Updated: December 29, 2003, 2:41 PM ET
Lidle will earn $2.75M in 2004
CINCINNATI -- Right-hander Cory Lidle agreed to a one-year, $2.75 million contract Monday with the Cincinnati Reds, who are trying to cobble together a starting rotation.
Lidle went 12-15 with a 5.75 earned run average in 31 starts for the Toronto Blue Jays last season. He pitched a career-high 199 2-3 innings despite a groin injury that slowed him in the second half.
From 2001-02, Lidle went 21-16 with a 3.74 ERA for the Oakland A's.
The Reds' rotation was one of the major leagues' worst last season, a leading factor in their 93-loss season.
Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press
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