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Cubs settle with Marmol, add Millar

CHICAGO (AP) Pitcher Carlos Marmol and the Chicago Cubs have agreed on a one-year deal. The contract is worth $2.1 million, midway between the figures the sides exchanged in arbitration last month.

Chicago also agreed to a minor league contract with 38-year-old first baseman Kevin Millar. Millar hit .223 with seven homers and 29 RBIs for Toronto last year. He has spent 12 seasons in the majors, including Boston's 2004 championship team. His uncle, Wayne Nordhagen, played for the Cubs in 1983.

Marmol was 2-4 with 15 saves and a 3.41 ERA in 79 relief appearances last year. He became the closer in August. Marmol sought a raise from $575,000 to $2.5 million and was offered $1.75 million. (MORE)

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Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Arizona	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	0
Chi Cubs	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	6	0

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
Team	W	L	Pct	GB
X-St. Louis	91	71	.562	-
Chicago	83	78	.516	7.5
Milwaukee	80	82	.494	11
Cincinnati	78	84	.481	13
Houston	74	88	.457	17
Pittsburgh	62	99	.385	28.5

Full Standings

Leaders
AVG:	D. Lee	.306
HR:	D. Lee	35
RBI:	D. Lee	111
SB:	R. Theriot	21
W:	T. Lilly	12
ERA:	R. Wells	3.05
Saves:	K. Gregg	23
K:	R. Dempster	172

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)

Next Games
Date	Opp	Previous
4/5	@ Atl	-
4/7	@ Atl	-
4/8	@ Atl	-
4/9	@ Cin	-
4/10	@ Cin	-
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Transactions
Date	Player	Transactions
2/4/2010	C. Marmol	Signed ( 2010)(avoids arbitration)
2/2/2010	K. Millar	Signed to a Minor League Contract
1/29/2010	X. Nady	Signed as Free Agent ( 2010)(one-year contract)
1/27/2010	S. Marshall	Signed ( 2010)(avoids arbitration)
1/27/2010	C. Tracy	Signed to a Minor League Contract
1/23/2010	S. Taguchi	Signed to Play in Japan (Orix Buffaloes)
1/20/2010	S. McClain	Signed to a Minor League Contract
1/19/2010	J. Baker	Signed ( 2010)(avoids arbitration)
1/19/2010	M. Fontenot	Signed ( 2010)(avoids arbitration)
1/19/2010	T. Gorzelanny	Signed ( 2010)(avoids arbitration)

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)