Reilly
02-06-2005, 04:14 AM
The only Mets article in the papers today (http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-spbase054136186feb05,0,7971363.story?coll=ny-baseball-headlines):
Magglio Ordoņez was completing an agreement to join the Detroit Tigers on Friday, which means the Mets will likely enter spring training with Mike Cameron as their starting rightfielder.
Ordoņez, a three-time All-Star and the last big-name free agent of this baseball offseason, is on the verge of joining the Tigers for a deal estimated to be for five years and $75 million, Newsday has learned. Similar to the contract to which the Tigers signed catcher Ivan Rodriguez last offseason, it is voidable if Ordoņez misses a number of games with the meniscus tear in his left knee that torpedoed his 2004 season.
Magglio Ordoņez was completing an agreement to join the Detroit Tigers on Friday, which means the Mets will likely enter spring training with Mike Cameron as their starting rightfielder.
Ordoņez, a three-time All-Star and the last big-name free agent of this baseball offseason, is on the verge of joining the Tigers for a deal estimated to be for five years and $75 million, Newsday has learned. Similar to the contract to which the Tigers signed catcher Ivan Rodriguez last offseason, it is voidable if Ordoņez misses a number of games with the meniscus tear in his left knee that torpedoed his 2004 season.