Gettin' paid: Elvis Andrus and Nelson Cruz

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Tiny E: Bankin'

Lee Stevens is somewhere with his thumb pushing up on the cork of a champagne bottle.

The Texas Rangers have apparently avoided arbitration with Elvis Andrus and Nelson Cruz. This leaves Mike Napoli as their only arb-eligible guys and he's set to go to court Feb. 15. If Napoli is handled, it will leave Stevens as the last arbitration case the Rangers have handled in 12 years.

Andrus got an incredibly worth-every-penny deal of three years and $14.4 million. Less than $5 million per year to keep one of the most well-rounded, smart and young shortstops in baseball? Sign me up. The three years will also wipe out his arbitration-eligible years.

Now we can count down to the time that he's a New York Yankee. I kid. Sort of. By the time Andrus' deal is done, Jurickson Profar will be 21 years old. Delish.

Cruz's deal is not quite done. It's a reported two-year deal, which, like Andrus, will take care of him until he hits free agency. UPDATE: It's for two years and $16 million and was verified on Facebook.

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