GaryMrMets
01-14-2003, 01:37 AM
Dodgers Reach Deals With Mota, Borbon
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a $675,000, one-year contract with right-hander Guillermo Mota and to a minor league deal with free agent left-hander Pedro Borbon Jr.
The 29-year-old Mota was 1-3 with a 4.15 ERA in 43 games for the Dodgers and 1-3 with a 2.95 ERA in 20 games for Triple-A Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League last year.
The Dodgers acquired Mota and outfielder Wilkin Ruan from Montreal for pitcher Matt Herges and infielder Jorge Nunez last March. Mota held the opposition to a .202 batting average last season -- second on the team to the .189 average allowed by closer Eric Gagne.
The Dodgers have four players still eligible for arbitration: right-hander Giovanni Carrara, left-hander Odalis Perez, and infielders Adrian Beltre and Alex Cora.
The 35-year-old Borbon was a combined 4-4 with a 5.36 ERA in 72 games last season pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros.
Borbon pitched in 70 games for the Dodgers in 1999, going 4-3 with a 4.09 ERA. He began his career with the Atlanta Braves.
Copyright 2002 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a $675,000, one-year contract with right-hander Guillermo Mota and to a minor league deal with free agent left-hander Pedro Borbon Jr.
The 29-year-old Mota was 1-3 with a 4.15 ERA in 43 games for the Dodgers and 1-3 with a 2.95 ERA in 20 games for Triple-A Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League last year.
The Dodgers acquired Mota and outfielder Wilkin Ruan from Montreal for pitcher Matt Herges and infielder Jorge Nunez last March. Mota held the opposition to a .202 batting average last season -- second on the team to the .189 average allowed by closer Eric Gagne.
The Dodgers have four players still eligible for arbitration: right-hander Giovanni Carrara, left-hander Odalis Perez, and infielders Adrian Beltre and Alex Cora.
The 35-year-old Borbon was a combined 4-4 with a 5.36 ERA in 72 games last season pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros.
Borbon pitched in 70 games for the Dodgers in 1999, going 4-3 with a 4.09 ERA. He began his career with the Atlanta Braves.
Copyright 2002 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.