Nelson Cruz To Mariners
SEATTLE (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners signed one of the best hitters available in last year's free-agent market, inking Robinson Cano to a multiyear contract. The Mariners are about to do it again.
Two people with knowledge of the deal tell The Associated Press that Seattle is on the verge of signing free-agent slugger Nelson Cruz. El Caribe in the Dominican Republic first reported the agreement, saying it was worth $57 million over four years.
Cruz led the major leagues with 40 home runs last season and had 108 RBIs for Baltimore, which signed him to an $8 million, one-year deal. He served a 50-game suspension in 2013 for violations of the major league drug agreement in relation to the sport's Biogenesis investigation.
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