Baseball

The Dodgers avoided arbitration with Mike Sharperson by signing him to a one-year contract worth $970,000, a raise of $387,500.

Sharperson, who hit .300 last season with three home runs and drove in 36 runs in 128 games, asked for $1.155 million in arbitration. The Dodgers offered $875,000.

Jim Gott, Jody Reed and Ramon Martinez remain unsigned.