The Braves desginated Bartolo Colon for assignment:
Colon, the oldest active major leaguer at 44, was 2-8 with an 8.14 ERA in 13 starts for the Braves after signing a one-year, $12.5 million free-agent contract in November. The Braves will swallow most or all of the remaining salary he’s owed rather than continue to use him as a starter or in a reliever role he seems ill-suited for at this point.
The Braves purchased the contract of left-handed reliever Rex Brothers, who will join the team for Thursday’s series finale against the Padres.
Colon certainly had a long and unusual career. From 1997 to 2005, he was an elite pitcher, 139-82 with a 3.94 ERA. That ERA may seem high, but that was at the height of the high offense era. From 2006 to 2011, he appeared to hang around, going 22-31 with a 4.72 ERA. His strikeouts were down and his home runs were up, but he still showed great control in preventing walks. From 2012-2016 he came back strong, 72-49 with a 3.57 ERA. His strikeouts remained down, but he brought down his home runs and walks almost disappeared. He was suspended for testosterone in 2012, but continued to pitch well after that. That earned him a big contract from the Braves, but age finally caught up with the big man.
He finishes his career with a 235-170 record and a 4.02 ERA.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2s74Ka1
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