DODGERS REPORT

As expected, the club re-signed reliever Jesse Orosco to a minor league contract.

Orosco, 44, will be paid $15,000 a month while at triple-A Las Vegas, and $585,000 in the majors.

The left-hander, who could earn as much as $250,000 in appearance bonuses, received $115,000 in termination pay after the Dodgers released him March 30.

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The Dodgers are reluctant to use rookie left-hander Jose Nunez, 22, but must keep him on the 25-man roster or offer him back to the New York Mets for $25,000 under terms of the Rule 5 draft.

Wallace wants to keep Nunez, so he might make a deal with the Mets that would enable the Dodgers to option the pitcher to the minors.