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Edinson Volquez agrees to 2-year, $22M deal with Marlins
The Marlins have reached a deal with free agent Edinson Volquez on Monday.
The former Kansas City Royals starter agreed to a two-year deal worth $22 million, a source told ESPN's Jim Bowden.
The 33-year-old Volquez was the Royals' opening day starter last season and an important piece of the rotation during last year's World Series run, in which he started five postseason games. He struggled with inconsistency in 2016 and finished the season winless in his final seven starts. Overall, Volquez went 0-1 with a 6.48 ERA in eight home starts after the All-Star break. He finished with a 10-11 record and 5.37 ERA and allowed 217 hits, second-most in the AL.
An All-Star in 2008 when he went 17-6 with a 3.21 ERA for the Cincinnati Reds, Volquez signed a $20 million, two-year contract with the Royals in 2014 after coming off one of the best seasons of his career with Pittsburgh. He spent 2012 and part of the 2013 season with the Padres, finished that season with the Dodgers and joined Pittsburgh in 2014.
The right-handed Volquez went 13-7 with a career-best 3.04 ERA for Pittsburgh in 2014, and he ended the season with a career-best 18 straight scoreless innings and had a 1.08 ERA in September that season.
Volquez made his major league debut with Texas in 2005 and went 0-4 with a 14.21 ERA. He went a combined 3-7 the next two seasons and was traded to the Reds for outfielder Josh Hamilton in December 2007. He was suspended 50 games in 2010 following a positive test for a banned fertility substance.
Volquez became a free agent this month when he declined his mutual option with the Royals.
The former Kansas City Royals starter agreed to a two-year deal worth $22 million, a source told ESPN's Jim Bowden.
The 33-year-old Volquez was the Royals' opening day starter last season and an important piece of the rotation during last year's World Series run, in which he started five postseason games. He struggled with inconsistency in 2016 and finished the season winless in his final seven starts. Overall, Volquez went 0-1 with a 6.48 ERA in eight home starts after the All-Star break. He finished with a 10-11 record and 5.37 ERA and allowed 217 hits, second-most in the AL.
An All-Star in 2008 when he went 17-6 with a 3.21 ERA for the Cincinnati Reds, Volquez signed a $20 million, two-year contract with the Royals in 2014 after coming off one of the best seasons of his career with Pittsburgh. He spent 2012 and part of the 2013 season with the Padres, finished that season with the Dodgers and joined Pittsburgh in 2014.
The right-handed Volquez went 13-7 with a career-best 3.04 ERA for Pittsburgh in 2014, and he ended the season with a career-best 18 straight scoreless innings and had a 1.08 ERA in September that season.
Volquez made his major league debut with Texas in 2005 and went 0-4 with a 14.21 ERA. He went a combined 3-7 the next two seasons and was traded to the Reds for outfielder Josh Hamilton in December 2007. He was suspended 50 games in 2010 following a positive test for a banned fertility substance.
Volquez became a free agent this month when he declined his mutual option with the Royals.