Sunday, February 04, 2007

Bucs sign Kolb, avoid arbitration with Freddy...

The Bucs added some more insurance to their bullpen after the trading away of Mike Gonzalez by signing Dan Kolb to a minor league deal.

If he makes the team, he'll earn 1.25 million, plus the possibility of earning an additional 1.3 million in performance bonuses.

Also, the Bucs avoided arbitration with Freddy Sanchez by signing him to a one year, 2.75 million clam contract.

It appears that the Bucs and Sanchez's agent were close to a 2 year contract, but couldn't finalize it.

I'm not a big fan of this one year deal, but also not a huge 5 or 6 year deal at the same time. I would have thought that a 2 year deal would have been perfect. Freddy obviously had a great year last year, but I believe it's fair to see if that performance is going to be the norm for Freddy, or a one year wonder.

Pitchers and catchers report in 12 days.

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