Sprague Signs With Blue Jays

Four major league baseball players eligible for salary arbitration re-signed with their teams.

Toronto third baseman Ed Sprague got the largest deal, a $5.96 million, three-year contract, up from $760,000 last season.

Kansas City shortstop David Howard, who had a $325,000 salary in 1995, agreed to a $1.1 million, two-year deal.

Texas third baseman Dean Palmer agreed to a one-year contract worth $1,925,000, the same salary he had during last year’s injury-interrupted season.

Pittsburgh second baseman Carlos Garcia, eligible for arbitration for the first time, agreed at $1.35 million, more than five times his 1995 salary of $250,000.

Baseball owners will not vote on the proposed sale of the Pittsburgh Pirates to Kevin McClatchy when they meet in Los Angeles today.

Colorado Rockies general manager Bob Gebhard met with Las Vegas officials to discuss moving the team’s spring training base from Tucson, Ariz.