Ethier would receive an additional $25,000 for each of 600 and 625 plate appearances.
Ethier, who will turn 30 on April 10, is a five-plus player (at least five years of major league service time) and is in his final winter of arbitration-eligibility and will be eligible for free agency after the 2012 season unless the Dodgers sign him to an extension before then. He received $9.25 million in 2011, the final year of a two-year, $15.25 million contract he signed before the 2010 season.
Ethier hit .292 with 11 homers and 62 RBIs and earned his first Gold Glove in the outfield last season.
He had a 30-game hitting streak early in the season but was bothered by a right knee injury and had surgery in September.Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Andre Ethier avoided arbitration on Tuesday by agreeing to a one-year, $10.95 million contract.
UPDATE (Orel): From @dylanohernandez:
James Loney agrees to 1-yr, $6.375 MM deal with #Dodgerrs, avoids arbitration.
UPDATE (Sax): Who are these "Dodgerrs" that Dylan speaks of? Does Dylan think it's September 19th? Yarrrr!
UPDATE (Orel):
UPDATE (Sax):
My best attempt at coalescing the themes of pirates and Nelly:
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I had totally forgotten about Dre.
Wasn't there a song about that?
I had no clue etiher was 30. Seems like he should be much younger!
more from mlbtraderumors.com: The Dodgers avoided arbitration with first baseman James Loney on a deal worth $6.375MM plus performance bonuses, according to his agency CAA. Clayton Kershaw is the team's lone remaining arbitration eligible player.
Technically, I wouldn't mind if it was a half season long as it is the first half and Ned/GM-to-be-named-later takes advantage of Theo Epstein's noted man-crush on 'Dre to pick up something like Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez to man 1st and 2nd respectively for the next 5 - 7 years.
Here's video footage of my tour of Dodger Stadium last year:
http://libertarianrealist.blogspot.com/2011/06/baseballs-black-deity.html
I went to school with Nelly Briles. Fun times. He was the first roadie for the Flaming Menudos.
This post is grrrrreat!
I don't know if it was Epstein writing love notes to Dre, or just the fact that Pedroia is his BFF. It'll be interesting to see.
I ate a flaming burrito once.
Are the Sons going black tomorrow to protest SOPA?
I'll definitely be Black tomorrow, FB.
Maybe we should postpone the SoSGSACBEWPCL game as a sign of solidarity.
Hey Pistol, that flaming burrito? Sounds like what a gay guy calls his johnson.
I'm taking down my Geocities page for the day.
Compuserve has been observing this blackout for years.
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