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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Kurt Suzuki has 67 career home runs in seven big league seasons. (Brad Mangin/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Twins and 30-year-old catcher Kurt Suzuki have agreed on a one-year deal, according to Susan Slusser of the &lt;em&gt;San Francisco Chronicle&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The deal, which is pending a Friday physical, is worth $2.75 million plus incentives, a source told Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SI WIRE: Orioles' deal with Grant Balfour in jeopardy over shoulder issue&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Suzuki is a seven-year veteran who, aside from a brief pit stop in Washington, has played his entire career with the Athletics. He\u00A0hit .232 with five homers and 32 RBIs in 93 games last season, and he has a career .309 OBP.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With Joe Mauer moving to first base full time next season, the Twins were looking for depth at catcher.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SI WIRE: Report: Japanese team won't let Masahiro Tanaka go to MLB&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And Kurt Suzuki's physical is today so it all could be official soon with the #Twins. #Athletics&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2014 Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) December 20, 2013&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source: Suzuki deal with #Twins is for one year, $2.75M plus incentives.\n\u2014 Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 20, 2013&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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