The Baltimore Orioles avoided salary arbitration with center fielder Corey Patterson on Friday, agreeing to terms on a one-year contract worth $4.3 million - a $1.5 million hike in what he made last season.
Whether you consider Patterson talented or a total underachiever, he had a solid season with the O's in 2006, batting .276 with 16 home runs, 53 RBIs and a career-high 45 stolen bases, the third-highest total in the American League.
Patterson, 27, is a career .257 hitter with 86 longballs, 284 runs batted in and 131 steals in parts of seven seasons with the Chicago Cubs and Orioles.
Patterson's signing leaves just one Oriole left eligible for arbitration - ace lefty Erik Bedard, who made $1.4 million last season and went 15-11 with a 3.76 ERA in 33 starts.
[Baltimore Sun]
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