GaryMrMets
01-17-2003, 01:30 AM
Expos Avoid Arbitration With Cabrera
MONTREAL -- Shortstop Orlando Cabrera avoided salary arbitration and agreed to a $3.3 million, one-year deal with the Montreal Expos.
Cabrera hit .263 last season with seven home runs, 56 RBI and 64 runs in 153 games. He set career highs with 43 doubles and 25 stolen bases.
Cabrera made team history last year by stealing 21 bases in a row, breaking the previous team record of 20 consecutive stolen bases, set by Tim Raines in 1981.
In 639 career games, he has batted .262 with 45 homers, 270 RBI and 271 runs scored.
The signing of Cabrera leaves only pitchers Joey Eischen, Orlando Hernandez and Javier Vazquez eligible for salary arbitration.
The team picked up Hernandez on Wednesday in a three-way deal with the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox.
MONTREAL -- Shortstop Orlando Cabrera avoided salary arbitration and agreed to a $3.3 million, one-year deal with the Montreal Expos.
Cabrera hit .263 last season with seven home runs, 56 RBI and 64 runs in 153 games. He set career highs with 43 doubles and 25 stolen bases.
Cabrera made team history last year by stealing 21 bases in a row, breaking the previous team record of 20 consecutive stolen bases, set by Tim Raines in 1981.
In 639 career games, he has batted .262 with 45 homers, 270 RBI and 271 runs scored.
The signing of Cabrera leaves only pitchers Joey Eischen, Orlando Hernandez and Javier Vazquez eligible for salary arbitration.
The team picked up Hernandez on Wednesday in a three-way deal with the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox.