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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Brewers hand Hart a 3-year, $26.5M extension </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Corey Hart - OF - MLW - Aug. 2</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Brewers signed OF Corey Hart to a three-year, $26.5 million extension.
The new deal will cover Hart's final season of arbitration eligibility and his first two years of free agency. He has been excellent at the plate this season with a .288/.346/.565 batting line, 23 homers and 72 RBI in 92 games, but he doesn't have a good reputation defensively and the Brewers won't compete until they address their starting rotation. For this contract to work out well Hart will have to maintain the career-best power numbers that he has flashed this year. And that seems somewhat unlikely.
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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Brewers hand Hart a 3-year, $26.5M extension </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Corey Hart - OF - MLW - Aug. 2</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Brewers signed OF Corey Hart to a three-year, $26.5 million extension.The new deal will cover Hart's final season of arbitration eligibility and his first two years of free agency. He has been excellent at the plate this season with a .288/.346/.565 batting line, 23 homers and 72 RBI in 92 games, but he doesn't have a good reputation defensively and the Brewers won't compete until they address their starting rotation. For this contract to work out well Hart will have to maintain the career-best power numbers that he has flashed this year. And that seems somewhat unlikely.
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