The Official Site of The Toronto Blue Jays: News: Blue Jays sign Rios for six, Hill for four

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Jays sign Rios, Hill to long-term contracts
Published 4/4/2008 by Alex Obal at Batter's Box Interactive Magazine
Big news, in case the home opener wasn't exciting enough on its own: the Blue Jays just announced that they have signed Alex Rios and Aaron Hill to contract extensions. Rios will be a Blue Jay through 2014. Hill's signing was a surprising twist. His contract takes him through 2011, and also contains three club options that could keep Hill in Toronto until 2014 as well. Here's the bluejays.com story on the extensions. - Alex Rios: six years, $64 million. - Aaron Hill: four years, $12 million, with three club options in addition. If the terms of Hill's options have been disclosed, I can't find them. Apparently, there are no ...

Pregame Festivities: Rios and Hill Sign, Alomar Ascends, Jays Get the Blues
Published 4/4/2008 by Stoeten at Drunk Jays Fans
I'm going to be completely honest with you... I had a post all written up where I was going to shit on the Jays for delaying the announcement of the Alex Rios contract until right before their home opener. Seeing as the terms of the deal had been public knowledge for over a week (yeah, it was exactly what we thought: $65m for six years, plus a $15m option for 2015), I seemed kind of pointless and hokey, didn't it? Then, of course, they went and slapped the boner out of my mouth with a second boner, sneaking in the announcement that Aaron Hill has also reached an agreement. His new deal is for four years, $12m, plus a rare three option years in 2012, 2013 and 2014 (Club options, ...

Blue Jays reach long-term deals with Rios, Hill
Published 4/4/2008 by David Golebiewski at The Transaction Guy
The Toronto Blue Jays locked up two of their best young players on Friday, reaching long-term contract extensions with outfielder Alex Rios and second baseman Aaron Hill. Rios, 27, signed a 6-year, $64M extension that takes effect in 2009. Rios had two years of arbitration eligibility left, so the deal buys out four years of free agency. The contract includes a $13.5M club option with a $1M buyout for the 2015 season.  Rios, Toronto’s first round pick in the 1999 Amateur Draft, hit .297/.354/.498 with 24 home runs during the 2007 season. Hill, 26, inked a 4-year, $12M deal that includes club options for the 2012-2014 seasons that could increase the total value of the ...