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 |  Subject: TAMPA BAY RAYS  Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:42 pm | |
| Friday, January 18, 2008
Ex-Tiger Pena reaches $24 million deal with Tampa Bay
Detroit News Wire Services
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Carlos Pena's breakout season also landed the American League comeback player of the year a hefty pay raise.
The 28-year-old slugger and the Tampa Bay Rays avoided arbitration, reached a preliminary agreement on a three-year contract worth $24,125,000. Pena, a former Tiger, must pass a physical to complete the deal, which would pay him $6 million this year, $8 million next year and $10,125,000 in 2010.
Until that is finalized, the sides agreed Friday to a $6 million, one-year contract. That means they didn't have to exchange salary arbitration figures.
Pena set career highs for home runs (48 ), RBIs (121) and slugging percentage (.627) while earning $1.2 million in 2007. He set a season franchise record for homers, finishing with the fourth-highest total in the majors behind Alex Rodriguez, Prince Fielder and Ryan Howard. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Pena reaches $24 million deal Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:13 pm | |
| Pena ain't worth 24 million: He will never come close to producing those numbers again. | |
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