Reds To Sign RHP Russ Springer

[oldschooler]

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By [b]Ben Nicholson-Smith[/b] [July 15, 2010 at 4:05pm CST


]The Reds agreed to sign [b][url="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sprinru01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker"]Russ Springer[/url][/b] to an $850K deal, according to [url="http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100715/SPORTS/7150309"]Bob Tompkins of the Alexandria Daily Town Talk[/url]. The 41-year-old right-hander threw for five teams and received offers from all of them, but he couldn't turn away the team he rooted for as a boy.

[i]"All of a sudden I went from being not really excited to looking at it as a kid again when I was pulling for [the Reds] during the Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, George Foster days," [/i]Springer said.

He will report to Triple A Louisville and pitch for ten days to two weeks before joining the major league team. Springer, who pitched for the A's and Rays last year, will make a pro-rated portion of $850K.

Springer has posted a 4.52 ERA with 8.2 K/9 and 3.7 BB/9 over the course of a 17-year career that began on the 1992 Yankees. His deal with the Reds is not a surprise, since they were known to be [url="http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/07/reds-seek-righthanded-reliever.html"]in the market for right-handed relievers[/url].




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[JBandJoeyV]

Eh...cant do much harm can it? He had a so so 2009, but was great in 2007 and 2008.

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[b][url="http://twitter.com/LanceMcAlister"][color="#0a0501"]LanceMcAlister[/color][/url][/b] [url=""] [/url] Russ Springer at GABP, career: 20 games, 18.1 innings, 7 hits, 1 run, 0.49 ERA
[url="http://twitter.com/LanceMcAlister/status/18641523429"]19 minutes ago[/url] via web

[DanvilleBengal]

[quote name='oldschooler' date='15 July 2010 - 08:21 PM' timestamp='1279239667' post='897155']
[b][url="http://twitter.com/LanceMcAlister"][color="#0a0501"]LanceMcAlister[/color][/url][/b] [url=""] [/url] Russ Springer at GABP, career: 20 games, 18.1 innings, 7 hits, 1 run, 0.49 ERA
[url="http://twitter.com/LanceMcAlister/status/18641523429"]19 minutes ago[/url] via web
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Sounds like he'll be right at home.....possibly another person similar to Rhodes....can't have enough of them....age is worrysome though, but we aren't asking him to start.