Cubs and OF Justin Ruggiano avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $2 million contract. Ruggiano requested $2.45 million and was offered $1.6 million from the Cubs when arbitration figures were exchanged earlier this month, so the two sides settled for a little under the midpoint. Acquired from the Marlins in December, the 31-year-old figures to serve on the short side of a platoon in Chicago's outfield in 2014.