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Braves sign lefty Smyly to one-year, $11M deal

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Monday, 16 November 2020 10:57

The Atlanta Braves signed left-hander Drew Smyly to a one-year, $11 million contract on Monday, the team announced.

Smyly, 31, was 0-1 with a 3.42 ERA in five starts and two relief appearances last season for San Francisco, which signed him to a one-year major league contract in January.

Smyly was 4-7 with a 6.24 ERA in 21 starts and four relief appearances in 2019 for Texas, which released him in June of that year, and Philadelphia, which signed him one month later.

He is 35-35 with a 4.13 ERA for Detroit (2012 to 2014), Tampa Bay (2014 to 2016), the Rangers, Phillies and Giants. He had Tommy John surgery in 2017 and spent most of the 2018 season recovering.

Smyly adds depth and experience to an Atlanta rotation led by Max Fried, who finished fifth in the NL Cy Young Award voting, and rookie sensation Ian Anderson. The Braves also are counting on the return of Mike Soroka, who missed most of this past season with a torn Achilles tendon.

The Braves hope to get more out of Smyly than they did from Cole Hamels, who signed a one-year $18 million deal for 2020 that wound up as $6,666,667 prorated. He pitched one game because of injuries and missed the entire playoffs.

Atlanta also had to deal with former All-Star Mike Foltynewicz suffering a mysterious drop in velocity that resulted in him being farmed out after making only one start.

Despite their starting pitching woes, the Braves won their third straight NL East title and reached the league championship series, losing in seven games to the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers after squandering a 3-1 lead.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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