Hawkins, Yanks reach agreement on 1-year, $3.75M deal

Updated: December 9, 2007, 9:28 PM ET

NEW YORK -- Moving to shore up their weak middle relief, the New York Yankees reached a preliminary agreement on a $3.75 million, one-year contract with right-hander LaTroy Hawkins.
為了彌補殘破的牛棚中繼戰力，洋基與右投LaTroy Hawkins達成了一年3.75m的合約。

Hawkins' deal is subject to him passing a physical, a baseball official familiar with the negotiations said Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the contract has not been finalized.
Hawkins的合約在通過體檢之後就可以生效，星期天一位了解交易內容的棒球官員這麼說。

The right-hander, who will be 35 on Dec. 21, was 2-5 with a 3.42 ERA last season for the Colorado Rockies. He made $3.25 million and Colorado declined a $3.75 million option, choosing to pay a $250,000 buyout.
這位在12月21號即將滿35歲的右投手，上個賽季在洛磯隊擁有2勝5敗，3.42的ERA。去年的年薪為3.25m，洛磯隊拒絕了他一年3.75m的選擇權，花了25萬將合約買斷。

New York's middle relievers struggled last season, with Kyle Farnsworth and Luis Vizcaino pitching inconsistently for long stretches and the Yankees converting Joba Chamberlain, a starter in the minors, into a reliever for the final two months of the season. Chamberlain became Mariano Rivera's primary setup man, but New York plans on including Chamberlain in its starting rotation next year.
在上個賽季，洋基的中繼投手群表現的很掙扎，Kyle Farnsworth和Luis Vizcaino很長一段時間的投球都不是很穩定，球季最後兩個月，洋基將小聯盟擔任先發的Joba Chamberlain轉為後援投手。喬巴成為Mo上場前的主要setup man，但是洋基下個球季的計畫是將喬巴放入先發的rotation當中。

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he hoped to re-sign Vizcaino, who on Friday declined the team's offer of salary arbitration.
洋基的總經理現金人說，他希望能夠重新簽下LV，LV在星期五的時候拒絕了球隊提供的薪資仲裁。

Hawkins pitched for the Minnesota Twins from 1995-2003, then moved on to the Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles and the Rockies. He made five postseason appearances this year, allowing one run and one hit in five innings.
1995到2003年這段時間Hawkins都待在雙城為其效力，之後轉到了小熊，巨人，金鶯和洛磯。今年季後賽他出賽了五場，在五局的投球裡被打出一支安打，掉了一分。

His decision to sign with the Yankees was first reported by foxsports.com.
他決定於洋基簽約的消息在第一時間是由foxsports.com所報導出來的。

News source：http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3147959