The Florida Marlins have officially announced the signing of right-handed pitcher Ricky Nolasco to a three-year, $26.5 million contract extension. The 28-year-old went 14-9 with a 4.51 ERA and missed the ultimate month right after undergoing arthroscopic appropriate knee surgery when he tore his meniscus. In the deal, Nolasco is expected to earn $6 million in 2011, $9 million in 2012 and $11.5 million in 2013, his would-be very first year of free agency.
He earned $3.8 million final season and was because of get a pay raise in the neighborhood of $6 million had both gone to arbitration. Based on the Connected Press, Nolasco stated in a conference call with reporters he has been running and exercising without any setbacks: "I really should be 100 percent by spring training." Nolasco went 54-39 having a 4.45 ERA in five years with the Marlins, and his strikeout-walk ratio of 638-169 over that time is among the most effective in baseball. "I couldn't request anything else from these guys," Nolasco stated. "It helps you to just go on the market and not worry about the arbitration approach." The signing of Ricky Nolasco solidifies a starting rotation that's expected to be among the National League's elite.
Nolasco is expected to be slotted second behind ace Josh Johnson (11-6 having a 2.30 ERA) and in front of newly signed pitcher Javier Vazquez (15-10 having a 2.38 ERA when he final pitched within the National League in 2009) and pitchers Anibal Sanchez (13-12 having a 3.55 ERA) and Chris Volstad (12-9 with a four.58 ERA; 8-1 within the second half).
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