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Pirates give Maholm 3 years, $14.5M (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Left-hander Paul Maholm avoided an arbitration hearing by agreeing Friday to a $14.5 million, three-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who also finalized a $1.5 million, one-year deal with free-agent utilityman Eric Hinske. Maholm's agreement locks him up through his remaining arbitration years and includes a club option for 2012.