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Padres, P Correia agree on 1 year, $3.6M (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Right-hander Kevin Correia and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a $3.6 million, one-year contract, avoiding salary arbitration. The 29-year-old was 12-11 with a 3.91 ERA in his first season with the Padres. He spent his first six major league seasons with the San Francisco Giants. He had a $750,000 base salary last season and earned $350,000 in performance bonuses based on starts.