AP source: Diamondbacks, Garland agree to deal

[January 29, 2009]  PHOENIX (AP) -- Free agent right-hander Jon Garland and the Arizona Diamondbacks have reached a preliminary agreement on a one-year contract that includes a club option for 2010, a deal that would guarantee the pitcher about $7 million.

Garland must pass a physical for the agreement to be completed, a person with the talks said Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the contract had not been finalized. Garland would earn about $6.25 million this year.

His agreement was first reported by The Arizona Republic.

[Associated Press; By ANDREW BAGNATO]

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