Saturday, March 04, 2006
Braves agree to terms with Bennett
01/13/2006
ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves announced today they have agreed to terms with free agent right-handed pitcher Jeff Bennett on a one-year Minor League contract with an invitation to Major League Spring Training camp. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Bennett, 25, spent the 2005 season with the Milwaukee Brewers' Triple-A affiliate Nashville Sounds where he went 2-3 with a 3.03 ERA and 13 saves, appearing in 49 games in relief. Originally selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 19th round of the 1998 June draft, his only Major League service came when he spent the entire 2004 season with Milwaukee, going 1-5 with a 4.79 ERA in 60 relief appearances covering 71 1/3 innings. He has a career Minor League record of 45-50 with a 3.94 ERA in 740.2 innings pitched.
The Atlanta Braves, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is Major League Baseball's winningest franchise since 1991. Since then, Braves teams have earned a record 14 consecutive division championships, five National League pennants and a World Series title. Based in Atlanta since 1966, the Braves franchise is the longest continuously operating franchise in Major League Baseball. Atlanta Braves games are telecast nationally on TBS and regionally on Turner South and FSN South, with radio broadcasts heard in Atlanta on 640 GST and 96 Rock and regionally on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network.
Source: http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/
ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves announced today they have agreed to terms with free agent right-handed pitcher Jeff Bennett on a one-year Minor League contract with an invitation to Major League Spring Training camp. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Bennett, 25, spent the 2005 season with the Milwaukee Brewers' Triple-A affiliate Nashville Sounds where he went 2-3 with a 3.03 ERA and 13 saves, appearing in 49 games in relief. Originally selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 19th round of the 1998 June draft, his only Major League service came when he spent the entire 2004 season with Milwaukee, going 1-5 with a 4.79 ERA in 60 relief appearances covering 71 1/3 innings. He has a career Minor League record of 45-50 with a 3.94 ERA in 740.2 innings pitched.
The Atlanta Braves, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is Major League Baseball's winningest franchise since 1991. Since then, Braves teams have earned a record 14 consecutive division championships, five National League pennants and a World Series title. Based in Atlanta since 1966, the Braves franchise is the longest continuously operating franchise in Major League Baseball. Atlanta Braves games are telecast nationally on TBS and regionally on Turner South and FSN South, with radio broadcasts heard in Atlanta on 640 GST and 96 Rock and regionally on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network.
Source: http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/
