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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Brewers sign Gallardo for five years, $30.1M </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Yovani Gallardo - S - MLW - Apr. 8 </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Brewers signed RHP Yovani Gallardo to a five-year, $30.1 million contract extension with a $13 million option for 2015.
Gallardo will receive a $1.25 million signing bonus as part of the new deal. He'll make $500,000 this season -- as opposed to his previously-renewed contract of $450,000 -- $3.25 million in 2011, $5.5 million in 2012, $7.75 million in 2013 and $11.25 million in 2014. The option for 2015 includes a $600,000 buyout. There's obviously some risk attached to such a lengthy commitment, but the 24-year-old is quickly emerging as one of the most promising right-handed pitchers in the National League. This contract may pay serious dividends down the line.
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Gallardo will receive a $1.25 million signing bonus as part of the new deal. He'll make $500,000 this season -- as opposed to his previously-renewed contract of $450,000 -- $3.25 million in 2011, $5.5 million in 2012, $7.75 million in 2013 and $11.25 million in 2014. The option for 2015 includes a $600,000 buyout. There's obviously some risk attached to such a lengthy commitment, but the 24-year-old is quickly emerging as one of the most promising right-handed pitchers in the National League. This contract may pay serious dividends down the line.
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