[新聞] Royals To Sign Omar Infante
By Steve Adams [December 13, 2013 at 4:53pm CST]
The Royals and Omar Infante have agreed to terms on a four-year contract,
reports ESPN's Buster Olney (Twitter links). The deal is for $30.25MM and
also includes incentives, CBS Sports' Jon Heyman tweets. Jon Paul Morosi of
FOX Sports first reported that the two sides were "very close" to a deal
(also on Twitter). Infante is represented by agent Gene Mato. Infante was
MLBTR's 18th-ranked free agent heading into the offseason.
Infante, 32 in two weeks, batted .318/.345/.450 with 10 homers and solid
second base defense for the Tigers in 2013. The veteran also drew interest
from the Yankees and Reds, with the Yankees reportedly offering a three-year
deal worth $24MM.
The move marks the next step in the Royals' offseason, a relatively eventful
one for a small-market team. In addition to Infante, they've also added Jason
Vargas and Norichika Aoki. As with Vargas' contract, Infante's offers the
Royals a very reasonable average annual value, although it's a strong
possibility that Infante won't be particularly effective at the end of the
deal, when he'll be 35. Infante had been rumored to be seeking north of $8MM
per year, and he settled for slightly less, though four years is a longer
contract than he might have expected. At the beginning of the offseason,
MLBTR's Tim Dierkes predicted Infante would win a three-year, $25MM deal.
Before Infante agreed to terms, Emilio Bonifacio and Johnny Giavotella had
been the Royals' top options at second base. Infante did not receive a
qualifying offer, so the Royals will not have to sacrifice a draft pick to
sign him.
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