The Oakland Athletics have signed right-hander Bartolo Colon
to a one-year, $3 million contract with a “good incentives package,” reports
Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Colon has a $3 million base salary and a good incentives package, source says. #Athletics
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) November 3, 2012
Colon was off to another impressive start in 2012 before he
was suspended 50 games after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
Given Colon’s age, he’ll turn 40 next season, and his failed drug test, there
were questions surrounding the right-hander’s future in Major League Baseball.
However, the team with the most recent knowledge of Colon
didn’t let the veteran sit on the market for long. The A’s have a rotation full
of young arms, and Colon figures to be a solid complimentary pitcher if he can
reproduce the promise he showed over his first 24 starts with the club.
Colon logged 152 1/3 innings with the A’s last season...
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