Lefty pitcher Mark Redman agreed to a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves on Friday, and will start Saturday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays in place of Mike Hampton, who just a day earlier learned he will be sidelined for up to two months with a strained left oblique.
The Braves are set with veteran John Smoltz, Tim Hudson and Chuck James at the front of their rotation, so with the loss of Hampton, Redman joins Kyle Davies and Lance Cormier as the leading contenders for the final two spots.
If Redman earns a spot on the roster, he will get a $750,000, one-year contract and an opportunity to earn $500,000 in start-based performance bonuses. The 33-year-old All-Star went 11-10 with a 5.71 ERA for the Kansas City Royals last season and as an eight-year veteran, is 64-76 with a 4.65 ERA in 186 starts and 12 relief appearances.
While Redman started out in 1995 with the Minnesota Twins organization and has spent most of his career in the American League, he does have some hitting experience. He was 14-9 with a 3.59 ERA in 2003 with the World Series Champion Florida Marlins and 5-15 with a 4.90 ERA for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2005.
[Toronto Star]
2 comments:
Well, someone had to go to the All-Star game for Kansas City.
It just wouldn't feel like Spring if Mike Hampton was healthy.
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