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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)

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Sun, Oct 4

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)

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
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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)