DODGERS UPDATE: DODGERS OFFER CONTRACTS TO SIX, SIGN CORA FOR '04.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer The Dodgers decided to tender contracts to all six of their arbitration-eligible players and on Friday signed infielder Alex Cora José Alexander (Alex) Cora (born October 18, 1975 in Caguas, Puerto Rico) is a utility infielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. University of Miami career to a one-year, $1.3-million deal. Cora avoided arbitration by signing. Pitchers Eric Gagne, Guillermo Mota Guillermo Reynoso Mota (born July 25, 1973 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently on the New York Mets. and Odalis Perez, infielders Adrian Beltre and Jolbert Cabrera Jolbert Cabrera [HOLE-bert kah-BRAY-rah] (born December 8, 1972 in Cartagena, Colombia) is a baseball outfielder/infielder who until recently played with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in Japan's Pacific League. and outfielder Dave Roberts will have their salaries determined either through the process or, more commonly, through further negotiation that can continue independently. Today is the deadline for teams to tender contracts. Players and teams will exchange salary figures next month, and arbitration hearings are in February. But there's no guarantee all six players will be with the Dodgers in 2004, as Mota and Perez have been in the forefront of trade talks and teams have also inquired about Beltre. The Dodgers' biggest payout will be to Gagne, who fell 18 days short of qualifying for arbitration last winter and thus only had his contract renewed and didn't receive any bonus for winning the National League Cy Young Award. Gagne made $550,000 in 2003 but will receive a significant raise. Atlanta's John Smoltz and the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Yankees' Mariano Rivera, two of baseball's other top closers, made $11 million and $8.9 million, respectively, last season. |
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