Fri 1/17/14 1:04 PM

Rays avoided arbitration with LHP Jake McGee be agreeing to a one-year, $1.45 million contract. It was McGee's first year of arbitration eligibility after he qualified as a Super Two player. The hard-throwing left-hander put up a 4.02 ERA but struck out 75 over 62 2/3 frames in 2013.