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Gutierrez, Mariners lock down four-year, $20.5 million deal (usatoday.com)

Center fielder Franklin Gutierrez and the Seattle Mariners finalized a $20.5 million, four-year contract Friday that avoided salary arbitration. The 26-year-old hit .283 with 18 homers and 70 RBIs last season, his first in Seattle.