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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Baltimore Orioles have signed first baseman Pedro Alvarez, reports the &lt;em&gt;San Diego Union-Tribune&lt;/em&gt;\u2019s Dennis Lin.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The deal is for one year, reports FOX Sports\u2019s Ken Rosenthal. Alvarez will receive $5.75 million in salary and can earn $1.5 million in performance bonuses, according to&amp;nbsp;the &lt;em&gt;New York Post&lt;/em&gt;\u2019s Joel Sherman.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alvarez has spent the first six seasons of his career with the Pirates. In his last year with Pittsburgh, Alvarez hit 27 home runs with 77 RBIs and a .318 on-base percentage in 150 games.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;CORCORAN: How newly popular opt-outs can be a team-friendly contract tool&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In his career, Alvarez is a .236 hitter with 131 home runs and 401 RBIs.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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