Arizona Diamondbacks sign P Bobby Howry
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Bill Jempty | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 |
The right-handed reliever spent the 2009 season with the San Francisco Giants. From AP-
Reliever Bobby Howry signed a one-year deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.
The D-backs have a club option for 2011, but terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Howry, 36, pitched for the San Francisco Giants last season, going 2-6 with a 3.39 ERA in 63 games. He has pitched in 731 games during his 12-year career, with 66 career saves.
The Diamondbacks have reshaped their pitching staff in the offseason, trading for pitchers Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy in a three-team deal with the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers earlier this month. They also expect Brandon Webb to be ready for the start of the season, following his shoulder surgery last summer.
While I am not optimistic about Arizona’s pitching bouncing back in 2010, I do think the acquisition of Howry, who has never started a Major League game, is a good move. He has been a more than solid setup man for over 10 years. Howry limited opposing batters to a .214 batting average in 2009 and was almost equally difficult on both righty and lefty batters. Any MLB team can make use of a pitcher with those skills and numbers.
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