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Melky Cabrera Signs With Royals

By FanHouse StaffDec 10th 2010 – 3:09PM

Free-agent outfielder Melky Cabrera agreed to a one-year deal with the Kansas City Royals, pending a physical, the club announced on Friday. Cabrera's deal is worth $1.25 million plus $250,000 in incentives, according to ESPN.com. The switch-hitting 26-year-old was let go by the Braves this offseason after hitting .255...

Braves Cut Takashi Saito, Melky Cabrera

By FanHouse StaffOct 19th 2010 – 1:22PM

It's about time for the roster-shuffling season to kick into high gear, and the Braves got things rolling Tuesday by releasing reliever Takashi Saito and outfielder Melky Cabrera. Both newcomers to Atlanta for 2010, the two ended up on opposite ends of the performance spectrum. The 40-year-old Saito became a bullpen...

Braves' Bobby Cox Opens Camp for the Final Time

By Ed PriceFeb 20th 2010 – 3:50PM

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Tim Hudson, 34 years old, grew up in Alabama, deep in Braves country. "I don't remember another [Braves] manager," he said Saturday. Men other than Bobby Cox have managed the Braves. But not since 1990. Next year, supposedly, someone else will again. Atlanta announced last September that Cox would...

Fantasy Paid and Trade: NL East First Base Battles

By Knox BardeenFeb 15th 2010 – 12:00PM

As the baseball invasion lands in Florida and Arizona this week, heated debates will pop up all over the landscape involving position battles. It's a time honored tradition as players work themselves back into shape after their own winter hibernation process, and teams plug holes -- some imagined and some large enough...

Yankees Enhance Depth With Vazquez

By Frankie PiliereDec 22nd 2009 – 4:38PM

The Yankees are truly relentless. While most teams would be pleased with their recent acquisitions, New York continued to upgrade as it shipped Melky Cabrera plus two other pieces to the Braves for Javier Vazquez and reliever Boone Logan. Vazquez is the second former Yankee to return to New York in recent days, joining...

melky cabrera News From the Web

  • 06/02/12 Cabrera's 51 May hits match San Francisco record Source: Conway Log Cabin Democrat - Conway AR Melky Cabrera is a new marketing phenomenon: "Got Melk?"
  • 06/02/12 Fact or fiction: Trade rumors, division dominance,... Source: Sporting News Summer unofficially is here, and that signals another key mile marker in the major league season.
  • 06/02/12 Williams gets sixth win for Angels Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Honolulu HI Mike Trout doesn't go fishing for compliments.
  • 06/02/12 MLB roundup: Streaking White Sox win 9th straight Source: Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Dubuque IA Alexei Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out infield single in the eighth inning Friday night and the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners, 7-4, for their ninth straight win.
  • 06/02/12 Giants Hold Off Cubs 4-3 Source: International Herald Tribune Melky Cabrera remained the hottest hitter in the National League, Madison Bumgarner picked up his first win in nearly four weeks and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Friday night.

Background on melky cabrera

Melky Astacio Cabrera (born August 11, 1984) is a Dominican professional baseball player. An outfielder, he currently plays for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.

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