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The Baltimore Orioles appear to have tough decisions ahead. According to CBS Jon Heyman, their plans for the future could include designated hitter/outfielder Nelson Cruz, but outfielder Nick Markakis future is less certain. In a column posted prior to the Orioles playoff elimination at the hands of the Kansas City Royals on Friday, Heyman wrote that the team was likely to extend a qualifying offer to the pending-free-agent Cruz, while exercising a buyout on Markakis 2015 option. Qualifying Cruz will cost the Orioles $15.3 million. Cruz, signed to a one-year deal prior to the 2014 season for $8 million, enjoyed a standout season with the American league East champions. The 34-year-old bounced back from a 2013 campaign that was marred by a 50-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs to post career highs in home runs (40) runs batted-in (108) and runs scored (87). He won the AL home run crown for the first time in his career. Markakis, meanwhile, will receive a $2 million buyout. He has an option worth $17.5 million, but the team is reportedly loath to pay such a high price. A career Oriole, Markakis had a down year with the team, hitting .276 and hitting just 14 home runs for a career-low 50 RBI. Markakis has spent nine seasons with Baltimore, posting a career average of .290 and twice eclipsing the 100-RBI plateau. Heyman added that Markakis has been a favorite of owner Peter Angelos (and others in the organization) so a return, at a lower rate, wouldnt be a surprise. Markakis signed his current deal prior to the 2009 season. The six-year, $66.1 million extension means that the Orioles would have to pick up the option to not risk the 30-year-old having the ability to test free agent waters. Mike Modano Stars Jersey .J. -- Jaromir Jagr has hit so many NHL milestones this season for the New Jersey Devils that he is starting to downplay them. Alexander Radulov Jersey .The ruling takes effect on Jan. 1 and stems from the debate surrounding Paralympic champion Markus Rehm, an amputee who won the national long jump title competing with a carbon-fiber prosthesis. http://www.thedallasstarshockey.com/jamie-benn-hockey-jersey/ . Though the 26-year-old said he was able to participate, coach Dwane Casey kept Johnson out as a precaution. Miro Heiskanen Stars Jersey . Hawkins severely sprained his left ankle while making a diving catch during training camp and went on injured reserve with a designation he could return midway through the season. He was back at practice Wednesday. Custom Dallas Stars Jerseys . He still wanted out. "It just seemed like the direction they were going didnt fit what I thought my career was going to be," Kesler said. "At the end of the day I want to win a championship and I want to win it now, and four years is a little too long for me.MUNICH - Bayern Munich is giving Denmark defender Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg a three-year contract extension and sending him on loan to Bundesliga rival Augsburg for the rest of this season.Bayern director of sport Matthias Sammer said Thursday that the Bundesliga champion willl extend the 19-year-old Hojbjergs contract until 2018 as a clear sign that Bayern is counting on him in the future.ddddddddddddHe says that loaning the player to Augsburg is a good way to give him more playing time before he returns to the club in July. ' ' '