Free agent reliever Lee Smith, baseball's career saves leader with 434, agreed to 2-year deal with California for $4 million.

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In other baseball news, Texas signed pitcher Kevin Gross and infielder-outfielder Mark McLemore to 2-year contracts, using up the money it saved by dealing Jose Canseco and his $5.1 million contract to Boston.And in Montreal, Montreal manager Felipe Alou, who directed the Expos to a major league-best 70-44 record last season, agreed to a contract extension through 1997.

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