It doesnt get discu sed frequently, but spring training serves a combination for a lot of teams. Not only is it a time to get their players heated up and prepared for the regular season, but its also a perfect here we are at teams and players to finalize contract extensions. Free agent acquisitions are finished for the year and the off-season madne
Women Nike Air Jordan 13 s is in the past, so teams have the free time to pay attention to locking up their players. Entering today, there had recently been seven extensions signed forever of spring trainingand the Twins just added number eight:
The Twins have signed left-handerGlen Perkinsto a three-year, $10.3MM extension, they announced. The SFX client had been under agreement for $1.55MM in 2012, sothe deal covers the 2013-15 seasons. It includes a golf club choice for 2016. (MLB Trade Rumors)
This would be a savvy move by the Twins. In the first full season exercising from the bullpen, Perkins blo sumed into an entirely new pitcher. As a starter, his strikeout
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But within the bullpen, Perkins let himself
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The Twins dont have a deep bullpen, so it is sensible that theyd want to secure Perkins. His
Nike Essrntialist 2.41 FIP and 1.7 WAR led the Twins last season by a wide margin; the next best pitcher within their pen was arguably Joe Nathan, who had a 4.28 FIP and handle the season with zero WAR. Their closer, Matt Capps, saw his strikeout rate plummet last season, and he blew 9 saves and posted a 4.75 FIP. It had been a sorry bunch back there, and Perkins was the only real consistent, reliable reliever that the Twins had.
By locking up Perkins prior to the season begins, the Twins e sentially just inked their closer-of-the-future to a contract worth a set-up man. In the first sign of
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My only hesitancy is the fact that Perkins is guaranteed money through the Twins for four seasons; thats a long time to believe that Perkins will remain healthy and effective. Relief pitchers come and go, their performance fluctuates on a yearly basis, and they're a constant injury risk. Teams rarely sign relief pitchers to deals more than 2 or 3 years, and even those sort of deals can blow up inside a teams face easily enough. This is a tad of a risky signing by the Twins but at least its a small risk, as $12 million over four seasons isnt so bad.Even
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Considering the present condition of the Twins bullpen, it was a no-brainer decision. They've already six other holes, but a minimum of they have one reliable reliever to rely on in the future.
