Braves Add Veteran Chad Durbin To Their Bullpen

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

ATLANTA -- The Braves reinforced their bullpen Tuesday afternoon, signing veteran right-handed reliever Chad Durbin to a one-year contract.

Durbin, 34, will join the Braves in New York on Wednesday.

This spring, Durbin had no record with a 2.35 ERA, allowing four earned runs (eight overall) in 15 1/3 innings with the Nationals, who released him earlier in the week.

The Braves reassigned lefty Yohan Flande to Triple-A Gwinnett to make room on the roster for Durbin. Flande, 26, was 2-0 with a 0.83 ERA in eight appearances with the Braves in the spring.

"Flande had a very good spring and we felt very good with him on the team, but Durbin gives us an experienced guy that knows that role very well and had a very good spring," said Braves general manager Frank Wren prior to the Braves' final exhibition game at Coolray Field. "We watched him a number of times this spring, and we were happy with what we saw."

Originally a third-round pick of the Kansas City Royals in the June 1996 First-Year Player Draft, Durbin has appeared in 364 games, racking up a 38-46 record with four saves and a 5.10 ERA in 12 Major League seasons. He's previously played with the Royals, Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies. Durbin was 2-2 with a 5.53 ERA in 56 games last season with the Indians.

-------- Source MLB.com

 


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