The Royals and Chris Getz have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $1.05 million contract.

"My scenario wasn't very complicated," Getz said. "Obviously, this is the place I wanted to be and was willing to make it work. They were as well. I’m extremely happy to be back.

"I'm looking forward to coming to spring training prepared to help a team that is making some positive moves."

Getz gets a slight raise from $967,500 after an injury-plagued season that limited him to 64 games.

The Royals have agreed to a one-year, $1.75 million deal with Felipe Paulino.

The agreement allowed the two sides to avoid salary arbitration and includes $250,000 in performance bonuses.

David Wright has agreed to a new package that will keep him with the Mets at least through 2020, a major league source told ESPNNewYork.com.

The deal is worth slightly less than $140M.

The Yankees and veteran closer Mariano Rivera have agreed to a one-year, $10M deal, plus incentives, sources told ESPN.

Rivera, who turned 43 on Thursday, will take a pay cut from the $15M he earned in 2012. The deal could be officially announced as soon as Friday.

The Pirates have agreed to a two-year, $17M deal with former Yankees catcher Russell Martin, sources told ESPN on Thursday.

The Yankees wanted Martin to return, but never made an offer.

The Royals announced today that the club has agreed to terms on a one-year Major League contract with right-handed pitcher Felipe Paulino for the 2013 season, avoiding arbitration. 

Paulino, 29, was 3-1 with a 1.67 ERA in seven starts for the Royals in 2012.  He made his last Major League start on June 6, missing the remainder of the season after undergoing ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery on his right elbow on July 3.  The native of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic was acquired from Colorado on May 26, 2011.  He has appeared in 93 Major League games (61 starts) with Houston, Colorado and Kansas City.

The Yankees are finishing off a contract with Mariano Rivera and expect the deal to be done by Friday, according to a baseball official.

The two sides have agreed on a one-year deal, and spent Thursday trying to finalize the details of Rivera's salary and incentives.

The veteran reliever is expected to take a pay cut from the $15M he earned in 2012, and is likely to be guaranteed a salary in the neighborhood of $11-12M. 

Reliever Pat Neshek and the A's have reached agreement on a one-year contract, avoiding salary arbitration.

The A's rallied around Neshek after his newborn son, Gehrig, died 23 hours after his birth just before the playoffs began last month. 

B.J. Upton has agreed to a multi-year deal with the Braves, according to a source.

The deal is pending a physical.

Upton had spent his entire eight-year career with the Rays.

Terms of the agreement aren't yet known.

The Angels have reached an agreement with Ryan Madson on a one-year contract pending a physical, according to a source.

He signed a one-year deal with the Reds last offseason, but suffered an elbow injury in late March that required Tommy John surgery.

L.A.'s bullpen ranked 12th among the fourteen American League teams in ERA last season.