Posey avoids arbitration with Giants

Posey avoids arbitration with Giants

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Buster Posey speaking to the media the night he won the National League MVP Buster Posey speaking to the media the night he won the National League MVP
Posey and family watching NL MVP announcement in November Posey and family watching NL MVP announcement in November
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -

Reigning NL MVP and batting champion Buster Posey is among four San Francisco Giants to reach agreement on one-year contracts that avoided salary arbitration.

Posey, an All-Star catcher, will earn $8 million this season.

A big raise after the 2010 National League Rookie of the Year earned just over $600,000 in 2012. 

Posey established career highs with a .336 batting average, 24 home runs and 103 RBIs for the World Series champion Giants. He did so only a year after a devastating, season-ending left leg and ankle injury in a May 25, 2011, collision at the plate with the Marlins' Scott Cousins.

Outfielders Hunter Pence and Gregor Blanco and left-hander Jose Mijares also reached agreements, the Giants said Friday.

Pence, who came to the Giants in a trade deadline deal from the Phillies last summer, will earn $13.8 million.

 Blanco is due $1.35 million, Mijares $1.8 million.

(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) 1/18/2013 2:54:32 PM (GMT -5:00)

 

 

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