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News: Dodgers Sign Andruw Jones

by D.J. Short on December 6th, 2007 at 1:44 am

Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports, citing ‘a baseball official,’ that the Dodgers have reached an agreement with free-agent OF Andruw Jones on a two-year, $36 million contract, pending a physical.

Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times confirms the story.

Hernandez writes that Jones’ agent Scott Boras sent an email message to teams on Wednesday stating that his client would be willing to entertain offers for a shorter contract than they were initially seeking, as long as it came from ‘a competitive team.’

According to the report, Jones was believed to be looking for a contract similar to the five-year, $90 million contract that Torii Hunter signed with the Angels.

…man, imagine if jones wasn’t coming off such a sub-par season…still, 18 million a year…not a bad gig…

…you’d have to think the Dodgers would be more willing to part with Andre Ethier or Matt Kemp in a trade after picking up a run producer like Jones…