Lorenzen to Kansas City

era of 3.81 with a win-loss record of 5 and 6. The righthander has the ability to go deep into games, almost hitting 200 innings on the season. Lorenzen isn't a financial burden for the Royals. The Rangers brought the 32-year old to Texas on a one-year deal worth $4.5 million dollars guaranteed. The deal can max out at $7 million with incentives. Lorenzen has plenty of pitches at his disposal, seven. The seven pitches include:
fourseamer
sinker
changeup
slider
cutter
curveball
sweeper
The righthander doesn't rely on one pitch more than the others, he likes to mix it up. Kansas City in my opinion may have given up a little more than they should have for a rental player. What did the team give up? The Royals have decided to part ways with lefthander Walter Pennington. Many fans and likely the team had high hopes for the 26-year old. Pennington had made his major league debut on July 5th against his home team in the Rockies. Following the lefthander's debut, the team optioned him back to Omaha. Pennington has a four pitch mix:
slider
cutter
sinker
fourseamer
While Pennington may only have minimal big league experience, the lefthander tears up Triple-A pitching. Pennington while in the Royals system pitched in a total of 145 games with a 22-11 win-loss record in 237.2 innings pitched. The departure of Pennington definitely hurts but unlike Marsh, Lorenzen has four postseason games to his name while pitching for the Reds and the Phillies. The addition of Lorenzen will likely bump Marsh to the pen, which will only make this great rotation even more dominant and durable with Lorenzen on the mound every fifth day.



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