[新聞] Giants re-sign reliever Javier Lopez
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Giants re-sign reliever Javier Lopez
Associated Press Updated: November 26, 2013, 10:59 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO -- Javier Lopez tested the market just as he wanted to do, then
wound up right back where he has become so comfortable at this stage of his
career.
On Tuesday, the free-agent left-hander finalized his new $13 million, three-year
contract to stay with the San Francisco Giants.
Lopez agreed to terms on the deal last Thursday, but needed to travel to the Bay
Area to undergo his physical before signing the contract.
"I feel like I went through the process the way I wanted to, obviously with
keeping the Giants in the know and keeping them front and center in the whole
situation," Lopez said. "I did just want to reach out and see what kind of
interest there was around the league and gauge the thoughts of my family, but
ultimately San Francisco was No. 1 the entire time and that's ultimately how it
worked out."
He will earn $4 million in both 2014 and '15 and $5 million in 2016. The contract
includes up to $500,000 in incentives based on games pitched.
The 36-year-old Lopez went 4-2 with a 1.83 ERA in 69 appearances and 39 1/3
innings this year. He just completed an $8.5 million, two-year contract.
Keeping Lopez was among the top offseason priorities for general manager Brian
Sabean after his club missed the playoffs following its second World Series
title in three years during 2012.
In fact, Sabean approached Lopez leading up to this summer's trade deadline --
when many figured he might be someone the Giants tried to deal -- and expressed
his support of the pitcher for not only 2013 but beyond. For Lopez, that gesture
meant so much, along with the Giants doing what they could to keep much of the
pitching staff together not to mention the entire roster.
"I do think that obviously any time you're going into your last year before
free agency, the trade deadline does become a barometer not only of what your
future is with the club, but what the team thinks of you," Lopez said. "To have
Sabean call us all in and tell us he wanted us to continue to be Giants not only
this year but going into future, I think that was a big deal, I really do. I've
never had a GM do that before."
San Francisco acquired Lopez in a swap that sent John Bowker and Joe Martinez to
the Pirates in 2010, and Lopez emerged as a reliable option for manager Bruce
Bochy as the club made an improbable run to the city's first World Series
championship since moving West in 1958.
The signing of Lopez to a multiyear deal gives the Giants two lefties in the
bullpen for the next two seasons. Jeremy Affeldt received an $18 million,
three-year contract last November.
In addition, starters Madison Bumgarner and Matt Cain are signed long term,
along with 2012 NL MVP and batting champion catcher Buster Posey. Two-time NL
Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum landed a $35 million, two-year deal late last
month.
The Giants had to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Lopez, so left-hander
Jose Mijares was outrighted to the minors. He then cleared waivers and chose to
become a free agent.
Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press
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