Notes; Cordero Says He Would Have Stayed; He Claims Brewers Blew It Early On

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Francisco Cordero said Tuesday night that the Milwaukee Brewers blew their chance to keep him as their closer by not working out a contract extension before the 2007 season.

Cordero, who set the Brewers' franchise record with 44 saves last season, signed a free-agent deal with Cincinnati in late November for $46 million over four years. The Brewers had offered $42 million over the same term.

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Notes; Cordero Says He Would Have Stayed; He Claims Brewers Blew It Early On

Cordero said it never would have come to that had the Brewers given him a contract extension in the spring of '07.

"They would have taken a risk and I would have taken a risk," said Cordero, back in...

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