Giants and Angel Pagan avoid arbitration with one-year, $4.85 million deal

According to Janie McCauley of the Associated Press, the Giants and outfielder Angel Pagan have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $4.85 million contract. The deal includes $150,000 in incentives based on plate appearances. Pagan, who was arbitration-eligible for the final time this offseason, made $3.5 million with the Mets in 2011 while batting...