Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes reports that the Mariners have made a three-year contract offer to free agent outfielder Melky Cabrera, but for now at least he’s holding out for a four-year deal.
This morning reports out of Baltimore said the Orioles were willing to sign Cabrera for 2-3 years, but four years was too rich for their blood. Of course, if enough teams express interest in him at three years there’s seemingly a pretty decent chance one of them will cave on the fourth year to get a deal done.
Cabrera hit .301 with 16 homers and an .808 OPS in 139 games for the Blue Jays this year and then turned down a one-year, $15.3 million qualifying offer, meaning any team that signs him will also forfeit a draft pick to do so.