Cordero Joins Cincinnati On Record 4 Year Deal

Francis Cordero is set to join the Cincinnati Reds, pending a physical, on a record 4 year deal for a major league closer. The package is worth $46 million, and includes an option for a fifth year that would bring the total value up to $57 million.

In an off-season filled with record contracts and obscene amounts of money being thrown around, you wonder how long this will go on before Major League Baseball becomes a full-on marketing machine to rake in even more to cope with skyrocketing player wage demands.

Cordero has been brought in to help improve the Reds' horrible save conversion opportunities, which was only at 54.8 percent in 2007, the lowest percentage in the National League. Cordero converted an impressive 44 of 51 opportunities last season.