<div id="subtitle">Person familiar with negotiations tells AP: Phillies and Ruiz agree to $8.85M, 3-year deal</div><div><p>A person familiar with the negotiations says catcher Carlos Ruiz and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to an $8.85 million, three-year contract that avoids salary arbitration.</p><p>The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the team had not yet announced the deal. The contract includes a $5 million club option for 2013 with a $500,000 buyout.</p><p>Ruiz batted .255 with 43 RBIs and a career-high nine homers last season. He has a .303 postseason average after starting every Phillies playoff game the last two years for a team that reached the World Series twice, winning in 2008.</p><p>Ruiz was the last Philadelphia player in arbitration. His deal was first reported by MLB.com.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=67752729&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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