Mark Ellis Would Like to Stay in Oakland

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 Mark Ellis Would Like to Stay in Oakland
Oakland Athletics second baseman Mark Ellis is slated to become a free agent after this season since he's in the final year of a three-year deal he signed with Oakland back in 2006. He's never been the type of player to carry a team or anything, but generally, he's the type of player any GM would have as their second baseman. I mean, he's no Chase Utley or anything, but he gives you solid ... [link]

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Mark Ellis Would Like to Stay in Oakland
Published 6/26/2008 by Fornelli (noreply@blogger.com) at Foul Balls
... the type of player to carry a team or anything, but generally, he's the type of player any GM would have as their second baseman. I mean, he's no Chase Utley or anything, but he gives you solid offensive production and has one of the best gloves of any second sacker in the game today. Odds are that if he were to hit the market this off-season, he could pull in anywhere from $6-$10 million a season from a team that sees him as a nice alternative to Orlando Hudson ... Continue reading at FanHouse

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