AP Sources: Wolf, Hawkins agree with Brewers
AP News | 2009-12-10 02:01:13
<div id="subtitle">AP Sources: Wolf ($29.75M for 3 years) and Hawkins ($7.5M for 2 years) agree with Brewers</div><div><p>The Milwaukee Brewers landed a pair of free-agent pitchers Wednesday, reaching agreements with starter Randy Wolf and reliever LaTroy Hawkins, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.</p><p>Wolf's deal is worth $29.75 million over three years and includes a $10 million option for 2013, one of the people said Wednesday. Hawkins will get $7.5 million over two seasons, the other person said.</p><p>Both agreements are subject to completion of final details, the people said. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcements had been made.</p><p>Wolf, a 33-year-old left-hander, was 11-7 with a 3.23 ERA this year in the lone season of his second stint with Los Angeles Dodgers. He had a $5 million base salary and earned $3 million in performance bonuses based on innings.</p><p>With his team coming off an 80-82 record and third-place finish in the NL Central, Brewers general manager Doug Melvin pushed to add Wolf.</p><p>"It was really cool that Doug Melvin came out to L.A. and visited me and made it well known that I was his priority and he really wanted me there," the pitcher told SIRIUS XM Radio. "That's a good feeling as a free-agent pitcher or any ballplayer really when you have a team that really wants you there and wants to win and feels that you can help the team do that."</p><p>Wolf also was a free agent last offseason. He agreed to the deal with the Dodgers on Feb. 6, about 1 1/2 months after Houston offered a $27 million, three-year contract in an attempt to re-sign him. The Astros then withdrew the proposal a week later, citing the poor economy.</p><p>"It was only natural to be a little bit apprehensive about where the market is considering what happened last year," Wolf said. "It was a crazy offseason last year especially with me. It made it really easy the way the Brewers came in very aggressive and made it really clear they wanted me there."</p><p>Wolf is 101-85 with a 4.13 ERA in 11 major league seasons with Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Diego and Houston. The New York Mets also were interested in trying to sign him.</p><p>Hawkins, a right-hander who turns 37 on Dec. 21, spent the last two seasons with Houston and went 1-4 with a 2.13 ERA and 11 saves in 15 chances this year. He had 45 strikeouts and 16 walks in 63 1-3 innings.</p><p>A veteran of 15 major league seasons, he is 60-81 with 87 saves and a 4.51 ERA. He also has pitched for Minnesota, the Chicago Cubs, San Francisco, Baltimore, Colorado and the New York Yankees.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=65131073&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>
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