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File photo shows Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun in Chicago, Illinois March 31, 2008. The Brewers have signed the left fielder to an eight year $45 million contract, the team said on Thursday.
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MIAMI (Reuters) - The Milwaukee Brewers have signed left fielder Ryan Braun to an eight year $45 million contract, the team said on Thursday.
"It's a very good contract for both the ballclub and Ryan," Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said on the team's website (http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com)
Braun hit .324 with 34 home runs last season.
The 24-year-old Californian would not have been eligible for arbitration until the 2010-11 off-season and for free agency until 2013-14.
(Reporting by Simon Evans in Miami; editing by Alan Baldwin)
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