Right-hander Rich Harden and the Texas Rangers completed a one-year contract yesterday that guarantees him $7.5 million.

The deal calls for a $6.5 million salary next year and includes an $11.5 million mutual option for 2011 with a $1 million buyout. Harden can earn an additional $250,000 next year in performance bonuses. The oft-injured Harden had to pass a physical before the agreement was completed.

Texas reached a preliminary agreement with Harden Wednesday, the same day it traded starting pitcher Kevin Millwood to the Baltimore Orioles along with $3 million for reliever Chris Ray and a player to be named.

Houston landed a new third baseman on the final day of the winter meetings, agreeing to a $4.5 million, one-year contract with Pedro Feliz. Feliz, 34, hit .266 with 12 homers and 82 RBIs last season for NL champion Philadelphia Phillies, who declined a $5.5 million option for 2010 and opted to pay a $500,000 buyout.

Houston bolstered its bullpen this week by acquiring Matt Lindstrom in a trade with Florida and reached a preliminary agreement with Brandon Lyon on a $15 million, three-year contract.

Boston is discussing a trade that would send 2007 World Series MVP Mike Lowell to the Texas Rangers. Lowell is owed $12 million in 2010, the final season of a $37.5 million, three-year contract.

Cleveland hired former pitcher Charles Nagy as their pitching coach at Class AAA Columbus. Nagy pitched for the Indians from 1990-2002. He won 129 games and was a major contributor as Cleveland won six AL Central Division titles and made two World Series appearances in a seven-year span.

The City of Oakland unveiled three waterfront sites as potential spots to build a new ballpark for the A's and ultimately keep the team from leaving town. In the past they haven't been able to find a suitable spot to build and were set to leave Oakland and move to nearby Fremont until that plan fell through. More recently, owner Lew Wolff has been determined to move the team to San Jose -- though the San Francisco Giants hold the rights to that territory. Wolff felt the A's had exhausted their options in Oakland.

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