DODGERS SIGN NOMO FOR 3 YEARS\Contract's worth is $4.3 million.Byline: Tim Brown Timothy Donell Brown (born July 22, 1966) is a retired wide receiver, who played in the National Football League. He spent sixteen years with the Oakland Raiders, during which he established himself as one of the League's most prolific wide receivers. Daily News Staff Writer Hideo Nomo Hideo Nomo (born Aug. 31, 1968 , Osaka, Japan) Japanese baseball pitcher whose success with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 created new opportunities for Asian players in Major League Baseball. , whose triumphant passage from the Japanese professional baseball leagues to the Dodgers' pitching rotation inspired a mania in his name, on Thursday agreed to a three-year contract worth $4.3 million. The National League's Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
"I'm very pleased to agree to a three-year deal," Nomo said through his interpreter. "This is what I wanted. Now I won't have to worry about the next three years. I can concentrate on baseball during that time." Nomo's contract is worth $600,000 for this season, $900,000 in 1997 and $2.8 million in 1998, when he would have been eligible for arbitration. He earned $109,000, the major-league minimum, last season, and he received a signing bonus A signing bonus or sign-on bonus is a sum of money paid to a new employee by a company as an incentive to join that company. These are often given as a way of making a compensation package more attractive to the employee e.g. if the annual salary is lower than they desire. of $2 million. For that he compiled a 13-6 record with a 2.54 ERA in 28 starts. He led the league with 236 strikeouts and three shutouts, and was second in ERA. Piazza signed a $4.2 million deal after his 1993 season, when he was the National League's Rookie of the Year. First baseman Eric Karros For many years, he was a player agent, and representing many baseball and football players. , is negotiating for a multi-year contract. "Fred and I have exchanged a number of ideas on Raul and our discussions are continuing," Moorad said Thursday. "We've discussed everything from a one-, two- and three-year agreements." Mondesi said Thursday that he thought the sides would come to terms in the next couple of days. "It could," Moorad said. "We're reasonably close in some respects, though there remains some distance." In the case of Nomo, Fred Claire, the Dodgers executive vice president, was able to quickly close ground on negotiations. Only Wednesday, Claire said that there was "not much to report." Nomo signed fewer than 24 hours later, apparently not long after a recent discussion between Nomura and Dodgers president Peter O'Malley. Nomura was unavailable for comment. "Negotiations were very smooth," Claire said. "I pay a great tribute to Hideo and Nomura. Hideo was in camp before the camp started." |
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