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Grabow gets $7.5 million, 2-year deal from Cubs

CHICAGO (AP) Pitcher John Grabow became the first of the 171 free agents to reach agreement on a new deal, getting a $7.5 million, two-year contract Friday from the Chicago Cubs.

The 31-year-old left-hander combined to go 3-0 with a 3.36 ERA last season in a career-high 75 relief appearances with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cubs.

"I pretty much let everyone know before I left there that I wanted to come back. It's a good situation for me and my family," said Grabow, who said he has a house in Arizona where the Cubs conduct spring training. (MORE)

Cubs Headlines

Sun, Oct 4
Final 1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   R H E
Arizona0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 580
Chi Cubs0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 260
  W: Davis (9-14)   L: Dempster (11-9)   S: Gutierrez (9)
  Ari HR: Young (15)
  ChC HR: Fuld (1)
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Final Boxscore
Central Division
TeamWLPctGB
X-St. Louis 9171.562-
Chicago 8378.5167.5
Milwaukee 8082.49411
Cincinnati 7884.48113
Houston 7488.45717
Pittsburgh 6299.38528.5
Full Standings
Leaders
AVG: D. Lee.306
HR: D. Lee35
RBI: D. Lee111
SB: R. Theriot21
W: T. Lilly12
ERA: R. Wells3.05
Saves: K. Gregg23
K: R. Dempster172
General Batting (Rank)
AVG: .255 (26)
Runs: 707 (22)
Hits: 1398 (27)
Home Runs: 161 (15)
Stolen Bases: 56 (30)
OBP: .332 (17)
SLG: .407 (19)
Total Bases: 2232 (21)
General Pitching (Rank)
Earned Run Average: 3.84 (5)
Runs Allowed: 672 (26)
Saves: 40 (18)
Strikeouts: 1272 (2)
OpBA: .246 (3)
OBP: .324 (7)
SLG: .391 (5)
Run Support: 4.40 (22)
Last Results
Date Opp Final
10/4 vs. Ari L 2-5
10/3 vs. Ari W 5-0
10/2 vs. Ari L 3-12
9/30 vs. Pit L 2-8
9/30 vs. Pit L 0-4
9/29 vs. Pit W 6-0
9/27 @ SF L 1-5
9/26 @ SF W 6-2
9/25 @ SF W 3-0
9/24 @ SF W 3-2
Full Schedule
Transactions
Date Player Transactions
11/20/2009 J. Grabow Signed as Free Agent ( 2010-2011)(two-year contract)
11/16/2009 J. Grabow Declared Free Agency
11/13/2009 C. Fox Declared Free Agency
11/9/2009 K. Gregg Declared Free Agency
11/5/2009 R. Harden Declared Free Agency
11/5/2009 R. Johnson Declared Free Agency
10/22/2009 B. Scales Outrighted to Minors
10/20/2009 S. Taguchi Cleared Waivers and Became a Free Agent
10/16/2009 S. Taguchi Released
10/14/2009 C. Fox Removed From 15-Day DL (Right elbow inflammation)
Injuries
Date Player Status
11/4/2009 T. Lilly Left shoulder surgery (day-to-day)
9/29/2009 K. Gregg Cracked rib - out for season (day-to-day)
9/29/2009 D. Lee Left game - bruised left foot (day-to-day)
9/25/2009 D. Lee Neck spasms (day-to-day)
9/25/2009 A. Ramirez Shoulder (day-to-day)

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