{"id":225827,"date":"2010-01-25T10:35:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T15:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=13506"},"modified":"2010-01-25T10:35:49","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T15:35:49","slug":"chicago-cubs-agree-to-2010-contracts-with-five-arbitration-eligible-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/225827","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cubs agree to 2010 contracts with five arbitration-eligible players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs today agreed to terms on 2010 contracts with the following five arbitration-eligible players: infielders Jeff Baker and Mike Fontenot, catcher Koyie Hill, right-handed pitcher Angel Guzman and left-handed pitcher Tom Gorzelanny.<\/p>\n<p>Terms of the contracts were not disclosed. <span id=\"more-13506\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Baker, 28, batted .305 (62-for-203) with 15 doubles, four home runs and 21 RBI in 69 games with the Cubs last season following his July 2 acquisition from the Colorado Rockies.<\/p>\n<p>He is a career .270 hitter (206-for-764) with 26 home runs and 109 RBI in 300 major league games with Colorado (2005-09) and Chicago (2009).<\/p>\n<p>Fontenot, 29, hit .236 (89-for-377) with 22 doubles, nine home runs and 43 RBI in 135 games with the Cubs in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>In all or part of four big league campaigns in Chicago (2005, 2007-09), he is a career .266 hitter (228-for-856) with 56 doubles, 21 home runs and 112 RBI in 347 games.<\/p>\n<p>Hill, 30, batted .237 (60-for-253) with 12 doubles, two home runs and 24 RBI in 83 games for the Cubs last year, his first full major league campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Hill threw out 20 of 50 baserunners attempting to steal in 2009, the third-best success rate in baseball in 2009 (minimum 40 attempts).\u00a0 The Cubs went 42-27 in Hill&#8217;s 69 starts behind the plate, a .609 winning percentage.<\/p>\n<p>Guzman, 28, went 3-3 with one save and a 2.95 ERA (20 ER\/61.0 IP) in 55 relief appearances for the Cubs in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The righthander limited opponents to a .192 batting average (41-for-214), including a .102 mark (5-for-49) with runners in scoring position and a 0-for-23 result in those situations and two outs.<\/p>\n<p>Guzman is 3-10 with a 4.82 ERA (84 ER\/157.0 IP) in 88 major league outings (14 starts) with the Cubs (2006-09).<\/p>\n<p>Gorzelanny, 27, went 7-3 with a 5.55 ERA (29 ER\/47.0 IP) in 22 appearances (seven starts) between Pittsburgh and Chicago last season.<\/p>\n<p>He was acquired by the Cubs from the Pirates with John Grabow on July 30.\u00a0 Gorzelanny is 29-28 with a 4.87 ERA (228 ER\/421.2 IP) in 89 major league appearances (72 starts) with Pittsburgh (2005-09) and Chicago (2009).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TvrPac7Q912z5byPOgB2XkNpcvw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TvrPac7Q912z5byPOgB2XkNpcvw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TvrPac7Q912z5byPOgB2XkNpcvw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TvrPac7Q912z5byPOgB2XkNpcvw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=u_25ePggSQ8:MjcfFzsi8s4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=u_25ePggSQ8:MjcfFzsi8s4:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=u_25ePggSQ8:MjcfFzsi8s4:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=u_25ePggSQ8:MjcfFzsi8s4:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/u_25ePggSQ8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs today agreed to terms on 2010 contracts with the following five arbitration-eligible players: infielders Jeff Baker and Mike Fontenot, catcher Koyie Hill, right-handed pitcher Angel Guzman and left-handed pitcher Tom Gorzelanny. 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