Placed RHP J.J. Putz on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to June 29 (right elbow tendinitis). [7/1]
Activated RHP Sam Demel from the 15-day disabled list. [7/1]
Well, it was fun while it lasted. Determined to rebuild a historically bad bullpen, Kevin Towers kicked off his first offseason as Arizona’s GM by signing Putz to a two-year deal last December. Given the vast sums of money handed out to mediocre relievers last winter and his own impressive peripherals last season, Putz’s $4.5 million AAV appeared reasonable, but as we wrote in Baseball Prospectus 2011, “Putz’s ERA and strikeout rate oversell his success coming back from elbow problems.” Even though Putz was effective when he was on the field, he had to be deployed sparingly in the wake of his 2009 elbow surgery, and he still spent some time on the DL with patellar tendinitis.
Putz didn’t blow his first save of the season until June 1, by which time he’d successfully preserve...
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