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Two days after officials flew to Maryland to woo a suddenly available Nick Markakis, they got their man Wednesday. They signed the veteran right fielder and Woodstock High graduate to a four year contract for about $44 million, a person familiar with the situation said.

Markakis, 31, is a two time Gold Glove winner who is expected to replace the traded Jason Heyward in right field and at the leadoff spot for the . Although he’s played his entire nine year career with the Baltimore Orioles, Markakis has a home in the Atlanta area and went to high school and college in Georgia (Young Harris College).

After negotiations with the Orioles stalled and Markakis made it known he would consider other teams, manager Fredi Gonzalez and assistant general manager John Coppolella traveled to Baltimore on Monday and had dinner with him near his Maryland home. The Giants and Blue Jays had also pursued Markakis.

Nick cheap jerseys china Markakis of the Baltimore Orioles hits a solo home run in the seventh to tie the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 1, 2014. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

Signing Markakis further increases the already strong possibility that the will trade corner outfielder Justin Upton or possibly Evan Gattis, the catcher who has been penciled in to move to left field next season. Trading Upton seems more likely, since he can be a free agent after 2015 while Gattis is under contractual control through 2018.

He’s not as sensational defensively as Heyward and doesn’t have the speed, power or upside potential as the former right fielder, but the view Markakis as a steadier, more durable player who was far cheaper to sign over the next four years than cheap jerseys shop Heyward, who can be a free agent after the 2015 season.

Markakis is cheap nfl jerseys a .290 career hitter with the .358 on base percentage, 141 home runs and 658 RBIs in nine seasons. Last season he cheap nfl jerseys hit .276 with a .342 OBP, 27 doubles, 14 homers and 50 RBIs, and won his second Gold Glove in four years.Articles Connexes：

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