Jordan Walden avoids arbitration; one in a series

[rico43]

MLBTR reports that The Braves have reached agreement on a one-year deal with Jordan Walden to avoid arbitration, according to Mark Bowman of MLB.com (via Twitter). Walden was projected to earn $1.5MM by MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz. Financial terms of this agreement are not yet known.

Walden, 26, came to the Braves in a November 2012 deal that shipped Tommy Hanson to the Angels. The right-hander had a 2.47 ERA and limited opponents to a .194 batting average in 47 appearances from April through August, but stumbled in the final months of the season. Walden's final line was a 3.45 ERA with 10.3 K/9 and 2.7 BB/9.

Walden is represented by Don Mitchell of ***lord Sports Management, as shown in the MLBTR Agency Database.

[Hawk]

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[The Chosen One]

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[jpx7]

WHAT IS HIS SPORTS MANAGEMENT LORD OF?!

[The Chosen One]

Because I'm a liberal, I censored the W-A-R word.

We are no longer allowed to talk about the statistic W-A-R and that's why W-A-R-lord was censored.

Peace be to all my bruthas and sistas.

[50PoundHead]

Because I'm a liberal, I censored the W-A-R word.

We are no longer allowed to talk about the statistic W-A-R and that's why W-A-R-lord was censored.

Peace be to all my bruthas and sistas.

Gotcha Chibs.

[Dalyn]

Nice! As long as he is not abused, he is awesome.

[Metaphysicist]

This post has too defined a topic for me. I'm probably gonna have to merge it.

[jcc03004]

Could walden be the closer if we moved kimbrel?

[thethe]

Could walden be the closer if we moved kimbrel?

He has the stuff to do it but he is too much of a health risk to rely on him as the closer.

[Julio3000]

WHAT IS HIS SPORTS MANAGEMENT LORD OF?!

Narrowly defined, topical message board posts. That's the real reason Keith censored him.

[PawPawMaxwell]

Could walden be the closer if we moved kimbrel?

Has closer experience. Wonder why he went to head of the class (after Venters who was kinda automatic/easy). Seems to me that Freeman, Kimbrel, Johnson would have had more immediate interest to FO.