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Veteran Catcher Gets Two Years
June 24, 2063 - Bikini Krill catcher Pedro Jimenez and his kids are as many as $15M richer today, with word that the 30-year-old signed a two-season contract extension that will pay him a base salary of $7.3M each season, the add on bonuses for certain achievements. The second season will be made at his decision.
"Pedro is thrilled," said his agent Bertie "The Squirty" Myers, whose 15% cut would work out to roughly a cool $1M a season. "He knows I had a payment due on the Boca condo, so he really wanted to get the deal done soon.
Jimenez had averaged 4.2 WAR per season the past three years, but had suffered a slower start to the season than he'd wanted, but has recovered form and is slashing .285/.327/.417, despite hitting only 2 homers. That slow start had rattled some cages and left some wondering if young Ivan Quintana was in the process of stealing his spot. Jimenez is a much better defensive presence, though, carrying a 47.9 Called Strike: Ball ratio to Jimenez's 45%. That's a lot of extra strikes.
"We love having Pedro inked for two more years," said Assistant GM Monica Green at a recent outing at the Johnson/Wilmer Insurance Company's annual retreat, held this year in the Horror section of Forever Land Park. "It's almost as good a feeling as leading the division."
June 24, 2063 - Bikini Krill catcher Pedro Jimenez and his kids are as many as $15M richer today, with word that the 30-year-old signed a two-season contract extension that will pay him a base salary of $7.3M each season, the add on bonuses for certain achievements. The second season will be made at his decision.
"Pedro is thrilled," said his agent Bertie "The Squirty" Myers, whose 15% cut would work out to roughly a cool $1M a season. "He knows I had a payment due on the Boca condo, so he really wanted to get the deal done soon.
Jimenez had averaged 4.2 WAR per season the past three years, but had suffered a slower start to the season than he'd wanted, but has recovered form and is slashing .285/.327/.417, despite hitting only 2 homers. That slow start had rattled some cages and left some wondering if young Ivan Quintana was in the process of stealing his spot. Jimenez is a much better defensive presence, though, carrying a 47.9 Called Strike: Ball ratio to Jimenez's 45%. That's a lot of extra strikes.
"We love having Pedro inked for two more years," said Assistant GM Monica Green at a recent outing at the Johnson/Wilmer Insurance Company's annual retreat, held this year in the Horror section of Forever Land Park. "It's almost as good a feeling as leading the division."