Mike Cameron will be a Brewer next year.
The Brewers have decided to exercise the $10 million option in Cameron's contract for next season. Today was the deadline for exercising the option or paying a $750,000 buyout.
Cameron, who will be 36 in January, signed as a free agent last winter, for a bonus of $1.25 million and a $5 million salary in '08, plus the option for '09. His salary was prorated last season because he sat out the first 25 days while on suspension for using a banned stimulant the previous season.
Cameron played in 120 games for the Brewers last season, batting .243 with 25 home runs and 70 RBI. He struck out a team-high 142 times in 444 at-bats, with a .331 on-base percentage and .477 slugging percentage.
Cameron lived up to his Gold Glove reputation in center, committing just one error. He also swiped 17 bases in 22 attempts.
Good move.
1 day ago
8 comments:
Good.
only good if Hall is jettisoned for a high obp player
Good regardless of Hall. There is no better option available for center field. That's true within our system or via free agency.
That said, I agree we should get rid of Hall and that a high OBP guy at second and/or third would be really really help.
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Urinal readers are dumb
Dumb = not agreeing with ESK
I am setting the over under on Cam strikes outs at 175 next regular season.
It's a good thing a strikeout only counts as 1 out.
My guess, by the way, is 158 strikeouts, but I am smart enough to know that it doesn't matter unless we're judging in a vacuum.
There is no jettisoning of Hall. He is owed just short of $16 million over the next two seasons, counting the buyout that will surely be exercised.
Cameron is a relative bargain. As has been established, he has his flaws. But he's the best cfer we got.
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