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Ex-Mariner Beltre drove in 102 runs for Boston last year: All-Star third baseman Adrian Beltre and the American League champion Texas Rangers are nearing agreement on a contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The Dallas Morning News reported Beltre's contract "will be reported as a six-year deal worth $96 million, but the last year of the contract is voidable if Beltre doesn't reach certain plate-appearance thresholds ... The first five years of the deal will be worth $80 million."

Ex-Mariner Beltre, 31, played for the Boston Red Sox last season and hit .321 with 28 homers and drove in 102 runs. He is a two-time Gold Glove winner.

Beltre became a free agent after turning down a $10 million player option to stay with Boston.

Orioles, reliever Gregg reportedly agree on contract: The Baltimore Orioles reportedly have agreed to a $10 million, two-year contract with right-handed reliever Kevin Gregg, 32.

Gregg was 2-6 with a 3.51 earned-run average and 37 saves for Toronto last year.

Dotel to join Blue Jays: Reliever Octavio Dotel has agreed to a $3.5 million, one-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. Dotel, 37, was 3-4 with a 4.08 ERA last year for Pittsburgh, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado.

The Blue Jays gave a minor-league contract to Chad Cordero, 28, who was 0-1 with a 6.52 ERA for the Mariners last year.

Buckner to manage in Massachusetts: Former Boston first baseman Bill Buckner, 61, has agreed to become manager of the independent-league Rox of Brockton, Mass. He is perhaps best known for a 10th-inning error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series that gave the eventual champion New York Mets a series-tying victory.

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