Found January 03, 2009 on
The Chuck Knoblog:
Yesterday the Dodgers and Andruw Jones agreed a re-structuring of his contract. He is now only owed 5 million dollars for the one year left on his contract (the Dodgers will defer the rest of the money). The Dodgers are desperate to trade him and the purpose of this is to make him more ...
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The L.A. Times reports that the Dodgers have agreed to trade or release Jones in exchange for his deferring much of the $22 million remaining on his contract.
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