Mariano Rivera agreed to sign a three-year, $45 million contract today, according to sources with knowledge of the situation, reports Mark Feinsand and Bill Madden at the New York Daily News.

Rivera’s agent, Fernando Cuza, informed the Yankees this afternoon.

The $15 million average salary will make Rivera the highest-paid closer in the game by more than $4 million per year over the Mets’ Billy Wagner.

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