Giants Sign Melky Cabrera to 1-Year, $6M Deal
by Justin Bopp on Jan 17, 2012 11:01 AM EST
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PrintThe San Francisco Giants have signed Melky Cabrera to a 1-year, $6 million deal and avoid arbitration, according to Enrique Rojas via twitter.
Cabrera, 27, enters his 8th season, the first five of which were spent with the New York Yankees. He was traded to the Braves in December 2009, and signed by the Kansas City Royals for the 2011 season. That turned out to be a surprisingly good signing for both the Royals and Cabrera as he had his best year of his career hitting in Kauffman, hitting .305 / .339 / .470, bringing his career averages up to .275 / .331 / .398.
The Giants also need to sign Tim Lincecum to avoid arbitration, a potential 1-year contract that could break records and be north of $20 million. Other Giants arbitration-eligible players include: Santiago Casilla, Sergio Romo, Pablo Sandoval, and Nate Schierholtz.
- Twitter / @Enrique_Rojas1 - "Melky Cabrera and #Giants avoid arbitration signing pact for 1 year and $6 million."
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San Francisco Giants, Angel Pagan Avoid Arbiration - MLB Daily Dish
"According to a report from the Associated Press (via ESPN), the San Francisco Giants and outfielder Angel Pagan have successfully come to an agreement on a one-year deal for 2012, therefore avoiding salary arbitration. The 30-year-old will earn $4.85 million guaranteed in 2012."
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Matt Swartz projected Melky to make $4.4 million through arbitration
Seems like the Giants overpaid by at least a few hundred thousand here.
Newsdesk contributor to SB Nation Midwest. Baseball writer for Beyond the Box Score and MLB Daily Dish.
I'm one of those Twitter persons, too.
Maybe a little
Melky is a good player though when healthy. Although if I was the Giants, I would probably have put the money toward Beltran
RE-SIGN EVERYONE
by Notorious PSC on Jan 17, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
Slightly off-topic, but
but Melky made one of the best plays I’ve ever seen last season. My brother-in-law had club level seats right next to the owner’s box (empty, as always), which was lucky, because it rained the entire game.
Anyway, all I remember about the play was thinking how much it reminded me of Willie Mays THE Catch. Melky had it down. Great play.
Melky would do that.
He’s like an idiot savant.
Newsdesk contributor to SB Nation Midwest. Baseball writer for Beyond the Box Score and MLB Daily Dish.
I'm one of those Twitter persons, too.
by Satchel Price on Jan 17, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
The Star had this beautiful picture of the play on their sports page the next day.
It was in my cubicle until he got traded. It had already yellowed.
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