Dan Uggla, Braves Reportedly Agree to 5-Year Extension

by FanHouse Staff

Filed under: Braves, MLB Hot Stove

It doesn't look like Dan Uggla is going to be a one-year rental for the Atlanta Braves. The second baseman, acquired from the Florida Marlins in a November trade, has agreed to a five-year, $62 million extension with his new club, according to reports from FOXSports.com, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and others.

Uggla, who is entering his final year of arbitration eligibility, will pull in the highest annual average salary ever for a second baseman at $12.4 million a year if those figures are correct, besting Chase Utley's seven-year, $85 million pact with the Phillies.

The Journal Constitution reported Tuesday night that Uggla's salary in 2011 will be less than $10 million, and then will be "pretty even" over the final four years of the deal.

 

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