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Shortstop Elvis Andrus and the Texas Rangers have agreed to a three-year contract and avoided salary arbitration.
A person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday night that the contract runs through the 2014 season. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical and hadn’t been finalized.
The agreement came two days before a scheduled arbitration hearing.
The 23-year-old Andrus is a .271 career hitter with 102 stolen bases and has played at least 145 games in each of his three seasons for the Rangers. The new deal will take Andrus through his final three arbitration-eligible seasons.
Andrus hit a career-best .279 with 37 stolen bases last year when the Rangers won their second consecutive American League pennant. He had asked for $3.6 million in arbitration and was offered $2.65 million for next season before agreeing to a multiyear deal with Texas.
A person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday night that the contract runs through the 2014 season. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical and hadn’t been finalized.
The agreement came two days before a scheduled arbitration hearing.
The 23-year-old Andrus is a .271 career hitter with 102 stolen bases and has played at least 145 games in each of his three seasons for the Rangers. The new deal will take Andrus through his final three arbitration-eligible seasons.
Andrus hit a career-best .279 with 37 stolen bases last year when the Rangers won their second consecutive American League pennant. He had asked for $3.6 million in arbitration and was offered $2.65 million for next season before agreeing to a multiyear deal with Texas.
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