1. 新闻来源：
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2. 新闻标题：
Royals Nearing Agreement With Brad Boxberger
Royals Sign Brad Boxberger To One-Year Contract
3. 新闻内容：
By Jeff Todd | February 7, 2019 at 5:18pm CDT
Thursday: Rustin Dodd of The Athletic tweets that Boxberger has passed his
physical and officially signed with the Royals.
By Jeff Todd | February 6, 2019 at 12:35pm CDT
The Royals are “closing in” on a one-year contract with free-agent righty
Brad Boxberger, according to MLB.com’s Jeffrey Flanagan (via Twitter). A
client of the Boras Corporation, he’ll receive a $2.2MM guarantee along with
$1MM in potential incentives, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network (Twitter links).
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The 30-year-old Boxberger was non-tendered by the Diamondbacks in advance of
his final season of arbitration eligibility. He was projected to earn at a
$4.9MM rate, owing in no small part to the fact that he racked up 32 saves
last year.
At times, Boxberger has been quite an effective late-inning reliever. In his
284 1/3 total MLB innings, he carries a 3.42 ERA with 11.6 K/9 and 4.6 BB/9.
As those numbers hint, opposing hitters have generally had a tough time
making contact with Boxberger’s four-seam/change combo. On occasion, though,
he has trouble inducing them to chase out of the zone and ends up doling out
too many free passes. That’s what occurred in 2018, when he walked 32 in 53
1/3 innings and ended up with a 4.39 ERA on the year.
To be fair, Boxberger also racked up 12.0 K/9 in 2018, so he’s still capable
of rather elite strikeout numbers. But his fastball velocity dropped below 92
mph for the first time in his career. With more time to react, opposing
hitters only offered at 27.6% of the pitches that Boxberger left outside of
the zone.
It’s not hard to imagine Boxberger competing for the closer’s job in Kansas
City this spring. Wily Peralta took over that role last year, locking up
saves in all of his 14 chances, but he doesn’t exactly have a longstanding
history of success as a reliever and handed out 23 walks in his 34 1/3
innings on the season.
Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.
4. 新闻连结：
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5. 备注：
(1) 皇家队以$2.2MM/1YR附带$1MM的激励奖金合约签下后援投手Brad Boxberger，合约与
体检皆已完成，球团也正式宣布签约，他可能与去年的终结者Wily Peralta竞争球队的终
结者，主因在虽然Peralta表现不错，但他生涯以先发居多，去年仅是他以终结者身分投
球的第一年。
(2) 现年30岁的他去年在响尾蛇拿下32次救援成功、预测原本可拿到$4.9MM的薪水，但球
队选择在他最后一年的仲裁年不续约。
(3) Brad Boxberger的球种为四缝线快速球与变量球的搭配，而他却碰到的麻烦是无法让
打者追打坏球(仅27.6%)、投出太多保送、与速球的均速跌至92 mph的问题，但持平来说，
他去年的K/9仍是够水准的12。
(4) 皇家队今年预计的投手阵容：
A. SP：Danny Duffy、Brad Keller、Jakob Junis、Ian Kennedy、Jorge López、
Heath Fillmyer、Eric Skoglund。
B. SP/LR：Glenn Sparkman
C. RP：Brian Flynn、Kevin McCarthy、Tim Hill(L)、Jake Newberry、Ben Lively、
Chris Ellis、Scott Barlow、Trevor Oaks。
D. SU：Wily Peralta/Brad Boxberger。
E. CL：Wily Peralta/Brad Boxberger。
(5) Brad Boxberger去年在响尾蛇队的成绩表现(今年将满31岁；去年薪水：$1.85MM)：
ERA HLD SV SVO IP SO HR BB FIP WHIP
4.39 1 32 40 53.1 71 9 32 4.55 1.425