I like KJ, but I want to see what Johnny Giovotella can do, and they also have Christian Colon waiting in the wings (although he has sucked in the minors). I can see the case for getting a utility infield type with some on-base skills as a backup, but I don't see the need to bring in a guy like KJ. I'd rather they use those resources for starting pitching, although I wish the answer to how to get more starting pitching wasn't "re-sign Bruce Chen."
Moore drops some curious $$ sometimes does he not? ...Broxton wanted to sign somewhere near home is what a report was saying in the last couple days, and ta da, look where he signed, thus not Boston, Minnesota, Toronto, etc.
"NYPOST: Francoeur sways Broxton away from Mets"
ok, but did you watch every single closer in baseball over the prior 5 plus seasons to determine if 85% is actually a good or bad number?
I mean considering the stupid ass comment which was factually wrong in 2009 he converted 86% by the stupid math method(saves divided by blown saves+saves) and that he converted 88% in 2011...and over his career his true save percentage has been 81%.... it's hard to understand the people that argue for save percentage while ignoring holds.
What do you honestly think is the average save percentage in baseball?
in 2011 the average reliever converted 73% of the save opportunities. the fact is that a closer hitting 80% of true saves is pretty decent.
Broxton is pretty decent by the standards set in mlb.
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