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Rays get C Shoppach for $5.5M, 2 years (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Kelly Shoppach and the Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a $5.5 million, two-year contract. The deal, announced Tuesday, will pay the team's new catcher $2.25 million this year and $3 million in 2011. It includes a club option for a third season at $3.2 million or a $300,000 buyout. The Rays obtained the 29-year-old Shoppach from Cleveland on Dec.