Shaun Marcum, Brewers Avoid Arbitration

February 10 2011 Last updated at 11:15 AM ET

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Milwaukee Brewers and right-hander Shaun Marcum agreed to a $3.95 million, one-year contract late Wednesday night on the eve of a scheduled salary arbitration hearing.

The deal fell just short of the midpoint between Marcum's $5 million request and Milwaukee's $3 million offer. The 29-year-old, who made $850,000 last year, can make an additional $100,000 in performance bonuses.

Marcum went 13-8 with a 3.64 ERA and 195 1/3 innings last season after returning from elbow ligament-replacement surgery.

Milwaukee traded top hitting prospect Brett Lawrie to Toronto in December to get Marcum in an effort to bolster a rotation that includes Zack Greinke and Yovani Gallardo.

Second baseman Rickie Weeks is the only remaining Brewer in arbitration.

Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.

coloring pictures sports cricket driving games dunking basketball games