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lt michaels
KK should just be thankful for his $30 M in career earnings and zip it up. He hit the jackpot getting drafted into the Phillies organization which is loyal to a fault. A lot of other organizations he would have been dfa’d after a few seasons.
Bill 21
Especially with that 6.70 ERA for $5.5M.
No Soup For Yu!
Kendrick only pitched especially poorly during his second big league season, when he was 23. Most teams would have demoted him to the bullpen or to AAA, but he never pitched badly enough with the Phillies that other teams would DFA’d him. The Rockies on the other hand are probably considering it.
lt michaels
Mainly talking about his last 2 years of arbitration KK made $5 m in 2013 and $8 M in 2014 after Rube offered to go to arbitration.
KK is a $1M-2M utilty/long man/ spot starter. Always was,always will be.The fact that Rube gave him $8 M explains why the Phils have been a dumpster fire the past 3 years. I dont know what the Rockies were thinking giving him $5.5M. Unbelievable.
No Soup For Yu!
Yeah I agree. The signing made sense at the time, and I even liked it then (hindsight is 20/20). The Rockies had no intention of contending this year and had some young and promising, though not quite big league ready, starting pitching prospects. Signing Kendrick for one year to fill out the rotation seemed like a good idea, as the Rockies could afford to be less aggressive with their prospects and let them develop. However, $5.5M is too much to pay for a guy who’s the definition of mediocrity with already pronounced homer tendencies at sea level that would be exacerbated greatly by pitching in Denver.
lt michaels
i dont think any other team would have offered him arbitration in his later years.
rouscher
Amaro didn’t lie to him. They are trying to get younger. They brought in Harang and Williams to be traded for pieces to get younger. I mean Williams isn’t getting you much more than what Mayberry got you but still. What value did Kyle Kendrick really have? What’s the point of resigning him if he has no value to be moved for younger pieces?
Steven Garrison
Harang I can see the Cards going after him , and they won’t get much back for Williams, All I know is that Nola and the pitcher they got in return for byrd are tearing it up.
Brixton G.
Zach Eflin: 2.74 ERA in 7 AA starts
Ben Lively: 3.06 ERA in 6 AA starts
Nola: 1.77 ERA in 7 AA starts
Nefi Ogando: 2.60 ERA in 11 AA relief appearances
Phillippe Aumont: 1.38 ERA in 5 starts and 4 relief appearances at AAA
Amaro has done some good work on the rebuild so far. Only seeming bust is Joely Rodriguez.
Steven Garrison
now he has to make the right deal for hamels
Brixton G.
I don’t think the lack of a good Hamels deal lays on his shoulders, but the other teams. They all want Hamels but no one is willing to give up a ton of value.
iamrightyouarewrong
“Ruben [Amaro Jr.] called me about a week after the season and said we’re going to go in a different direction, we’re going to go younger,” Kendrick said, “and then he signs Aaron Harang and Jerome Williams. So I was like, [huh]. That’s the way it is.” ….says the game’s most perfectly mediocre pitcher who will probably be released by Colorado before the seasons end. Unreal that some of these guys don’t realize how lucky they have been.
Joe Blow
we’re going to go younger
Translation
we’re going to go CHEAPER