Ken Kendrick is still mute. These days, his wife makes more headlines than he does. The silence must be killing him.
His Diamondbacks have once again been lashed by the national media, ridiculed for trading a 19-year-old pitcher and the 16th overall pick from last year's June draft — just to dump $10 million in Bronson Arroyo salary. The timing is dreadful.
Kendrick will soon be flush with new television money, a reported $1.5 billion deal with Fox that kicks in next year. He is finally liberated from $250 million in deferred payments he inherited from his predecessor.