Orioles reach preliminary agreements with Bradford and Wil..

From:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-oriolesmoves&prov=ap&type=lgns

Adding another pair of relievers, the Baltimore Orioles reached
preliminary agreements with Chad Bradford and Scott Williamson on
Tuesday and also neared a deal to re-sign first baseman Kevin Millar
and add backup catcher Paul Bako.

Bradford will get a $10.5 million, three-year contract and Williamson
will get $900,000 for one year. The agreements were confirmed by a
person familiar with the deals who spoke on condition of anonymity
because they had not been finalized.

Millar and the Orioles were close on a $2.75 million, one-year
contract. The deal would also contain an option for 2008 that could
become guaranteed based on plate appearance next year.

Bako's deal would be for $900,000 and would give him the chance to
earn $150,000 more in performance bonuses.

[snip]

Millar batted .272 with 15 homers and 64 RBIs for the Orioles this
year. Bako hit .209 with 10 RBIs in 153 at-bats with the Kansas City
Royals.



Yup ........ getting set to go head to head with the Yankees and Red
Sox. Playoffs are almost guaranteed.

In article <ps5tm2psi2v5leiv4tmq69cql99c2q5o04.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>,
Mr. PHP <mrphp.TakeThisOut@planet.gong.rgi> wrote:
>On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:22:47 GMT, GLS <orioles.TakeThisOut@CANTHEusaSPAM.com>
>wrote:
>
>>From:
>>http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-oriolesmoves&prov=ap&type=lgns
>>
>>Adding another pair of relievers, the Baltimore Orioles reached
>>preliminary agreements with Chad Bradford and Scott Williamson on
>>Tuesday and also neared a deal to re-sign first baseman Kevin Millar
>>and add backup catcher Paul Bako.
>>
>>Bradford will get a $10.5 million, three-year contract and Williamson
>>will get $900,000 for one year. The agreements were confirmed by a
>>person familiar with the deals who spoke on condition of anonymity
>>because they had not been finalized.
>>
>>Millar and the Orioles were close on a $2.75 million, one-year
>>contract. The deal would also contain an option for 2008 that could
>>become guaranteed based on plate appearance next year.
>>
>>Bako's deal would be for $900,000 and would give him the chance to
>>earn $150,000 more in performance bonuses.
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>Millar batted .272 with 15 homers and 64 RBIs for the Orioles this
>>year. Bako hit .209 with 10 RBIs in 153 at-bats with the Kansas City
>>Royals.
>>
>>
>>
>>Yup ........ getting set to go head to head with the Yankees and Red
>>Sox. Playoffs are almost guaranteed.
>
>ROFL
>
>Hey! The Red Sox may actually make good on their threat to trade
>Manny and hand 2nd place to Toronto, so the O's could actually end up
>fighting for 3rd in the ALE next season.
>
>Woohoo!!
>3rd!
>
>


LOL - but the O's couldnt compete for third even if you gave 'em 4
outs per inning.

Cheers,

Mitch Edelman