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Atlanta Braves and Craig Kimbrel close on four-year contract
Atlanta’s strongest closer, Craig Kimbrel, settled with the Braves on a $42 million, four-year contract on Sunday. Kimbrel and the Braves were prepared for arbitration with the organization’s offer set at $6.55 million and Kimbrel’s asking salary of $9 million for a one-year deal. The arbitration date was set for Monday, but was avoided by a matter of hours when the agreement...
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Craig Kimbrel at His Most Unfair
It wouldn’t be accurate to say that Craig Kimbrel is a rich man, now. But he’s basically guaranteed to become a rich man, soon, and then soon after that, he’ll be richer. His new contract with the Braves is a fascinating one, for reasons…Dave…has probably already illustrated, or probably will soon illustrate. The Braves have […]
Braves lock up Kimbrel, Teheran to long-term deals
Frank Wren locked up dominant pitchers Craig Kimbrel and Julio Teheran in the span of a week.
In a continued spending spree, the Braves announced Sunday that they had signed closer Craig Kimbrel to a 4-year, $42 million contract. Kimbrel’s deal includes a 5th year option for $13 million. Kimbrel and the Braves avoid an arbitration hearing that was scheduled for Monday.
Kimbrel’s...
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Craig Kimbrel Agrees To $42M, Four-Year Deal With Atlanta Braves
All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel has sidestepped salary arbitration by agreeing to a $42 million, four-year contract with the Atlanta Braves.
”I’m very excited,” Kimbrel told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ”If I didn’t want to be here, this wouldn’t be going on. We’re playing to win. This is where I want to be.”
Kimbrel’s arbitration hearing was scheduled for Monday...
Braves Lock Up Kimbrel
The Atlanta Braves have made another big financial commitment, locking up All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel, with a four-year contract and an option year in 2017. Financial terms have not been announced by the Braves. The signing helps both the Braves and Kimbrel to avoid a potential nasty arbitration hearing. “We are very excited to agree to terms with Craig, who we feel is the...
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Braves, closer Kimbrel agree to 4-year contract extension
Another day, another contract extension for an Atlanta Braves star.
On Sunday morning, the Braves announced that reliever Craig Kimbrel -- perhaps the premier closer in all of baseball -- had agreed to a four-year contract (through 2017), with an option for the 2018 season.
MLB.com's Mark Bowman has Kimbrel's four-year contract at $42 million, with $16 million coming on the...
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Three key questions for the Atlanta Braves
When you return a nearly identical roster from your division champion team the year before, what questions can there really be? Well, when it comes to the 96-win, NL East champion Atlanta Braves, you would be very surprised.
Can Craig Kimbrel have yet another dominant year?
The Braves closer is the best stopper in baseball. In 2013, he pitched to a 1.21 ERA in 67 innings...
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Atlanta Braves: Arbitration could make or break 2014
(Credit: Daniel Shirey, USA Today)
Right now, the Atlanta Braves have three of their most valuable players waiting on arbitration hearings to debate their salaries. Craig Kimbrel, Freddie Freeman, and Jason Heyward were anything but pleased with the offers set forth by the Braves’ organization.
Kimbrel, the Braves’ closer, led the National League last year with 50 saves. ...
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January 31, 2014
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Top 5 N.L. Pitchers in 2013: Craig Kimbrel
4. Craig Kimbrel, RHP, Atlanta Braves
Craig Kimbrel, 25, has been one of the best closers in baseball since his first full-time season in the big leagues in 2011. To put his performance into perspective, Kimbrel is the first pitcher in major league history to record 40 saves in each of his first three seasons.
In 2013, Kimbrel turned in a strong season for the Atlanta Braves. In...
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January 11, 2014
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MLB 2014 All-Underrated Team
For whatever reason, some players don’t always get the respect they deserve. In some cases, they are really good at what they do, but some even get disrespected from time to time. It may be because the team they play for does poor in the standings, or they may be deserving of an honor or award, only to get passed up in favor of someone else who was arguably less deserving than...
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January 09, 2014
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