On Thursday, the Phillies announced the signing of relief pitcher Archie Bradley to a one-year, $6 million deal to bolster the bullpen. The 28-year-old from Muskogee, OK, spent the 2020 season with both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cincinnati Reds with a 2-0 record in sixteen games with a 2.95 ERA in 18.1 innings pitched, along with eighteen strikeouts and six saves.
In 2019, he took over the closer’s role from Greg Holland. He finished the 2019 season with a 3.52 ERA in 71.2 innings, playing 66 games with eighteen saves and 87 strikeouts. He was traded from the Diamondback to the Red on August 31st, 2020, for two players. He averages a 94-mph fastball, a knuckle curveball around 80 mph, along with some sinkers and changeups.
Archie Bradley has agreed to a one-year, $6 million deal with the Phillies, per source. — Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) January 14, 2021
In his six-year career, Bradley has played 255 games with a record of 23-25, a 3.91 ERA, 28 saves, and 425 strikeouts in 412 innings. In 2017, he finished twentieth in NL MVP voting. Bradley is now the third reliever added by new GM Dave Dombrowski after the team acquired both Jose Alvarado from the Rays and Sam Coonrod from the Giants.
Mood. pic.twitter.com/reeoZvf2AL — Archie Bradley (@ArchieBradley7) January 14, 2021
The Phillies start Spring Training on March 27th against the Toronto Blue Jays, with the regular-season starting April 1st at Citizens Bank Park against the Atlanta Braves.
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