Dodgers Fill A Hole
Los Angeles,Ca – Pitcher Randy Wolf and the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed Friday to a $5 million, one-year contract.
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A 32-year-old left-hander, Wolf was a combined 12-12 with a 4.30 ERA last year with San Diego and Houston, which acquired him in July for minor league pitcher Chad Reineke. The Astros offered Wolf a $27 million, three-year contract in November, then withdrew the proposal a week later, citing the poor economy.
With the Dodgers, Wolf can make additional money based on performance bonuses for innings from 170-200.
Wolf went 9-6 with a 4.73 ERA for the Dodgers in 2007 before a shoulder injury that required surgery sidelined him during the second half of the season. He moves into a Los Angeles rotation that lost Derek Lowe to Atlanta and Brad Penny to Boston.
and feel that he really helps us do that. He had a solid 2008 and pitched well for us in the first half of 2007. Having grown up in Los Angeles rooting for the Dodgers, we’re sure that coming home is also very special to him.”
Wolf is a native of Canoga Park and a resident of West Hills. He has a 90-78 record and 4.26 ERA over 10 seasons, spending 1999-2006 with Philadelphia.
Wolf was an NL All-Star in 2003, when he was 16-10.
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Posted: 2/7/09 1:40AM ET
