"King, 31, spent three and a half seasons with the Rangers from 2020-23 before being traded to St. Louis at the '23 deadline. He spent the next two and a half seasons in the Cardinals' bullpen. The 6'2″ ground-ball specialist has a 3.70 ERA over his past 243 big league innings but is coming off a rough season in which he worked to a 4.66 earned run average with a career-low 12.6% strikeout rate in 48 1/3 innings."
"What King lacks in strikeouts, he at least partially makes up for in ground-balls. Opposing batters have an extremely difficult time elevating against the lefty's arsenal. He sports a massive 61.5% ground-ball rate in his career and has run that number up as high as 66.9% (in 2023). As one might expect for an extreme ground-ball pitcher, King has done a nice job keeping the ball in the yard, with just 0.89 homers per nine frames in his major league career."
King, 31 and 6'2", agreed to a one-year, $1.5MM deal with the Marlins for 2026 after being non-tendered by the Cardinals in November. He spent 2020-23 with the Rangers before joining St. Louis at the 2023 deadline and spending two and a half seasons in the Cardinals' bullpen. King has a 3.70 ERA across his last 243 major-league innings but posted a 4.66 ERA and a career-low 12.6% strikeout rate in 48 1/3 innings last season. His walk rate rose to 6.3% and his average sinker velocity fell to 93 mph. King remains an extreme ground-ball specialist, owning a 61.5% career ground-ball rate (peaking at 66.9% in 2023) and a career 0.89 homers per nine.
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