Royals lock up closer Soria

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Game 42: Kansas City @ Florida
Published 5/18/2008 by Lee Warren (noreply@blogger.com) at Royal Reflections
... Kansas City lost the game last night, but not all was lost. Joakim Soria signed a three-year contract with a three-year club option, which could keep him in Kansas City through 2014. The first three years is worth $8.75 million. And if the Royals pick up the options for 2012-2014, the contract will be worth about $32.75 million. Soria could make the fourth year a guarantee if he has a certain number of appearances. It also contains clauses that would pay him more money if he pitches a certain number of innings--which is probably built in because of the possibility of him ...

Extending Our Thoughts on the Soria Extension
Published 5/19/2008 by royalsreview at Royals Review: Front Page Posts
... On Saturday night the news broke that the Royals had signed Joakim Soria had signed a contract keeping him in Kansas City possibly through 2014. According to Bob Dutton, Soria will earn eight million dollars through 2011, then a series of escalators and options begin to come into play, potentially raising the value of the contract to over $30 million. Last night, Royals Review discussed the contract with site contributors NyRoyal and NHZ over pork chops and cheddar mashed potatoes at the site headquarters (Eastern Region) in Wilmington Delaware. ...