SPRING TRAINING ROUNDUP Twins list Radke for start against Indians in opener

Mark Buehrle will start the White Sox' opener in Kansas City.
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Minnesota said Brad Radke will start its opener against Cleveland on April 5, and the Chicago White Sox said Mark Buehrle will start their first game at Kansas City the same day.
Esteban Loaiza passed on the chance to start the opener for the White Sox to repay a favor to Buehrle, who gave up his final start last season for Loaiza.
Buehrle, who will start his third straight opener, gave up his final turn last year so Loaiza could try to join Fernando Valenzuela as the only Mexican-born pitchers to win 21 games. Buehrle gave up a chance to reach 15 wins for the third straight season.
"It was a classy move what Esteban did, he remembered what I did for him last season," Buehrle said.
Loaiza beat Kansas City, finishing 21-9 with a 2.90 ERA, and placed second in voting for the AL Cy Young Award. Buehrle went 14-14 with a 4.14 ERA.
Gagne, Dodgers begin
At Vero Beach, Fla., NL Cy Young Award winner Eric Gagne started workouts with the Los Angeles Dodgers, fresh off his loss in salary arbitration.
Gagne will make $5 million this season after going 2-3 with a 1.20 ERA and converting all 55 save opportunities last year. He asked for $8 million.
"Arbitration's never fun," Gagne said. "I've never heard anybody say, 'I had a lot of fun at an arbitration hearing.' Nobody likes to go to arbitration, but it's over with. We just have to go on and think about winning games."
World champions open camp
In Jupiter, Fla., the World Series champion Florida Marlins went through their first workouts.
"I think the guys are motivated," manager Jack McKeon said. "They realize all the good things that happened and the reason they came about. I think what we did in the playoffs will have a big carry-over effect. Confidence won't be a problem. But the other clubs will have something to say about it, too."
Contract extension
Eli Marrero and the Atlanta Braves agreed to a contract extension through the 2005 season.
The catcher/outfielder, obtained from St. Louis in December, would have been eligible for free agency after the season. The deal worth could be worth as much as about $6.8 million over two years.