it out for $2 million and making him a free agent. On December 10, 2015, the Cardinals re-signed Broxton to a two-year contract worth $7.5 million. He started the season with a 2.25 ERA through May 19, but after allowing five earned runs while recording one out against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 20, his ERA jumped to 4.96. As a result, infielder Rubén Tejada made his major league pitching debut in the ninth inning of that game. The Cardinals released Broxton on May 31, 2017, after he posted a 6.89 ERA in 15.2 innings pitched. International career Broxton was selected for the United States national baseball team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic during March 2009. Scouting report The , Broxton featured a mid-90s fastball as well as a slider. His fastball velocity reached 102 mph in the 2009 MLB season. Personal life Broxton and his wife, Elizabeth, married in January 2006. The couple had their first child, a son, on June 11, 2009. Broxton became the head baseball coach at Edmund Burke Academy in Burke County, Georgia in March 2018. He brought on his father, Randy, as an assistant coach. The school won the state championship in Broxton's first season as head coach. See also Cincinnati Reds all-time roster Kansas City Royals all-time roster Los Angeles Dodgers all-time roster Milwaukee Brewers all-time roster St. Louis Cardinals all-time roster References External links 1984 births Living people Albuquerque Isotopes players Articles containing video clips Baseball players from Augusta, Georgia Cincinnati Reds players Great Falls Dodgers players Jacksonville Suns players Kansas City Royals players Las Vegas 51s players Louisville Bats players Los Angeles Dodgers players Major League Baseball pitchers Milwaukee Brewers players National League All-Stars Pensacola Blue Wahoos players People from Waynesboro, Georgia South Georgia Waves players St. Louis Cardinals players Vero Beach Dodgers players World Baseball Classic players of the United States 2009 World Baseball Classic players