"Not only do the Marlins Get your Marlins Tickets now! have no plans to trade right-hander Ricky Nolasco, they're on the verge of making a long-term commitment.

According to a league source, the Marlins and Nolasco have agreed in principle to a three-year, $26.5 million contract. An official announcement should sometime this week. Nolasco would become the second starter in as many years to sign a long-term deal with the Marlins. Last January, the Marlins made a four-year, $39 million commitment to ace Josh Johnson.

Saturday, Foxsports.com reported Nolasco and the Marlins had reached an impasse only to come back Sunday with news the two sides were closing in on a three-year, $27 million deal. This contract will buy out Nolasco's remaining two years of arbitration-eligibility and his first year of free agency.

Nolasco's agent, Matt Sosnick, who also negotiated Johnson's contract, could not be reached Sunday night."