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Braves Working To Sign Peter Moylan; Royals Remain Interested

By Connor Byrne | February 18, 2018 at 11:20am CDT

11:20am: Moylan to the Braves might not be a foregone conclusion. The Royals remain interested in re-signing him, per Bowman (Twitter link).

8:37am: The Braves are attempting to complete a deal with free agent reliever Peter Moylan, Mark Bowman of MLB.com tweets. It’s unclear whether it’ll be a major league pact for the 39-year-old Moylan, who already has two stints with the Braves under his belt (2006-12 and 2015).

The right-handed Moylan spent the previous two seasons in Kansas City and combined for a 3.46 ERA with 6.92 K/9 and 3.55 BB/9 across 104 innings, including 59 1/3 (his most since 2010) in 2017, when he led all pitchers in appearances (79). The sinker- and slider-throwing Moylan notched a superb 61.3 percent groundball rate to rank eighth among qualified relievers during that two-year span.

Moylan’s success with the Royals was particularly surprising after he combined to throw fewer than 40 big league innings with the Braves and Dodgers from 2011-15, owing to a laundry list of injuries. The Australia native dealt with back, shoulder and elbow problems at various points during that stretch, and he missed all of 2014 after undergoing the second Tommy John surgery of his career. Moylan then rejoined the Braves prior to the 2015 campaign on an unconventional deal, one in which they picked him up as a player/coach.

If he’s able to catch on with the Braves for a third time, Moylan will become the elder statesman of a bullpen that hasn’t added any other proven commodities since finishing last season 26th in ERA (4.58) and 27th in fWAR (1.1). Braves relievers especially struggled versus right-handed hitters, who slashed .264/.339/.450 against them. Moylan, meanwhile, limited righties to a meager .161/.244/.236 mark and has held them in check throughout his career (.204/.269/.295). Although lefty-swingers have roughed up Moylan (.296/.422/.430), he has nonetheless managed a 3.00 ERA during his 390 1/3-inning career.

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  1. arp7241

    5 years ago

    Lol this was like the first rumor of the offseason

    Reply
    • jhuck5

      5 years ago

      these types of deals take time! 🙂

      Reply
  2. NL_East_Rivalry

    5 years ago

    Well I do like Peter, but he did come off a bit ridiculous when he acted like a victim of the off-season.

    Reply
  3. Bjoe

    5 years ago

    Royals didn’t even try to bring him back? He led the AL in appearances, had a sub 3.60 ERA and only cost $1 million

    Reply
  4. steelerbravenation

    5 years ago

    Don’t mind the pickup. Veteran leadership for the bullpen. But what is going on how do we not have Dickerson yet ?

    Reply
    • chophawk

      5 years ago

      Dickerson has to go through the waiver wire to all AL clubs first before Atlanta has a shot at him.

      Reply
      • steelerbravenation

        5 years ago

        No they have 10 days to trade him so I want Atlanta to trade for him before he can clear waivers

        Reply
        • NL_East_Rivalry

          5 years ago

          This

        • Zach725

          5 years ago

          Give the Rays Wisler, Santana for him. Unless another team is willing to give up more, the braves have a good shot of getting him.

        • chophawk

          5 years ago

          You are correct. My apologies!

    • thunderlips

      5 years ago

      I would love to see Dickerson on the Braves as long as it doesn’t impact Acuna joining. Find a way to dump Markakis or move him to the bench

      Reply
  5. realgone2

    5 years ago

    if it’s a minors deal. no harm and no foul

    Reply
  6. old albany brave

    5 years ago

    World Series bound now. LOL

    Reply
  7. Backatit

    5 years ago

    This wasteful effort is similar to having fingernails pulled out. We are losers!

    Reply
    • RaysBaseball4

      5 years ago

      You could be the Rays. Lol.

      Reply
    • Mack83

      5 years ago

      Speak for yourself, chump.

      Reply
    • wrigleywannabe

      5 years ago

      glad you included yourself in there

      Reply
  8. Bjoe

    5 years ago

    He’ll sign with KC

    Reply
  9. opethsdeliverance

    5 years ago

    Hopefully he signs with the Royals.

    Reply
  10. yankeeaddiction

    5 years ago

    Bad move by Atlanta. I say look at the story of Pedro Feliciano. It is a bad idea to ever sign a guy who was over worked the past two years. The guy is 39 and had a heavy workload. The only way you sign him is on a minor league incentive laden deal.

    Reply
    • wrigleywannabe

      5 years ago

      He pitched 59 innings. He’s gone higher than that 3 times in his career, including a 90 inning year early on.

      Appearances aren’t the best way to measure workload

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