A’s sign Foulke, Harden’s healthy
Susan Slusser is reporting that the rumored Keith Foulke signing has gone down. Foulke returns to the Bay area with the team that he enjoyed the best season of his career. Foulke has signed for one season at $700,000 to join the Oakland A’s bullpen, a contract that could be worth an additional $2.5 million by meeting multiple incentives.
In a conference call, Foulke said he doesn’t mind pitching in the setup role, “I never considered myself a closer, I’ve always been a bullpen guy. Sometimes pitching in the seventh inning is more valuable than pitching in the ninth.”
With the additions of Foulke, Joey Devine and Fernando Hernandez out of the Rule V draft, the A’s suddenly have a crowded bullpen, leading some to think Huston Street and/or Alan Embree could join the quartet of A’s traded this winter.
Pitching coach Curt Young said that the A’s projected number two starter “feels tremendous” after throwing off the mound three times in the past week.
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