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來源： mlbtraderumors 標題： 1. Padres Sign Casey Janssen To Minor League Deal(2016/02/20) 2. Padres To Sign Matt Thornton(2016/03/03) 3. Padres Release Casey Janssen(2016/03/24) 內文： 1. Padres Sign Casey Janssen To Minor League Deal(2016/02/20) By Charlie Wilmoth | February 20, 2016 at 9:36am CDT 10:09am: The Padres have officially announced that they’ve signed Janssen to a minor league deal with a Spring Training invite. 9:36am: It appears possible the Padres have agreed to terms with veteran righty Casey Janssen, perhaps on a minor league deal. Janssen currently has a locker at the Padres’ Spring Training facility, MLB.com’s Corey Brock tweets. Janssen is an ACES client. The 34-year-old Janssen spent 2015 in the Nationals bullpen, pitching 40 innings while posting a 4.95 ERA, 6.1 K/9 and 1.8 BB/9. The Nats declined their option on him after the season. Janssen, who collected 20-plus saves with the Blue Jays in each season from 2012 through 2014, has maintained his walk-limiting abilities in recent years but has suffered a steep decline in his strikeout rate, likely due in part to a dip in average fastball velocity from about 92 MPH in 2011 and 2012 to below 89 MPH last year. He’s also become a fly ball pitcher, with his ground ball rate dropping from 47.9% in 2013 to 29.4% last season and his home-run rate doubling during that time. Those factors would appear to make Janssen quite vulnerable going forward, but given his solid control and his history as a closer, it’s not surprising he found a landing spot. After trading Craig Kimbrel to the Red Sox, the Padres currently have Fernando Rodney (who, like Janssen, is a veteran with a dicey recent history), penciled in at closer. It seems possible that they could turn to Janssen in the role if he makes the team and Rodney falters. 2. Padres To Sign Matt Thornton(2016/03/03) By Jeff Todd | March 3, 2016 at 7:23am CDT The Padres have reached agreement on a minor league deal with lefty Matt Thornton, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (via Twitter). He is undergoing a physical today and will join the team in major league camp if he passes. The deal will pay Thornton at a $1.6MM base salary if he can crack the MLB roster, Chris Cotillo of SB Nation tweets. It also includes $1.9MM in available incentives relating to his number of appearances. Thornton, 39, saw his strikeout rate fall last year but continued to post excellent results while being tasked with a fairly light workload. Though he’ s now within eyesight of 40, the southpaw owns a 1.98 ERA over 77 1/3 innings over the prior two seasons. While he’s been particularly stingy against lefties, Thornton has also posted solid numbers (sub-.700 OPS against) in his exposure to right-handed pitching in that span. He’s finally experienced a bit of a downtick in velocity, but still brought his average heater at around 93.5 mph last year. 3. Padres Release Casey Janssen By Mark Polishuk | March 24, 2016 at 10:40am CDT The Padres have granted right-hander Casey Janssen his release, as per the club’s official Twitter feed. The Nationals bought out their end of Janssen ’s $7MM mutual option for 2016 following the season, and the veteran reliever signed a minor league deal with San Diego last month. Janssen, 34, posted a 4.95 ERA, 6.1 K/9 and 3.38 K/BB rate over 40 innings out of Washington’s bullpen last season. ERA indicators (4.08 FIP, 4.60 xFIP, 4.19 SIERA) were a bit more favorable as Janssen had a very low 62.5% strand rate, though his 29.4% grounder rate was far below his 45.8% career mark. While Janssen has never been a power pitcher, his average fastball velocity dropped for the fourth consecutive year (down to 88.5 mph in 2015). After averaging 8.7 K/9 with Toronto from 2010-13, Janssen has managed just 5.8 K/9 over the last two seasons. 網址： 1. http://tinyurl.com/j25uxn6 2. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/03/padres-to-sign-matt-thornton.html 備註： 1. 教士隊以$1.6MM/1YR，附帶$1.9MM的激勵獎金簽下了Matt Thornton；另外，教士隊也以小聯盟約附帶春訓邀請簽下了Casey Janssen。然而，Janssen在美國時間03/24日被教士隊釋出。 2. Thornton雖然去年的三振率下降，也年逼40歲，但近兩季仍繳出1.98 ERA的成績，對右打也仍有一定的壓制性，而且他去年的快速球均速仍可達93.5 mph。 3. Janssen在離開藍鳥隊之後，除了三振率下降之外，球速也從2011-12年的 92 MPH掉到去年的89 MPH。另外，投球型態也日趨為飛球型投手，可由2013年47.9%的滾地球率跌至去年球季的29.4%看得出來，故去年休季後，國民隊將2016年的option以$1.5MM 買斷，讓他成為自由球員。 4. 目前教士隊的後援陣容(根據去年球季及新約)： Fernando Rodney(CL)、Matt Thornton(SU)、Brandon Maurer、Frank Garcés、 Nick Vincent、Kevin Quackenbush。 5. 2015年兩位球員的成績表現： (1) Casey Janssen(今年34歲；去年球隊：WSH；薪水：$3,500,000)： ERA HLD SV SVO IP SO BB HR FIP WHIP 4.95 13 0 3 40.0 27 8 5 4.08 1.150 (2) Matt Thornton(今年39歲；去年球隊：WSH；薪水：$3,500,000)： ERA HLD SV SVO IP SO BB HR FIP WHIP 2.18 18 0 1 41.1 23 11 2 3.52 1.065 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 61.64.153.97 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Padres/M.1457881770.A.91F.html