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AP source: Harrison has 1-year agreement with Tigers

NOAH TRISTER (AP Baseball Writer)
The Associated PressFeb 20, 2019, 8:49 PM


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FILE - In this June 11, 2018, file photo, Pittsburgh Pirates' Josh Harrison bats against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game in Phoenix.A person familiar with the negotiations said free agent Harrison has agreed to a one-year deal with the Detroit Tigers. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday, Feb. 20, because the deal was still subject to a successful physical. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the deal was still subject to a successful physical.


Harrison did not have a great 2018 at the plate, hitting .250 with eight home runs and 37 RBIs. He missed time early in the season with a hand injury and ended up playing just 97 games.


Harrison hit a career-high 16 home runs in 2017, and he batted .315 in 2014, but he's never played more than 143 games in a season. If he plays well for Detroit, the rebuilding Tigers may be able to trade him for a prospect or two.


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NEW YORK (AP) -- Making another move to keep their core of players together, the New York Yankees to a $70 million, seven-year contract with outfielder Aaron Hicks.

Hicks' agreement adds $64 million in guaranteed money over six seasons and club option for 2026 that could make it worth $81.5 million over eight seasons.

A 29-year-old switch-hitter, Hicks took over as the Yankees primary center fielder last year and set career highs with 137 games, 27 homers and 79 RBIs. He agreed on Jan. 11 to a $6 million, one-year contract and would have been eligible for free agency after this season.

His new, superseding deal calls for a $2 million signing bonus and keeps the $6 million salary this year. He gets $10.5 million annually from 2020-23 and $9.5 million in each of the following two seasons. The Yankees have a $12.5 million option for 2026 with a $1 million buyout.

Hicks would get a $1 million assignment bonus the first time he is traded. He receives a hotel suite on road trips.

With a $4 million increase in Hicks' average annual value this year, New York's raised its projected luxury tax payroll to about $229 million, well above the $206 million threshold and past the first surtax level. The Yankees would pay a 20 percent tax on the first $20 million above the threshold and pay at a 32 percent rate on the next $20 million.

New York didn't pay luxury tax in 2018, the first time the Yankees were under the threshold since the tax started in 2003. By falling under, the Yankees reset their tax rates, which had been 50 percent on the first $20 million over and 62 percent on the next $20 million.

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-aaron-hicks-yankees-agree-70m-7-140702395--mlb.html
 
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Arenado, Rox near record extension, source says

The Rockies and their third baseman Nolan Arenado are finalizing an eight-year contract worth $260 million, according to a report by MLB Network insider Ken Rosenthal. The deal was first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, and a source tells Passan that the extension includes an opt-out clause after its third season -- which would allow Arenado to hit the free-agent market at age 30 -- along with a full no-trade clause.

The club has not confirmed the extension, which would keep its superstar in Denver through 2026 and give Arenado the highest average annual salary in history.

The deal would pay Arenado an average annual salary of $32.5 million, which surpasses the $31 million average annual salary benchmark set by Miguel Cabrera’s eight-year, $248 million extension with the Tigers from 2014 and the three-year, $93 million deal that Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw signed in November.

The Rockies originally agreed to terms with Arenado in January on a $26 million salary for 2019 to avoid arbitration (a record for any arbitration-eligible player), and this new deal would replace that contract beginning this season. Arenado would have led next offseason’s free-agent class if the two sides were unable to agree on an extension.

Arenado, 27, has led the Rockies to back-to-back postseason appearances while already becoming one of the most beloved and accomplished players in franchise history. He has averaged 40 home runs and 126 RBIs over his past four seasons -- all of them being All-Star campaigns -- while winning a Gold Glove Award at third base in each of his six Major League seasons. Arenado has also finished within the top five in National League MVP voting in each of the last three years. Arenado already ranks within the Rockies’ top 10 players all-time in most major offensive categories.

https://www.mlb.com/news/nolan-arre...o37rBOYpzHaRhSnPH6m1cwljRt4sr-TwuwJbN2oP6uRKg
 
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