12-09-2006, 06:07 PM
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| Senior Monk
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Rep Power: 2  | Padilla returns to help pitching-starved Rangers
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Pitcher Vicente Padilla is staying with the Texas Rangers, agreeing to a $33.75 million, three-year contract Saturday that includes a $12 million club option for 2010.
The signing keeps one of the top free-agent starters with a team desperate for pitching. Padilla went 15-10 with a 4.50 ERA.
"It's exciting to have Vicente back in the fold for the next few years," general manager Jon Daniels said. "He was a horse for us last year, and demonstrated he can pitch and win in our park."
A preliminary agreement was reached on the first day of the winter meetings last week.
Padilla threw 200 innings and set a career high for wins. After beginning his career with Arizona, the 29-year-old right-hander pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies from 2000-05, making the NL All-Star team in 2002.
He will pitch in the rotation behind right-hander Kevin Millwood. Millwood went 16-12 with a 4.52 ERA last season, his first with the Rangers, after being the team's key free-agent addition.
The Rangers, who have not made the playoffs since 1999, went 80-82 and were third in the AL West. They had a team ERA of 4.60, eighth of 14 AL teams.
| Isn't he the one that kept hitting Chicago White Sox players? The contract sounds okay. Nothing spectacular. |
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