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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a four-year deal with free agent&amp;nbsp;starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy, Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal reported Wednesday. The deal is worth $48 million.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;McCarthy finished last season with the New York Yankees after a July trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks. After struggling with Arizona in 2013 and the first half of '14, recording a combined 4.75 ERA, McCarthy was much improved with the Yankees, helping reinforce a rotation beset by injuries.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 31-year-old went 7-5 with a 2.89 ERA in 14 starts with New York, striking out 82 hitters and walking just 13 in 90 1/3 innings.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Sean Casey on his second career, team to watch in 2015&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before joining the Diamondbacks, McCarthy spent the two previous seasons with the Oakland A's, recording a 3.29 ERA in 43 starts. He has also played for the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;McCarthy has struggled with persistent shoulder injuries in the past, which forced him to miss the entire 2010 season and parts of several other seasons, including in 2012 and '13.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also in 2012, McCarthy was hit in the head by a line drive in a September game against the Los Angeles Angels, resulting in a fractured skull, a brain contusion and an epidural hemorrhage. After undergoing surgery to relieve pressure in his skull, McCarthy recovered fully, though he did have a seizure in 2013 that was related to the incident.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u200B&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;CORCORAN: Why A's needed to rebuild after failure in '14&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reported signing capped off an active day for the Dodgers at baseball's winter meetings. Earlier in the day, Los Angeles was reportedly close to a deal to acquire shortstop Jimmy Rollins from the Philadelphia Phillies and reportedly traded second baseman Dee Gordon to the Miami Marlins in a six-player deal. The Dodgers also agreed to a deal with the Angels' Howie Kendrick.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Dodgers went 94-68 last season and won the National League West for the second straight year. They were eliminated in the NLDS by the St. Louis Cardinals.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Ben Estes&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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