Report: Jonathan Broxton To Sign With Kansas City Royals
Pitcher Jonathan Broxton of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts during a ninth inning rally by the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers won 4-2. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images) Getty ImagesJust yesterday, Rob Neyer wrote that Jonathan Broxton would not return to the Dodgers in 2012, quoting Broxton’s agent; the agent, quaintly named “BB Abbott”, claimed that Broxton had “multiple suitors” and would likely be signed “in the next few days”.
Today, we learn from Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal who one of those suitors was, and according to Rosenthal, they are more than a “suitor”:
Read Article >Jonathan Broxton Won’t Be A Dodger In 2012
But Broxton was pretty great until Joe Torre ordered him to throw 48 pitches in this game (or if you prefer, 44 pitches in this game). His 2011 season was of course a disaster. And 2012? Nobody can know for sure. Medical science, while greatly advanced since the 1700s, still doesn’t seem to know much about elbow problems.
Broxton “underwent a minor procedure in September to shave down a bone spur and remove loose bodies” ... but it’s only minor when it’s happening to somebody else. He’ll get a contract this winter and he’ll be a millionaire and he’ll deserve it. But nobody can know if we’ll ever see the 2006-2009 version of Jonathan Broxton again.
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