Yanks agree with Mitre, must decide on other Four

                  

 The Yankees' decision-makers will have a few calls to make on Thursday, as baseball's non-tender deadline forces decisions on a group of four unsigned pitchers.

Dustin Moseley will have his status examined as Thursday's 11:59 p.m. ET deadline to tender contracts for the 2011 season approaches. Late Wednesday, Sergio Mitre agreed to $900,000 deal with the club and could earn an additional $200,000 in incentives, according to a tweet by ESPN's Jerry Crasnick.

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New York must also offer deals to Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes and Boone Logan by that point. If a player is not tendered a contract, he immediately becomes a free agent and can negotiate with any team. 

Moseley, 28, attended camp on a Minor League deal and was promoted to the big leagues in July, slotting into the rotation when the Yankees needed to patch over the absence of the injured Andy Pettitte.The Yankees figure to keep Chamberlain, Hughes and Logan on board for 2011, but they must weigh their options with Moseley, who worked in a variety of pitching roles this season.

Finishing 4-4 with a 4.96 ERA in 16 games (nine starts), Moseley recorded all of his decisions in starting efforts. As a reliever, Moseley had a 3.77 ERA over 14 1/3 innings.

Moseley also pitched two scoreless innings of relief in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series, earning his first postseason victory when the Yankees stunned the Rangers with a five-run eighth inning to post a 6-5 win.

Mitre, 29, was 0-3 with one save and a 3.33 ERA in 27 appearances (three starts), with 11 of those relief appearances spanning more than two innings.

After falling short in a spring bid to be the Yankees' fifth starter, a battle won by Hughes, Mitre was used as a long reliever and emergency spot starter.

Mitre showed no ill effects from his Tommy John surgery in 2008, but he spent time on the disabled list with a strained left oblique suffered while taking batting practice to prepare for Interleague games.

He had a 10.13 ERA in three postseason relief appearances against the Rangers, surrendering three runs in 2 2/3 innings.

Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.