[Note] Kazmir signs for $3.785-million

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          Kazmir signs for $3.785-million; Shields next?

The Rays avoided arbitration with ace LHP Scott Kazmir after all,
agreeing to a one-year deal for $3.785-million just,minutes before
the team-imposed noon deadline to halt talks.

The Rays are also working on signing starter James Shields to a
long-term deal, possibly for as long as six- or seven-years, that
will keep him with the team into his free-agency years.

As recently as mid-morning, Kazmir said he expected to end up in
arbitration but negotiations continued and the sides came to
agreement at 11:51 a.m. "Nine minutes to spare,'' Rays executive VP
Andrew Friedman said. "It was always our intent to avoid going to a
hearing and it took both sides moving some to get a deal done,''
he said.

Kazmir, 24 next week, made $424,300 last season while going 13-9
with a 3.48 ERA and leading the AL with 239 strikeouts.


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Comments

Wow. This is a great day for the rays. The only things that could
make it much better would be to have kazmir to a longer deal, and
to get the shields deal done.

From:
http://blogs.tampabay.com/rays/2008/01/kazmir-agrees-t.html
Posted by: ryan callahan









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推 genie2:小魚隊真小氣，kazmir 應該要拿更多的
→ ScottKazmir:沒能簽下長約比較可惜
→ ScottKazmir:畢竟這個價碼是Kazmir同意的
→ ScottKazmir:Maybe 私底下對於長約另有協定  先避開仲裁
→ ScottKazmir:之後大家好談
→ ScottKazmir:如果Kaz 的成績在繼續進步  屆時的約一年10m以上
→ ScottKazmir:都不會太意外  XDDD
推 Agency:不過這麼便宜真的  對球隊而言  還滿爽的XDDD