1.26.2007

Astros Tie Up Loose Ends

Third baseman Morgan Ensberg, shortstop Adam Everett and outfielder Jason Lane agreed Thursday to one-year contracts with the Houston Astros, settling the team's remaining arbitration cases.

Ensberg, 31, hit .235 with 23 homers and 58 RBIs in 127 games last year while struggling through a shoulder injury, making $3.8 million. The Astros settled somewhere in the middle as Ensberg was asking for $4.9 million and was offered $4 million.

Everett, 29, hit .239 with six homers and a career-high 59 RBIs last year, committing only seven errors. He made $1.9 million and could earn an additional $150,000 in performance bonuses.

Lane, 30, hit .201 with 15 homers and 45 RBIs last season, when he was demoted for part of the year to AAA Round Rock. He made $450,000 last year and has the opportunity to earn $100,000 in performance bonuses.

[Houston Chronicle]

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