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Braves, Rafael Soriano Agree To $9M, Two-Year Deal

Jan 24, 2008 10:03 PM EST

According to the Associated Press, the Braves and right hander Rafael Soriano agreed Thursday to a $9M, two-year deal, avoiding arbitration.

The team plans to make Soriano their closer this season. He went 3-3 with a 3.00 ERA and nine saves in 71 appearances last year and held opponents to a .181 batting average.

The relief pitcher would have been eligible for free agency after the upcoming 2008 season.

Via RealGM Staff Report

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Braves Sign Diaz; Infante Undergoes Hand Surgery

Jan 18, 2008 4:47 PM EST

The Braves agreed to a one-year contract with Matt Diaz on Friday, avoiding arbitration.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

Diaz, 29, batted .338 with 12 home runs and 45 RBI in 135 games last season.

Diaz has hit .320 with 21 home runs and 89 RBI in parts of five seasons with Tampa Bay, Kansas City, and Atlanta.

The signing leaves righthander Rafael Soriano as the lone arbitration-eligible player yet to sign.

The Braves also announced Friday that infielder Omar Infante had surgery to repair broken left hand.

Via yahoo.com

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Teixeira Signs 1-Year Deal With Braves

Jan 18, 2008 8:57 AM EST

The Braves signed arbitration-eligible Mark Teixeira to a one-year, $12.5 million contract Thursday, and Braves Nation can only hope future negotiations go so smoothly with the slugger's agent.

"I don't know that it signals that; I just know that we'll continue working at [a contract extension]," said Braves' GM Frank Wren, who has had plenty of recent conversations with Teixiera's famously hard-driving agent Scott Boras. "We've had quite a bit of dialogue."

The Braves and Teixeira won't say whether an extension might be worked out before or during the season or if Boras will have his client wait to test the free-agent waters when he's eligible next winter.

The Braves also signed infielder Omar Infante ($1.4 million) and relief pitchers Mike Gonzalez ($2,362,500) and Tyler Yates ($800,000) to one-year contracts, leaving closer Rafael Soriano and outfielder Matt Diaz unsigned among the Braves' arbitration-eligible players.

Via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Braves Jan 2008 Archive

  • Rays Acquire Aybar From Atlanta

    RealGM Staff Report | Jan 17, 2008

    The Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Rays completed a three-player trade today as the Braves acquired left-handed pitcher Jeff Ridgway from the Rays in exchange for infielder Willy Aybar and minor-league infielder Chase Fontaine.

  • Rays And Braves Talk Aybar Trade

    Tampa Tribune | Jan 17, 2008

    Tampa Bay has had talks with the Atlanta Braves about a trade involving 24-year-old infielder Willy Aybar, a switch-hitter with a checkered past.

  • Braves To Acquire CF Kotsay From A's

    ESPN | Jan 12, 2008

    The Atlanta Braves have reached a preliminary agreement to acquire center fielder Mark Kotsay from the Oakland Athletics, filling the hole created by the departure of Andruw Jones.