The Atlanta Braves sure didn’t waste any time in their hot pursuit of a new closer.
Just hours after Atlanta offered arbitration to free agents Rafael Soriano and Mike Gonzalez reports surfaced that the Braves have reached a preliminary agreement with Billy Wagner on a one-year, $7 million dollar contract with a $6.5 million vesting option for the 2011 season.
Wagner, who ranks sixth in major league history with 385 saves, missed most of the 2009 season recovering from ligament-transplant replacement surgery.
The Braves interest in the 38-year-old reliever stems from his successful comeback late last season with the Mets and Red Sox.
In his 17 appearances in the season’s final two months, Wagner posted an impressive 1.72 ERA, held opponents to a .174 batting average, and notc ...
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