Report: A's to sign SP Kazmir to two-year, $22-million deal
Scott Kazmir's reportedly hit the free-agent starting pitcher jackpot, signing a two-year deal with Oakland worth a reported $22 million, tweets ESPN's Buster Olney.
The deal has a couple of ramifications for the A's:
Signing of Kazmir will A) mean the end of Bartolo Colon with the #Athletics and B) could lead to a trade of LHP Brett Anderson.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 2, 2013
Bartolo Colon feels he can do even better -- more money and more years --than the two years, and $11-million annually Kazmir received, tweets Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan.
Colon believes in himself, if nothing else.
For more on the deal, and Kazmir's numbers, read the storyline below.
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