Seattle is responsible for the remainder of his contract, and the Yankees will pay Olerud a prorated portion of the minimum salary.

The sum is a prorated portion of the $28 million that the board's compensation committee agreed to pay its new chief executive for 2005.

Because the Reds released Graves, the Mets would be responsible for only a prorated portion of the $300,000 minimum salary.

If Evans is added, he will be paid substantially less than a prorated portion of the $1.2 million base salary he was due to earn.

Clemens will earn about $17.4 million from the Yankees, based on the prorated portion of his salary.

That was the prorated portion of the $350,000 salary his contract called for.

He was scheduled to make $3.5 million this season, and the prorated portion of his $9 million signing bonus brought his salary-cap number to $5 million.

The catch is that the Dolphins can get back the prorated portion of the $5 million if Madison defaults on the contract.

He will have the prorated portion of his $1.5 million salary paid by the Knicks for the rest of the season.

He said he'll repay the Packers the prorated portion of his signing bonus to leave Green Bay.