ESPN is reporting:
The [URL=”http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=cin”][COLOR=#225fb2]Cincinnati Reds[/COLOR][/URL] and free-agent shortstop [URL=”http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3739″][COLOR=#225fb2]Orlando Cabrera[/COLOR][/URL] have agreed to a one-year, $3 million contract, MLB.com has reported, citing an unnamed source.
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Cabrera
The deal, which MLB.com reported includes a $3 million option with a $1 million buyout for 2011, follows a one-year, $4 million contract Cabrera played with in 2009.
Cabrera, a 12-year veteran with a .275 career average, hit .284 last season with the [URL=”http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=oak”][COLOR=#225fb2]Athletics[/COLOR][/URL] and [URL=”http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=min”][COLOR=#225fb2]Twins[/COLOR][/URL]. Oakland traded him to Minnesota shortly before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline.
In 2004, Cabrera was sent from Montreal to Boston at the trade deadline to take over at shortstop for [URL=”http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3545″][COLOR=#225fb2]Nomar Garciaparra[/COLOR][/URL] and helped the Red Sox win the World Series.
[I]Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.[/I]
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