
A person familiar with the situation says Miami Marlins left fielder Christian Yelich has agreed to a seven-year contract worth about $49.6 million. Yelich is expected to sign the deal this weekend, and a news conference tentatively is planned for Sunday. Yelich, 23, won a Gold Glove and hit .284 with nine homers and 54 RBIs in his first full major league season last year, when he made $505,000.
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