<hr class="infobox-hr-separator" /> <div class="infobox"> •YANKEES, MARTE WORK OUT DEAL: Left-hander Damaso Marte and New York agreed Wednesday to a $12 million, three-year contract that includes a club option for 2012. The Yankees last week declined a $6 million option on Marte, choosing to pay a $250,000 buyout.•HOLLIDAY TRADE A DONE DEAL: The A’s completed their trade with the Colorado Rockies for outfielder Matt Holliday, securing the big bat Oakland sought for the middle of its order. Colorado received reliever Huston Street, starter Greg Smith and promising outfielder Carlos Gonzalez from Oakland. The clubs reached a tentative agreement Monday, but had to wait for the results of physicals and other details to be worked out.•JAPAN PICKS A NAME: Japan is hoping to tap its samurai spirit when it defends its title at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Japan baseball officials announced that the national team for the 2009 WBC will be known as “Samurai Japan,” named after the country’s former warrior nobility.•CUBS KEEP THEIR COACHES: Chicago will bring back all of its coaches for the 2009 season under manager Lou Piniella. Returning are: pitching coach Larry Rothschild, bench coach Alan Trammell, hitting coach Gerald Perry, third base coach Mike Quade, first base coach Matt Sinatro, bullpen coach Lester Strode and Ivan DeJesus, a special assistant to Piniella.•UPTON HAS SURGERY: Tampa Bay center fielder B.J. Upton had surgery on his left shoulder this week and the Rays expect him to be ready by opening day. Upton played much of the season with a sore shoulder — he throws right-handed — that affected his offensive production.•SEATTLE INTERVIEWS TWO: After completing his fifth interview in three days to find a new manager for the Mariners, Jack Zduriencik sighed and chuckled. “Another day at the office,” the team’s new general manager said after meeting with Oakland bench coach Don Wakamatsu for four hours in the morning and San Diego Class AAA manager Randy Ready into the evening Wednesday.</div>

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•YANKEES, MARTE WORK OUT DEAL: Left-hander Damaso Marte and New York agreed Wednesday to a $12 million, three-year contract that includes a club option for 2012. The Yankees last week declined a $6 million option on Marte, choosing to pay a $250,000 buyout.

•HOLLIDAY TRADE A DONE DEAL: The A’s completed their trade with the Colorado Rockies for outfielder Matt Holliday, securing the big bat Oakland sought for the middle of its order. Colorado received reliever Huston Street, starter Greg Smith and promising outfielder Carlos Gonzalez from Oakland. The clubs reached a tentative agreement Monday, but had to wait for the results of physicals and other details to be worked out.

•JAPAN PICKS A NAME: Japan is hoping to tap its samurai spirit when it defends its title at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Japan baseball officials announced that the national team for the 2009 WBC will be known as “Samurai Japan,” named after the country’s former warrior nobility.

•CUBS KEEP THEIR COACHES: Chicago will bring back all of its coaches for the 2009 season under manager Lou Piniella. Returning are: pitching coach Larry Rothschild, bench coach Alan Trammell, hitting coach Gerald Perry, third base coach Mike Quade, first base coach Matt Sinatro, bullpen coach Lester Strode and Ivan DeJesus, a special assistant to Piniella.

•UPTON HAS SURGERY: Tampa Bay center fielder B.J. Upton had surgery on his left shoulder this week and the Rays expect him to be ready by opening day. Upton played much of the season with a sore shoulder — he throws right-handed — that affected his offensive production.

•SEATTLE INTERVIEWS TWO: After completing his fifth interview in three days to find a new manager for the Mariners, Jack Zduriencik sighed and chuckled. “Another day at the office,” the team’s new general manager said after meeting with Oakland bench coach Don Wakamatsu for four hours in the morning and San Diego Class AAA manager Randy Ready into the evening Wednesday.

| The Associated Press

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