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Reds avoid arbitration with Zack Cozart, sign Jordan Pacheco to minor-league deal

The Cincinnati Reds put pen to paper on a pair of contracts within the last day, the biggest of which being a one-year contract with Zack Cozart that avoids an arbitration hearing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reds, SS Zack Cozart agree to terms on 1-year contract for 2016 season, avoiding arbitration.</p>&mdash; Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) <a href="https://twitter.com/Reds/status/688170720568868866">January 16, 2016</a></blockquote>

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Cozart, 30, will reportedly make $2.925 million in his second arbitration-eligible year, though the Reds have yet to confirm that number. If true, that acts as just a slight raise over the $2.