[外電] Rangers To Sign Mike Foltynewicz

1. 新聞來源：

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2. 新聞標題：

Rangers To Sign Mike Foltynewicz

3. 新聞內容：

By Steve Adams and Connor Byrne | February 5, 2021 at 5:22pm CDT

5:22pm: Foltynewicz will earn $2MM with incentives, per The Athletic’s Ken
Rosenthal, who tweets that the deal is done pending a physical. The
incentives could reach $500K, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com relays.

2:54pm: The Rangers are closing in on a one-year, Major League contract with
free-agent right-hander Mike Foltynewicz, reports Kiley McDaniel of ESPN (viaTwitter). Foltynewicz is a client of Excel Sports Management.

Foltynewicz was a quality starter earlier in his career with the Braves,
especially in 2018. That year, he threw 183 innings of 2.85 ERA/3.77 SIERA
ball while averaging a career-high 96.4 mph on his fastball and posting a
well-above-average strikeout percentage of 27.4. But Foltynewicz’s
production dropped off in 2019, in which the Braves demoted him to the
minors. And though he did enjoy a late-season rebound in 2019, he wasn’t
able to carry that into last year. Foltynewicz made one appearance with the
Braves (on July 27) and allowed six earned runs on four hits and and four
walks in 3 1/3 innings. The 29-year-old’s fastball averaged a startlingly
low 90.5 mph in that contest, and the Braves then booted him from their
40-man roster. He spent the rest of the year at their alternate site before
electing free agency earlier in the offseason.

Foltynewicz will get a chance to bounce back from his horrid 2020 as a memberof the Rangers, whose rotation was among the worst in the game last year.
Kyle Gibson, Jordan Lyles and Kolby Allard had terrible years a season ago,
though Foltynewicz and new acquisitions Dane Dunning and Kohei Arihara could
provide reasons for hope.

4. 新聞連結：

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/02/rangers-mike-foltynewicz-deal.html

5. 備註：

(1) 遊騎兵隊以$2MM/1YR附帶$500K的激勵獎金簽下Mike Foltynewicz。

(2) Foltynewicz曾在勇士隊有好表現，生涯年為2018年，183局中繳出2.85 ERA/3.77
SIERA，有顆均速96.4 mph的快速球，並高於聯盟平均的三振率(27.4%)。但2019年後他的表現便每況愈下，甚至被降至小聯盟，雖然在年底有反彈回來，但無法將狀態帶至去年。去年在勇士隊投3.1局就掉了6分責失與4次保送，年僅29歲的他快速球僅剩90.5 mph，之後勇士隊就把他自40人名單移除，並待在訓練營至球季結束。

(3) 遊騎兵隊各投手位置人選如下：
(A) SP：Kyle Gibson、有原航平、Dane Dunning、Jordan Lyles、Mike Foltynewicz、Kyle Cody、Kolby Allard (L)。
(B) SP/LR：Joe Gatto、Brock Burke (L)、Luis Ortiz、Jharel Cotton、
Edinson Volquez*。
(C) RP：Jonathan Hernandez、Nick Goody、Wes Benjamin、Taylor Hearn (L)、
Brett Martin (L)、John King (L)、Luis Garcia、Demarcus Evans、Joe Palumbo (L)、Matt Bush、Locke St. John (L)、Jimmy Herget、Brett de Geus、Edubray Ramos、
Drew Anderson、Justin Anderson、Hunter Wood、Sam Gaviglio、Spencer Patton、
Jesse Chavez*、Juan Nicasio*、Yohander Mendez (L)*。
(D) SU：Joely Rodriguez (L)。
(E) CL：Jose Leclerc。
*：目前成為自由球員。

(4) Mike Foltynewicz去年在勇士隊的成績表現(今年29歲；去年原計薪水：$6.425MM)：

W - L ERA IP R ER SO BB ERA+ FIP WHIP

0 - 1 16.20 3.1 6 6 3 4 32 16.69 2.400

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