It would appear that Bronson Arroyo‘s career is over:
Bronson Arroyo, who was trying to make a comeback with the Washington Nationals after having Tommy John surgery and missing all of last season, has been diagnosed with a torn right labrum, according to multiple media reports.
The 39-year-old Arroyo, a 2006 NL All-Star with the Cincinnati Reds, signed a minor league deal with the Nationals in January. He became a free agent in November when the Los Angeles Dodgers, who acquired Arroyo from the Atlanta Braves as part of a three-team deal at the July 31 trade deadline, declined a $13 million club option and paid a $4.5 million buyout.
GammonsDaily.com first reported that Arroyo’s labrum was 80 percent torn, and sources confirmed the injury to the Washington Post.
Arroyo demonstrates the value of an innings eater. In his final ten years in the majors, 2005-2014, Arroyo pitched the fifth most innings in the majors despite never posting a season ERA under 4.00. In six of those seasons, his WAR exceeded 2.0. He was never great, but he was usually good enough to help a team win.
Arroyo also serves as a lesson in why you don’t give a team a home-town discount. He signed a team favorable deal with the Red Sox, thinking it would help keep him in Boston. It just made him easier to trade. I suppose Arroyo can gloat that Wily Mo Pena didn’t really work out.
Bronson was a character as well. I imagine him going out like this:
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/1Vfa0Tm
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