Jason Jennings finishes fine spring with a win
By john • Mar 27th, 2008 • Category: jason jennings, texas rangers
In his final outing of the spring Jason Jennings earned his first victory with the Rangers. Jennings pitched 5 1/3 innings against the Royals on Thursday allowing two runs.
He’ll enter the season as the third starter behind Kevin Millwood and Vicente Padilla.
Jennings signed with the Rangers over the winter for a base salary of $4 million but can earn an additional $4 million in performance bonuses.
The 29-year-old from Dallas Texas is hoping that he can bounce back from last years ineffective and injury prone season with the Houston Astros. He finished last season 2-9 with a 6.45 ERA in 18 starts. It was the highest ERA of his career and also marked the fest starts of his career since his first season in 2001. The two wins were also a career low.
Never known for his fastball if Jennings is to be successful with the Rangers he will have to keep the ball on the infield grass. While he’s done a pretty good job of keeping balls in the yard epically when you consider he played in Colorado for six years he does give up his share of hits.
Last year his inability to induce ground balls and stay healthy really handicapped his year. He’ll have to bounce back this year if he ever wants to see a big payday.
In his 7 year career Jennings is 60-65 with a 4.91 ERA while pitching for Colorado and Houston.
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