GaryMrMets
12-20-2002, 05:37 PM
http://www.msgnetwork.com/content_news.jsp?articleID=v9288-mega2002-12-20T16-21-00-5-00&docType=news&sports=baseball&league=mlb&team=other&newsgroup=baseball.mlb.news/other
Blue Jays sign Bordick to one-year deal
TORONTO (AP) -- Mike Bordick signed a one-year, $1 million contract to be the backup shortstop for the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.
Bordick earned $5 million last season for the Baltimore Orioles, setting the major league records for most consecutive errorless chances and games by a shortstop.
Bordick finished last season with 110 consecutive games without an error and 543 consecutive errorless chances, both major league records for a shortstop. He committed only one error while compiling a .998 fielding percentage.
"With Chris Woodward as our everyday shortstop, Mike Bordick is a great insurance policy for our team," Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi said. "He has played short, second and third and gives us a lot of depth. We are quite fortunate to be adding him."
Bordick batted .232 with eight homers and 36 RBI in 117 games, missing 30 games while on the disabled list with a hairline fracture of the right kneecap.
Blue Jays sign Bordick to one-year deal
TORONTO (AP) -- Mike Bordick signed a one-year, $1 million contract to be the backup shortstop for the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.
Bordick earned $5 million last season for the Baltimore Orioles, setting the major league records for most consecutive errorless chances and games by a shortstop.
Bordick finished last season with 110 consecutive games without an error and 543 consecutive errorless chances, both major league records for a shortstop. He committed only one error while compiling a .998 fielding percentage.
"With Chris Woodward as our everyday shortstop, Mike Bordick is a great insurance policy for our team," Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi said. "He has played short, second and third and gives us a lot of depth. We are quite fortunate to be adding him."
Bordick batted .232 with eight homers and 36 RBI in 117 games, missing 30 games while on the disabled list with a hairline fracture of the right kneecap.