The Houston Astros have reached a tenative agreement with free-agent pitcher Mike Hampton. The 36-year old left hander will sign a 1-year deal worth about $2M, with it also including about $2M in incentives. Houston signs a good low-cost high-reward type deal with a player for only 1 season. Even if Hampton runs into the usual injury bug, he won't become a contract burden at all.
Mike's career has been up and down, posting a 141-105 record in 14 seasons. He signed an 8-year/$121M deal with the Colorado Rockies in 2000, which proved to be one of the worst free-agent signings in history with Mike only playing limited time for the Rox before being shipped to Atlanta. He is notoriously terrible at staying healthy, most recently missing all of the 2006 season and beginning 2007 on the disabled-list. Hampton was only on the market for a 1-year deal, hoping to show that he's healthy again and ready to restart his career.
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