Soria agrees to 3-year, $8.75M extension with Royals

BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog • AP: Soria signs multiyear deal with Royals
Joakim Soria and the Kansas City Royals agreed to a three-year contract extension on Saturday, which includes club options for three more years that could keep the closer with the club through 2014. ... The right-hander, who turns 24 on Sunday, was ...

MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com • Joakim Soria Signs Extension
Royals closer Joakim Soria signed a three-year contract extension with an additional three option years tonight.  The terms are not yet known. Soria, 24 years old tomorrow, would've been arbitration-eligible starting with the 2010 ...

MLB Fleece Factor • Royals Give Soria 3-Year Extension
According to Dick Kaegel at MLB.com, Kansas City Royas closer got an early birthday present yesterday, signing a 3-year contract extension with the team that includes three option years as well. Soria will turn just 24 this Sunday. The total value ...

Baseball in Fort Wayne • Royals Lock Up Soria Through 2012
I’ve blogged a lot about Joakim Soria on this blog because he may go down to be one of the best Rule-5 pickups in MLB history. Just days after the Royals plucked him from the Padres organization after being left unprotected in the 2006 Rule-5 ...

MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com • What's Next For The Royals?
MLB.com's Dick Kaegel notes that the Royals have closer Joakim Soria and outfielder David DeJesus under contract multiple years into the future.  Is anything cooking with other young Royals? The Royals didn't seek Soria out to sign ...

Soria signs multiyear deal with Royals
MIAMI (AP) -- Joakim Soria and the Kansas City Royals agreed to a three-year contract extension on S...

Royals' Soria gets three-year extension
MIAMI (AP) -- Joakim Soria and the Kansas City Royals agreed to a three-year, $8.75 million contract...

Royals' Soria agrees to 3-year contract extension
Joakim Soria and the Kansas City Royals agreed to an $8.75 million, three-year contract extension on Saturday, a deal that includes three club options that could raise the value to about $32.75 million.

Royals focus on keeping young talent
Now that pitcher Joakim Soria is in the Royals' fold for a while and outfielder David DeJesus is under contract until 2010, perhaps other young players will be in line for multiyear deals.

Guillen, Royals like it hot in Florida
Some like it hot. Jose Guillen certainly did on Sunday as the temperature rose into the 90s at Dolphin Stadium. Guillen blasted a home run and a double, driving in four runs, as the Royals knocked off the Florida Marlins on Sunday, 9-3.