NEW YORK, N.Y. - St. Louis pitcher Lance Lynn was among 20 players who avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to contracts Thursday, reaching a $22 million, three-year deal with the Cardinals.Milwaukee catcher Martin Maldonado agreed to a $1.95 million, two-year contract, and 18 players struck one-year agreements.Among the 175 players who filed for arbitration Tuesday, 150 were on track to swap proposed arbitration figures with their teams Friday. A majority of those were expected to settle before the exchange.High-profile players still set to swap included pitchers David Price, Stephen Strasburg, Jeff Samardzija, Rick Porcello, Ian Kennedy, Doug Fister and Kenley Jansen.Chris Davis, Matt Wieters, Austin Jackson and Mark Trumbo were among the position players.Pittsburgh had the most players in arbitration with 12, whole Baltimore had 10, and Kansas City and Oakland nine each.Lynn, a 27-year-old right-hander, gets $7 million this year and $7.5 million in each of the following two seasons. He earned $535,000 last year, when he was 15-10 with a 2.74 ERA in 33 starts.Cardinals outfielder Peter Bourjos, coming off hip surgery in November, agreed at $1.65 million and St. Louis backup catcher Tony Cruz at $775,000.Maldonado, who hit .234 with four homers and 16 RBIs, gets a $50,000 signing bonus and salaries of $800,000 this year and $1.1 million in 2016.The Chicago White Sox agreed with right-handed pitchers Hector Noesi ($1.95 million), Javy Guerra ($937,500) and Nate Jones ($660,000), and Washington reached deals with catchers Wilson Ramos ($3.55 million) and Jose Lobaton ($1.2 million), right-hander Craig Stammen ($2.25 million) and second baseman Danny Espinosa ($1.8 million).Cleveland settled with right-hander Carlos Carrasco ($2,337,500) and left-hander Marc Rzepczynski ($2.4 million).Also agreeing were Texas reliever Neftali Feliz ($4,125,000), Atlanta left-hander James Russell ($2,425,000), Los Angeles Angels catcher Hector Santiago ($2.29 million), Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Chris Heisey ($2.16 million), Toronto pitcher Brett Cecil ($2,475,000), Chicago Cubs left-hander Felix Doubront ($1,925,000) and Houston catcher Carlos Corporan ($975,000).Hearings will be scheduled for the first three weeks in February before three-person panels in St. Petersburg, Florida.Just three of the 146 players who filed last year went to hearings, with Cleveland defeating pitchers Vinnie Pestano and Josh Tomlin in the Indians first cases since 1991 that went to hearings. 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"Im pretty sure I was screaming or I was going through puberty. One of the two." The goal was a stunning conclusion after it appeared Kansas City would be happy to open its title defence getting out of Seattle with a draw. Barretts goal started with a strong crossing pass by substitute Sean Okoli, but the play itself started after Graham Zusi committed a turnover in the midfield. Kronberg came out of the net to try and punch Okolis cross and the deflection allowed Dempsey a clear header. Dempseys attempt hit the crossbar but he was able to keep the play alive and get his toe on the loose ball. He was trying for a scissor-kick shot on goal, but it trickled forward far enough that Barrett was able to finish off the game winner. "For 90 plus minutes, we were excellent. We were very hard to break down and had a couple chances of our own," Zusi said. "A stupid mistake by me in the 93rd minute, and we got punished. Thats something that cant happen." 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It was the first time in 90 matches someone other than Nielsen started in goal for Kansas City. "It was a lot of excitement for sure -- some nerves and stuff, but once you get out on the field its like every other day," Kronberg said. Stefan Frei wasnt challenged as much in Seattles goal, but came up with the shutout. Dempseys minutes were slightly surprising given his recent schedule. After playing against Ukraine, Dempsey travelled all day Thursday and trained with the Sounders on Friday. It was his first training with the Sounders since the end of last season after spending the winter on loan with English Premier League club Fulham. "With all the travel and stuff, getting in on Thursday, we wanted to be a little bit smarter because of the history of myself and some of the other players can pick up injuries if you push too hard, too quickly after long travel," Dempsey said. ' ' '