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Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox and reliever Franklin Morales agreed to terms on a one-year contract Monday. Acquired in a trade with the Rockies last May, he played in a career-high 50 games in 2011 between the two clubs and went 1-2 with a 3.69 earned run average.

 

St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Rays and left-handed reliever J.P. Howell reportedly agreed to a one-year contract Monday. MLB.com reported the contract is worth $1.35 million and could go up to $1.4 million based on incentives.

 

Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox have reportedly agreed to a one-year, minor league contract with pitcher Vicente Padilla. MLB.com reported Monday that Padilla's contract is worth $1.5 million with performance-based bonuses that could make it as high as $4.5 million.

 

Padilla suffered through neck problems last season that eventually required surgery, limiting the 34-year-old to just nine appearances out of the bullpen for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

 

Over his time in the majors, he has pitched for Arizona, Philadelphia, Texas and the Dodgers.

 

Ludwick, 33, would join his sixth team. The nine-year veteran played his final 38 games for the NL Central-rival Pirates last season after being traded to Pittsburgh from San Diego in July.

 

Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Royals avoided arbitration with Brayan Pena, signing the catcher to a one-year contract Monday. The 30-year-old Pena batted .248 with 11 doubles, three home runs and 24 RBI in 72 games for the Royals last season.

 

Also Monday, the Royals signed Chris Getz to a one-year contract to avoid arbitration with the infielder.

 

Getz, 28, batted .255 with 26 RBI and 21 stolen bases over 118 games with the Royals last season.

 

San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Francisco Giants have reportedly signed outfielder Angel Pagan to a one-year contract. MLB.com reported Monday that the deal is worth $4.85 million for the six-year veteran.

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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).

Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.

A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.

Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.

"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.

De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.

The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.

The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.

De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.

But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.

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