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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>miguel gonzalez settles with orioles for $3.275M</p>— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) <a href="

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>miguel gonzalez settles with orioles for $3.275M</p>— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) <a href="
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Glad he got that wedding out of the way. Good value.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Miguel Gonzalez has settled <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS">@JonHeymanCBS</a> had it first. Base is $3,275M. he also will get $12.5k for 160 and 185 IP. $50K for AS & Cy Young</p>— Dan Connolly (@danconnollysun) <a href="

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Miguel Gonzalez has settled <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS">@JonHeymanCBS</a> had it first. Base is $3,275M. he also will get $12.5k for 160 and 185 IP. $50K for AS & Cy Young</p>— Dan Connolly (@danconnollysun) <a href="
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If Gonzalez wins the Cy Young Award in 2015, he'll have much bigger concerns (positives ones) than reminding Pete that he owes him that $50,000 bonus.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Miguel Gonzalez has settled <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS">@JonHeymanCBS</a> had it first. Base is $3,275M. he also will get $12.5k for 160 and 185 IP. $50K for AS & Cy Young</p>— Dan Connolly (@danconnollysun) <a href="
">February 4, 2015</a></blockquote>

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Thanks for the details, by the way.

He'll probably get $3.3 Million, presuming that he pitches more than 185 innings, and gets the two $12.5 thousand bonuses.

Outside shot at getting an additional $50 K for making the All-Star team.

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Johnson says. "I didn't know anything about him when he showed up. The first three times I used him, I put him in with the bases loaded, nobody out! I must have been a horrible manager. He must have thought, 'He's doing this to me on purpose.' I had no choice; I had no one else.

"First time, he carves up 'em up. I thought, 'Whoa.' Second time, he carves 'em up. Third time -- I'm thinking, 'He can't do this again' -- he carves 'em up again. Buck called. I told him, 'You have to get a look at this guy.' So they called him up, and the rest is history. This is a Cinderella story to the max."

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