Rattlesnakes reportedly agree with senior relief workers Kendall Graveman Traded in a year of 1.35mm. The signing is still going on physically. Graveman is a sports athlete-managed client who will earn 1.25mm this season and receive a $100,000 acquisition in the 2026 5mm co-option. The deal includes an additional $1.95mm performance bonus. When the deal is finalized, Arizona will need to create a 40-man lineup.
Graveman, 34, missed the 2024 season while recovering from shoulder surgery, but in the first three seasons, the game between the Mariners, Astros and the White Sox was strong. The former starter played a relief role at the end of the 2020 season after returning from Tommy John’s surgery and had a quick success in a highly leveraged role. Starting in 2021-23, Graveman has invested 187 1/3 innings with a 2.74 ERA, 51 holdings, 24 saves, 24.5% strikeout rate and 10.4% walking rate.
Despite having shoulder trouble last season, Graveman was cleared and started throwing late last summer. He made progress with his regular offseason throwing and conditioning program and was ready for spring training.
While he stayed healthy, Graveman relied on a power sinker sitting at 96 mph in the north, pairing it with an upper slider from the 80s and a smaller swap pairing, with a smaller change speed of 89-90 mph . That heavy sinking piece allowed him to consistently go 50% north of the ground sphere. The right-hander lost his life on all of these courts in 2023 and saw his orders erode greatly in the second half of the season, after returning to the Astros from the White Sox.
Of course, this may lead to these two red flags. This will tell him how he looked early in training camp and early in the season. If Graveman’s sinking flakes are restored to 96-98 mph and can reduce his walking rate to the 9% range (12.4% in 2023), he will be a powerful rattlesnake bullpen. work.
D-Backs general manager Mike Hazen is open to his desire to get closer in the offseason. While it may not be moved to the grave character out of the door, he added a talented and experienced option to manager Torey Lovullo. If he could go back to the 2021-23 format, it’s easy to see Graveman break it down into the ninth inning. Before the agreement is reached, the snake seems likely to rely on aj puk,,,,, Justin Martinez and Kevin Ginkel In the save opportunity.
Graveman’s addition pushed the Rattlers’ salary to the north of 195mm, which is every lineup. It’s a wide gap, and it’s a franchise record, which breaks the high water mark of 163mm just reached last year. Before the 2024 season, D-Backs never opened a season above 132mm. They have been involved in the trade and free agent markets in the past two offseasons Corbin Burnes.
Since Graveman only earns up to $600,000 more than a league minimum player, at least it is feasible that the D-Backs can continue to participate in the market for additional bullpen help. David Robertson and Kyle Finnegan Both remain unsigned and have rich closing ceremony. Craig Kimbrel and Hector Neris All are still there and hope to rebound from the 2024 shaky 2024 campaign, and Daniel Bard He is a more extreme rebound candidate as he hopes to rebound from flexor tendon surgery, which killed him on his 40th birthday in June. Of course, the trade market raises other possibilities, but Hazen said yesterday that any upcoming bullpen acquisitions could be made through free agency.
ESPN’s Jesse Rogers first reported on D-backs, while Graveman reached a one-year contract. Steve Gilbert of MLB.com is a $1.35mm guarantee. Rogers reported the highest 3.3mm value after incentives, while Nick Piecoro of the Republic of Arizona reported a co-option/buyout.
