Angels, Calhoun Agree To One-Year Contract

A person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press that Gold Glove right fielder Kole Calhoun has avoided an arbitration hearing with the Los Angeles Angels, agreeing to a $3.4 million, one-year contract.

The person confirmed the deal to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because it hadn't been announced.

Calhoun asked for $3.9 million when the sides exchanged proposed salaries Jan. 15, and the Angels offered $2.35 million. The agreement is $275,000 above the midpoint.

Calhoun won his first Gold Glove last season and established himself as a solid big league regular, batting .256 with 26 homers and 83 RBIs. He was the final Angels player in arbitration after right-hander Garrett Richards agreed to a deal last week.

MLB, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency To Work Together

Major League Baseball has asked the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to help its investigation into whether several players named in an Al Jazeera documentary received banned drugs.

The two groups have shared information before but have never cooperated to such a formal extent.

"We've had discussions with USADA and are hopeful that together we can make progress in this investigation," said Dan Halem, MLB's chief legal officer, who oversees baseball's drug program.

Halem was expected to meet with USADA CEO Travis Tygart Tuesday at MLB's Manhattan headquarters.

Tygart declined to confirm the partnership or the meeting, but he said, "We're happy and honored to assist where we can."

The two groups will not be coordinating with the NFL, however. Two lawyers familiar with the MLB/USADA investigation said the NFL declined to coordinate with the other two organizations. The NFL has begun its own, mostly separate, investigation, although investigators in the two parallel efforts have communicated.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy issued a statement Tuesday, saying: "We are working with MLB and USADA. The review is ongoing and comprehensive. It involves obtaining and reviewing numerous records, conducting multiple interviews and working with other entities. We do not comment on the specifics of these matters until the review is completed."

In the documentary, first broadcast Dec. 27, an Indiana man named Charlie Sly was secretly recorded saying that he helped provide performance-enhancing drugs to numerous NFL and MLB athletes, including Peyton Manning. Manning denied using performance-enhancing drugs, although he said an Indianapolis clinic where Sly once worked had sent undisclosed substances to his wife, Ashley.