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Giants, Scutaro reach three-year deal

Published Dec. 5, 2012 4:51 a.m. ET

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Ken Rosenthal

The San Francisco Giants have reached agreement with free-agent second baseman Marco Scutaro on a three-year, $20 million deal, pending a physical.

With the deal, the Giants have retained their Nos. 1 and 2 hitters in Angel Pagan and Scutaro.

The Giants re-signed Pagan on Monday for $40 million over four years.

Earlier Tuesday, the St. Louis Cardinals emerged as a surprise player in the Scutaro sweepstakes, according to major-league sources, and the New York Yankees were another club with likely interest.

Scutaro, 37, batted .362 with an .859 OPS in 61 games for the Giants after arriving in a July 31 trade from the Colorado Rockies. He later helped lead the team to its second World Series title in three years, and was named MVP of the National League Championship Series.

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