[外電] Royals To Sign Jeff Francis
The Royals have agreed to sign Jeff Francis to a one-year deal, according to
ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick (on Twitter). The agreement with the Frontline
client is pending a physical.
Francis drew interest from at least seven teams this offseason before
agreeing to sign in Kansas City. The lefty logged 104 1/3 innings and posted
a 5.00 ERA with 5.8 K/9, 2.0 BB/9 and a healthy 46.8% ground ball rate last
year. He missed the entire 2009 season as he recovered from shoulder surgery.
Once the Royals dealt Zack Greinke, their need for starting pitching became
even more apparent. Their internal rotation candidates include Kyle Davies,
Luke Hochevar, Sean O'Sullivan, Vin Mazzaro and Zach Miner, but GM Dayton
Moore needed more starting pitching depth. Kansas City expressed interest in
Kevin Millwood earlier in the winter and the Scott Boras client remains
unsigned.
With Francis off the board and Carl Pavano nearing an agreement to return to
Minnesota, there are virtually no free agent groundballers remaining.
As MLBTR's Transaction Tracker shows, the Royals have signed Jeff Francoeur
and Melky Cabrera, traded David DeJesus and Greinke away and made a number of
minor deals since the offseason began.
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Lance Berkman has lost 20 pounds this offseason.
He also says he's getting in the best shape of his life and has reduced his
body fat from 19.5 percent to 12 percent. Normally, this is the type of story
to ignore, but Berkman is a special case because St. Louis has him penciled
in as an everyday right fielder next season. The veteran hasn't played the
outfield since 2007 and hasn't been a regular outfielder since 2004. "If I
have a repeat of last year I'm probably out of the game," Berkman says.
"While that doesn't really bother me, I feel like God has given me a gift to
play the game, and I want to take full advantage of that. I don't want to see
it end because I'm not in the best possible shape. If my skills have eroded,
fine. That happens to everybody. But I don't want it to be because I didn't
put in the best possible effort forth to be in great shape."
Lance Berkman 已經掉了20 pounds
當年的殺人蜂之一...........
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