However, he signed a minor league contract with the team on October 24.

Instead, he was offered merely a minor league contract with the opportunity to make the team in spring training.

Last September, he was released from that minor league contract and no other club made an offer.

The Rangers signed him to a minor league contract last week.

But the Yankees signed him to a minor league contract for the 1989 season.

"If no one comes forward, we allow the former club to sign the player to a minor league contract."

He was signed to a minor league contract on June 11, 1998.

Following the season, he signed another minor league contract with the Giants and made the team out of spring training again.

And now he was being signed to a minor league contract?

That way we could try to work out a minor league contract and pay him less than the $3 million.