PHOENIX -- Josh Reddick took some batting practice swings Sunday at the Oakland Athletics spring training camp and, the way the ball was jumping off his bat, it was hard to tell he had a troublesome wrist last season. The injury now behind him, Reddick and the Oakland Athletics avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a $2.7 million, one-year contract Sunday. The 26-year-old outfielder had asked for $3.25 million when the sides swapped figures last month and had been offered $2 million. "Its a huge weight off my shoulders," Reddick said. "We battled with negotiations but I had all the confidence in the world that we werent going to make this a nasty court affair. They made it clear that they werent going to do that. From the get-go it was very comforting for me . happy to have that out of the way now and get back to playing ball." Reddick hit .226 with 12 homers and 56 RBIs in 114 games last year, when he went to the disabled list twice because of a sprained right wrist that required off-season surgery. He made $510,000. The As had hoped for more production. Acquired from Boston before the 2012 season, Reddick had 32 homers and 85 RBIs in his first season with Oakland, when he earned a Gold Glove. "More just piece of mind for him to get that out of the way," As manager Bob Melvin said. "You dont want to start camp with that weighing on your mind. It was going to get done, just glad it got done where both sides are happy with it and now he can just move on and start playing baseball." Melvin said Reddick looks a little stronger this season after putting on some additional pounds from weightlifting. Reddick regrets not taking care of his wrist earlier, when it first started to hurt. He said he should have gone on the disabled list right after the injury instead of resting it and then continuing to play. "Im not going to try to set any expectations, Im just going to try and put last year behind me," he said. "Try to get back to 2012 form." NOTES: Three of the new members of the As pitching staff threw their first bullpen sessions of spring training on Sunday, starting pitcher Scott Kazmir and relievers Jim Johnson and Luke Gregerson. . Melvin said reliever Sean Doolittle will throw a bullpen session on Monday as he returns from a minor calf injury. . OF Coco Crisp arrived at camp today ahead of veterans reporting day, which is Wednesday. . The As will donate $63,055 to the City of Phoenix on Feb. 27 before their spring training game against Milwaukee. Proceeds from the teams charity game that will benefit Kool Kids, a program that provides free swimming at select city pools for youth ages 17 and under. 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The Maple Leafs have potted a total of 17 goals versus the Lightning this season, putting forth a pair of seven-goal outbursts in the first two meetings before coming through with a 3-1 victory in the most recent matchup on March 15. That has Toronto in position to sweep its four-game set with Tampa Bay for the first time since the 2006-07 season. Tim Connolly leads the Leafs with six points versus the Lightning, while injured forward Joffrey Lupul has two goals and three assists. Tyler Bozak and Joey Crabb have also scored twice versus the Bolts this season. Toronto will look to avoid a seventh loss in nine games overall this evening after a disappointing finish on Tuesday in Buffalo. The Maple Leafs got a pair of goals from Bozak in the first period and one from Matt Frattin in a three- goal first period, and never trailed in the game until the Sabres Derek Roy scored the game-winner at 3:29 of overtime to hand the Leafs a 6-5 defeat. "It was gut-wrenching," Maple Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle said. "It was one of those games that everything went our way early then kind of went against us late in the hockey game." With both James Reimer and Jonas Gustavsson nursing injuries, Ben Scrivens got the start and was tagged for all six goals on 45 shots faced. Clarke MacArthur and Jake Gardiner added goals for the Maple Leafs, who will miss the postseason for a franchise-worst seventh straight season. Phil Kessel ended with three assists, all in the firsst period to match a franchise record.dddddddddddd Kessels 81-point total is the highest for a Leaf since Mats Sundin logged 83 points during the 1998-99 season. Toronto also lost defenseman Carl Gunnarsson to a separated shoulder early in Tuesdays loss and he will miss Torontos final two games, including Saturdays season-ending contest in Montreal. Gustavsson, Mikhail Grabovski (lacerated leg) and David Steckel (MCL) are all questionable for tonight. The Lightning had a two-game win streak snapped last night with a 5-2 setback in Montreal. Playing in his fourth contest since missing 18 straight due to a hand injury, Vincent Lecavalier scored his first goal since Feb. 9 and Bruno Gervais also scored. Sebastien Caron made 20 saves on 25 shots faced. "The reality of games right now is the motivational level," said Tampa head coach Guy Boucher. "When youre not making the playoffs and our guys have fought as hard as they have for every game, its hard at the end of the season." Blueliner Victor Hedman added an assist to give him a goal and five helpers over a career-high five-game point streak, though Steven Stamkos had his six- game run of points end. Stamkos had logged eight goals and 11 points over that span and remained stuck on 58 goals this season, the second-most in the NHL since the lockout behind only Alex Ovechkins 65 for Washington in 2007-08. Stamkos, who leads Pittsburghs Evgeni Malkin by 10 goals in the race for the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, has seven goals and 18 points in 15 career games versus Toronto. That includes a goal and an assist in the three meetings this season. Tampa Bay is ending the season on a three-game swing and wraps its schedule on Saturday in Winnipeg. Though the club matched a club record with 25 home victories this season, it has gone just 12-22-5 on the road. cheap nfl jerseys? cheap jerseys?cheap jerseys?cheap jerseys cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '