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Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) - For the second year in a row, Nelson Cruz received a qualifying offer from his team. Its likely that baseballs 2014 home run champion will decline this one as well. The Baltimore Orioles extended the one-year, $15.3 million tender to Cruz at Mondays deadline to do so. The veteran slugger will have one week to either accept the offer or re-enter the free agent market. Cruz was in the same situation while then with the Texas Rangers a year ago and rejected the qualifying offer in hopes of obtaining a multi-year contract. He was greeted with a cool market, however, in part due to being handed a 50- game suspension in 2013 for being involved in the Biogenesis performance- enhancing drug scandal. The 34-year-old ultimately accepted a below-market one-year, $8 million contract from the Orioles in February and responded with the best season of his career. Cruz belted an MLB-best 40 homers and knocked in a personal-best 108 runs while batting .271 and helping Baltimore capture the American League East title. By tendering Cruz an offer, the Orioles will be able to receive a future draft pick as compensation should the 2014 All-Star sign with another team. Trace McSorley Youth Jersey . -- Brady Heslip scored a season-high 20 points to help Baylor beat No. Marquise Brown Ravens Jersey . At times during a solid but not spectacular season, they looked all three. Still the defending AFC champions persevered, riding their top-ranked defence and key contributions from younger players to a 12-4 record and their eighth playoff appearance since 2000, remarkable consistency in a league where change is the only constant. http://www.ravensrookiestore.com/Ravens-Mark-Andrews-Jersey/ . Portuguese sides Benfica and Porto also advanced to the last eight while Basel overcame an early red card to win 2-1 at Salzburg and progress from a last-16 second leg that was briefly suspended because of crowd trouble. Lyon, Valencia and AZ Alkmaar will also be in Fridays draw in Nyon, Switzerland, where the team to avoid will be Juventus -- even though the Italian champions made heavy work of their all-Italian last-16 match against Fiorentina. Jonathan Ogden Ravens Jersey . 5 Trade Deadline is drawing closer and teams will be deciding on whether to buy or sell while figuring out which players can make the biggest difference and hold the greatest value. Miles Boykin Youth Jersey . Of all the names out there who could realistically be dealt by Wednesdays deadline, Ryan Kesler remains No. 1 on the most desired list. And while were not sure if theyre any closer to a deal, we now have a defined price.Malaga, Spain (SportsNetwork.com) - Barcelona left it late at the Mestalla on Sunday as Sergio Busquets scored at the death to hand the Catalans a 1-0 victory over Valencia. The two sides appeared destined to split the points, but Busquets struck with virtually the final kick of the ball to help Barcelona keep pace with Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga table. Barcelona nearly grabbed the lead when Luis Suarez hung off the shoulder of the last defender before steering home a cross in the 70th minute, but the Uruguayan was ruled to be in an offside position at the time of the delivery. Valencia marched down the pitch and tested Claudio Bravo as Sofiane Feghouli saw his attempt from the right side of the box denied by the Barcelona keeper. Bravo came up big once again when Alvaro Negredo lashed a cross from Jose Gaya toward goal, but the Chilean parried the attempt just outside the post. They proved to be two crucial saves as the Catalans ultimately stole all three points thanks to Busquets heroics. Lionel Messi served an inch-perfect cross to the back post to find Neymar, who sent a powerful header on goal. Diego Alves made a sprawling stop to deny the Brazilian, but Busquets was lurking to slam home the rebound in the third minute of the stoppage time. The victory sees Barcelona improve to 31 points to stay two points back of Real Madrid. Valencia ddrops to fifth place, staying put on 24 points.dddddddddddd Atletico Madrid kept pace with Real Madrid and Barcelona at the top of the table by collecting a 2-0 victory over Deportivo at the Vicente Calderon on Sunday. The hosts nearly took an early lead only to see Kokes header come back off the post, but the breakthrough would come three minutes before halftime when Saul Niguez got on the end of Mario Mandzukics flick and nodded the ball into the back of the net from extremely close range. The win was clinched in the 55th minute when Arda Turan lashed a volley toward goal and ultimately found the back of the net with Modibo Diakites ill- advised attempt at a clearance taking the shot past Fabricio. The result sees Atletico improve to 29 points on the season to stay four points back of Real. A late surge saw Sevilla cruise to a 5-1 victory over Granada on Sunday. Carlos Bacca and Youssef El Arabi exchanged first-half goals, but Sevilla netted four times in the final 25 minutes to claim all three points in resounding fashion. Ever Banega provided the go-ahead goal in the 65th minute before Bacca completed his brace in the 79th. The rout was finished thanks to Stephane MBias strike in the 89th and Kevin Gameiros tally one minute later. Rounding out Sundays La Liga slate, Villarreal scored in either half to earn a 2-0 victory at Cordoba. ' ' 't six months half price! 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