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Wildwood Native David Freese Locks into $3.15M St. Louis Cardinals Contract
For the 14th straight year, the Cardinals resolved arbitration cases without needing hearings. Hometown hero David Freese announced his agreement Friday afternoon, albeit for only one year.
Wildwood native and baseball's Most Valuable Player in both the National League Championship Series and World Series David Freese will play "at home" again in St. Louis, at least for another year.
Freese was arbitration-eligible for the first time this year, and filed last month for a salary of $3.75 million. The St. Louis Cardinals countered with a $2.4 million offer. The final figure arrived at Friday afternoon was $3.15 million, when both sides agreed on a one-year deal for 2013.
Freese was one of five arbitration-eligible players the Cardinals had to negotiate with this offseason, and was the last to reach an agreement, as reported by Jenifer Langosch of MLB.com. Freese earned $508,000 last season, she reported.
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After years of injury issues, Freese managed to stay off the disabled list and played in a career-high 144 games, starting 132 at third base, reported Langosch.
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The Cardinals acquired Freese from the Padres in exchange for Jim Edmonds in December 2007. Freese opened the 2010 season as the club's everyday third baseman, reported Langosch.
Freese set postseason records with 21 RBIs and 50 total bases.
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