After months of back-and-forth negotiations, a meeting Wednesday between Manny Ramirez, his agents and Los Angeles Dodgers management has culminated in a deal for the slugger.
Ramirez and the Dodgers have agreed in principle on a two-year, $45 million contract, pending a physical.
According to MLB.com, $25 million of the contract is deferred over five years and Ramirez has the right to opt out of the deal after one year. According to The Associated Press, Ramirez has full no-trade protection.
The outfielder, his agents Scott Boras and Mike Fiore, Dodgers manager Joe Torre, and owner Frank McCourt and general manager Ned Colletti met in the Los Angeles area Wednesday morning. Torre and Colletti arrived from spring training in Arizona.
Los Angeles announced last week that Ramirez declined its latest offer, a $25 million, one-year contract with a $20 million player option for 2010. That deal would have included deferred payments of $10 million each in 2011 and 2012 and $5 million in 2013.
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I don't care what the Dodgers said, you knew they had to sign him. There is absolutely no way that anyone on the roster could replace his production.
Via: ESPN
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