CHICAGO (AP)—The Cubs agreed Tuesday to one-year contracts that avoided salary arbitration with five of their eight eligible players. Settling were infielders Jeff Baker ($975,000) and Mike Fontenot ($1 million), catcher Koyie Hill ($700,000), right-hander Angel Guzman ($825,000) and left-hander Tom Gorzelanny ($800,000). Baker batted .305 with four homers and 21 RBI in 69 games with the Cubs last season following his July 2 acquisition from the Colorado Rockies. Fontenot hit .236 with nine homers and 43 RBI in 135 games with Chicago in 2009. Hill batted .237 with two homers and 24 RBIs 83 games in his first full major league season. As a backup who filled in when Geovany Soto was injured or struggled, Hill threw out 20 of 50 runners and the Cubs were 42-27 in games he started. Guzman went 3-3 with a 2.95 ERA in 55 relief appearances for the Cubs last season. Gorzelanny, who could be in the rotation this season, was 7-3 with a 5.55 ERA in 22 appearances, including seven starts, with Pittsburgh and Chicago last season. He was acquired by the Cubs from the Pirates along with lefty reliever John Grabow on July 30. Pitchers Carlos Marmol and Sean Marshall, and shortstop Ryan Theriot remain eligible for arbitration. --

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