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Posted: **Thu Dec 6, 2007 3:45 pm**

Jones and the Dodgers reached a preliminary agreement on a $36.2 million, two-year contract late Wednesday as action picked up on the final night of the winter meetings. The deal came hours after Detroit and Florida finished their blockbuster trade that sent All-Stars Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to the go-for-broke Tigers.

A winner of 10 consecutive Gold Gloves with Atlanta, Jones must pass a physical for the agreement to be completed, a person familiar with the negotiations said, speaking on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made. The deal would give him the fifth-highest average salary in the major leagues.

Scott Boras, his agent, wouldn't confirm the agreement but sounded as if a deal had fallen into place.

"Being on a competitive team was a very, very important part of his process," he said.

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Posted: **Thu Dec 6, 2007 9:59 pm**

As a Dodger fan I'm pretty excited that the contract is for only 2 years. Low risk High Reward.

Posted: **Fri Dec 7, 2007 1:59 am**

But instead of paying 18 a year to a player who will produce, the Dodgers are paying that money to a guy who will fit around .250 (probably lower) and a guy who will strike out almost the same amount of times he gets a hit.

Posted: **Fri Dec 7, 2007 2:39 pm**

I would have resigned him for two years at that price to be honest.

I think he'll rebound nicely from last year.

Posted: **Fri Dec 7, 2007 6:58 pm**

I like this deal for AJ. If he can get back to hitting 40-50 homeruns, Scott Boras can market AJ as a possible 500 homerun guy, and AJ could receive even more money after his current deal expires. Must be nice to get paid more money the older you get.

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Dodgers, Andruw Jones reach preliminary $36.2M contract

Dodgers, Andruw Jones reach preliminary $36.2M contract