Not only do the Marlins have no plans to trade right-hander Ricky Nolasco, they're on the verge of making a long-term commitment. According to a league source, the Marlins and Nolasco have agreed in principle to a three-year, $26.5 million contract. An official announcement should sometime this week. Nolasco would become the second starter in as many years to sign a long-term deal with the Marlins. Last January, the Marlins made a four-year, $39 million commitment to ace Josh Johnson. Saturday, Foxsports.com reported Nolasco and the Marlins had reached an impasse only to come back Sunday with news the two sides were closing in on a three-year, $27 million deal. This contract will buy out Nolasco's remaining two years of arbitration-eligibility and his first year of free agency. Nolasco's agent, Matt Sosnick, who also negotiated Johnson's contract, could not be reached Sunday night. Acquired from the Cubs in the Juan Pierre trade following the 2005 season, Nolasco since his 2006 rookie year has totaled 54 victories to lead all Marlins pitchers. His 3.78 strikeouts per walks over the last five seasons is tops among all National League pitchers with 700 or more innings over that span. Nolasco has cemented his status as the club's No. 2 starter behind Johnson thanks to a dizzying array of outstanding pitches. In the last couple of seasons he added a cutter to an already effective repertoire that included a knee-buckling curve. A week removed from his 28th birthday, Nolasco missed the last month of 2010 with a torn meniscus in his right knee. He wwent 14-9 with a 4.51 ERA. He won 14 games, making him the seventh-winningest NL starter since 2008 (42). http://0rz.tw/CDFmM --

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