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Updated Dec 11, 2009 6:01 AM ET
     
 
--LHP Randy Wolf signed a three-year free agent contract with an option for a fourth year, worth $29.75 million. Wolf was 11-7 with a 3.23 ERA in 34 starts for the Dodgers next season. The Brewers targeted him from the outset of the offseason and signed him at the winter meetings.

--RHP LaTroy Hawkins signed a two-year free agent contract worth $7.5 million. Hawkins was 1-4 with a 2.13 ERA in 65 games for Houston last season, with 16 walks and 45 strikeouts in 63 1/3 innings. The plan is for Hawkins to join RHP Todd Coffey and RHP Claudio Vargas as the primary setup men for RHP Trevor Hoffman.

--RHP Claudio Vargas was close to agreeing to a free agent deal to return to the Brewers in 2010. Acquired from the Dodgers on July 31, Vargas was effective as a late inning reliever for Milwaukee, going 1-0 with a 1.78 ERA in 28 outings. For the season, Vargas allowed only 3 of 26 inherited runners to score.

--LHP Chuck Lofgren was selected from the Cleveland organization in the Rule 5 draft of unprotected players. Lofgren was a starting pitcher in the Indians' system, but the Brewers plan to give him a look as a left-handed specialist in their bullpen. The Brewers had just one lefty, Mitch Stetter, in their bullpen for most of the 2009 season, and he wore down from overwork (71 appearances).

--INF Craig Counsell appeared close to returning to the Brewers as the sides negotiated a free agent contract. Counsell, 39, a Milwaukee native, was a valuable utility player for the Brewers last season, starting 90 games and playing in 130. He batted .285, his highest batting average since a .282 mark in 2002.

--LHP Mark Mulder, who has barely pitched since 2006 because of a variety of arm ailments and surgeries, is talking to the Brewers about making a comeback next season. Mulder is a former pupil of new pitching coach Rick Peterson and would like to work with him again. GM Doug Melvin said he plans to meet with Mulder in January to discuss a deal.

BY THE NUMBERS: 2.13 -- ERA by RHP LaTroy Hawkins in 65 relief outings in 2009 for the Houston Astros.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "I don't think the starting pitching will be as bad next year. I think it was a little bit of a fluke. They weren't happy with the way this year went and believed I could help. That's very flattering." -- LHP Randy Wolf, after signing a free agent deal with the Brewers.
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