Friday, December 28, 2007
TOKYO — The Orix Buffaloes are close to an agreement on terms with slugger Alex Cabrera, who left the Seibu Lions after talks on a new deal broke down earlier this offseason, officials of the Pacific League club said Friday.
"We've seen substantial progress in our talks and I can say the final countdown has begun. It's possible that we'll reach an agreement by the end of the year," senior Orix official Katsuhiro Nakamura said. Cabrera has spent seven seasons in Japanese baseball — all with the Lions — and has a .306 batting average, 273 homers and 686 RBIs. He led the Pacific League in home runs in 2002 and in RBIs in 2006. This year, he hit .295 with 27 homers and 81 RBIs.
TOKYO — The Orix Buffaloes are close to an agreement on terms with slugger Alex Cabrera, who left the Seibu Lions after talks on a new deal broke down earlier this offseason, officials of the Pacific League club said Friday.
"We've seen substantial progress in our talks and I can say the final countdown has begun. It's possible that we'll reach an agreement by the end of the year," senior Orix official Katsuhiro Nakamura said. Cabrera has spent seven seasons in Japanese baseball — all with the Lions — and has a .306 batting average, 273 homers and 686 RBIs. He led the Pacific League in home runs in 2002 and in RBIs in 2006. This year, he hit .295 with 27 homers and 81 RBIs.
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