{"id":2171,"date":"2016-11-28T21:56:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T02:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2016-11-28T22:12:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T03:12:17","slug":"marlins-sign-edinson-volquez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2016\/11\/28\/marlins-sign-edinson-volquez\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Marlins Sign Edinson Volquez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <strong>Ken Rosenthal<\/strong> of Fox Sports, the <strong>Miami Marlins<\/strong> are approaching\u00a0an agreement on a two-year $22 million contract with free-agent <strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/volqued01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edinson Volquez<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>.\u00a0Volquez hit the open market when he declined his end of a $10 million mutual option with the<strong> Kansas City Royals<\/strong>. Reports had at various times suggested that Kansas City might make him a $17.2 million qualifying offer. In a free agency market starving for innings, it set the tone for a nice payday for Volquez,\u00a0who will earn more this time around than he did in his prior two-year run with the Royals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Source confirms: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Marlins?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Marlins<\/a>, Volquez in agreement on two-year, $22M contract, pending physical. First reported: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clarkspencer\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@clarkspencer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flasportsbuzz\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@flasportsbuzz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ken_Rosenthal\/status\/803417678996193280\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Miami Marlins Sign Edinson Volquez<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 33-year-old didn\u2019t exactly have the most productive 2016 season. He ended up with a 5.37 ERA after struggling through the final four months of the year. However, on a positive note, he did rack up 189 1\/3 innings and made more than thirty starts for the fifth consecutive time. He had\u00a034 starts this past year, proving his durability.\u00a0Despite nearing his mid-thirties, the righty has also continued to show good velocity, averaging higher than 93 mph with his fastball last year.\u00a0The Marlins only had one 30-game starter last year in right-hander <strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/koehlto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Koehler<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A major goal of the Marlins was to add another starter during the off-season.\u00a0The rotation was a very weak spot for the team in 2016. Miami starters posted a 4.32 ERA and their average of 3.42 walks per nine innings was the fourth-highest average in all of baseball. \u00a0Volquez now gets to return to the National League, where he spent most of his career from 2008-2014.<\/p>\n<p>In 12 big-league seasons with the Royals, <strong>Pittsburgh Pirates<\/strong>, <strong>San Diego Padres<\/strong>, <strong>Los Angeles Dodgers<\/strong>, and the <strong>Cincinnati Reds<\/strong>, Volquez touts a 4.44 ERA, and 1,229 strikeouts to 668 walks in 1,432 1\/3 innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/615951044\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/615951044?et=byoJtAx8RoJMwIkvwLo-jw&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=_LwljjTWjdbP4Um6jyG4C1Krvt_5UOWBKCDMwbypjjw=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Miami Marlins are approaching\u00a0an agreement on a two-year $22 million contract with free-agent Edinson Volquez.\u00a0Volquez hit the open market when he declined his end of a $10 million mutual option with the Kansas City Royals. 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