THE SIDELINES : Giants, Kevin Mitchell OK Pact
Kevin Mitchell, the National League Most Valuable Player last season with 47 home runs and 125 runs batted in, has agreed to a one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants.
Terms of the contract were not immediately available.
Mitchell, who turned 28 last Saturday, hit a career-high .291 last season. In four full years in the majors, including 2 1/2 with the Giants, he has a .275 average with 100 homers and 319 RBIs in 548 games. He arrived in San Francisco in the July 4, 1987, trade that also brought pitchers Dave Dravecky and Craig Lefferts in exchange for Chris Brown, Keith Comstock, Mark Davis and Mark Grant.
In another signing today, the Cincinnati Reds confirmed that they have come to terms with pitcher Danny Jackson on a one-year contract.
Reds spokesman Jon Braude declined to reveal the terms of the contract, but the Players Assn. said earlier that the contract equals the $1.15 million Jackson earned a year ago.
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