Getty Images Kansas City traded Melky Cabrera to San Francisco last month because they got good value in return, but also presumably because they recognized he was coming off a career-best season that would be difficult to duplicate and was about to get pretty expensive.
Sure enough, Cabrera and the Giants have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $6 million contract, according to Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes.
That represents a nearly five-fold increase from his $1.25 million salary last season, when the Royals picked Cabrera up off the scrap heap following his release by the Braves. If he repeats his 2011 performance $6 million is a bargain, but Cabrera is a career .275 hitter with a modest .729 OPS and the 27-year-old will be a free agent next offseason.
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- nategearhart - Jan 17, 2012 at 11:20 AM
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Prediction: Kevin Kouzmanoff will post a 96 OPS+ but hit a buttload of doubles for the Royals, and the Giants will sign him for $8 million in 2013.
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- bobulated - Jan 17, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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What a wonderful time we live in where a barely replacement player will make more in a year than most HOFers did in their careers.
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- henryd3rd - Jan 17, 2012 at 1:44 PM
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Being in the right place at the right time, Priceless! Don’t be hating on Melky!
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- 4cornersfan - Jan 17, 2012 at 2:09 PM
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Congrats to Melky. Yankee fans loved him and hated to see him go.
