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Jon Paul Morosi

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Updated Dec 6, 2012 12:23 AM ET
     
 

The Seattle Mariners and free-agent outfielder Jason Bay have agreed to a one-year deal worth more than $1 million, according to sources.

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Bay and the New York Mets ended their unproductive relationship after three disappointing seasons when they agreed on Nov. 7 to terminate the outfielder's contract with one guaranteed season remaining.

After signing a $66 million, four-year deal wiht the Mets before the 2010 season, the three-time All-Star hit .234 in three injury-plagued seasons with 26 homers and 124 RBI, including a .165 average with eight homers and 20 RBI in 2012. Sidelined by concussions and rib injuries, he played just 288 games for the Mets.

Bay was owed $16 million for 2013 and a $3 million buyout of a 2014 option, plus the final $2 million installment of his $8.5 million signing bonus was payable by next June. The agreement allows the Mets to spread out the payments.

An All-Star in 2005, 2006 and 2009, Bay signed with the Mets after hitting .267 in his final season for Boston with career bests of 36 homers and 119 RBI.

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Bay missed the final two months of the 2010 season because of a concussion sustained while slamming into the left-field fence to make a catch at Dodger Stadium. He was out for the first three weeks of 2011 with a strained ribcage. In 2012, he was on the disabled list from late April until early June because of a broken rib, then missed another month with a concussion when he crashed into the wall at Citi Field while trying to catch an inside-the-park homer by Cincinnati's Jay Bruce.

New York negotiated a long-term deal with third baseman David Wright and is still in negotiations with Cy Young Award-winning knuckleball pitcher R.A. Dickey.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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