The New York Mets and Citi Field will play host to the 2013 All-Star Game, according to multiple published reports. The All-Star Game in New York will come just one year after the 2012 All-Star Game is played at Kauffman Stadium.

•METS RETAIN TWO PLAYERS: The Mets avoided arbitration with two players, agreeing with R.A. Dickey, a 36-year-old knuckleballer, to a two-year, $7.8 million contract, and with outfielder Angel Pagan on a one-year, $3.5 million deal.

•KING’S SON SAYS METS’ TALK IS PREMATURE: Martin Luther King Jr.’s oldest son says any discussion of his potential interest in becoming a minority owner of the Mets was hasty and blown out of proportion.

•VOLQUEZ AGREES TO DEAL: Right-hander Edinson Volquez and Cincinnati agreed to a one-year contract worth $1,625,000, avoiding salary arbitration. Volquez, 27, returned from elbow surgery last August and went 4-3 with a 4.31 ERA in 12 starts while making $445,000.

•ROCKIES SIGN RELIEVER BETANCOURT: Rockies reliever Rafael Betancourt, who was scheduled to make $3,775,000 this year, will make $4 million in 2012 under a new contract with Colorado.

•WRIGHT GETS MINOR-LEAGUE DEAL: Seattle signed former Royal Jamey Wright, 36, as a minor-league free agent and invited him to spring training.

•DUCHSCHERER HEADS TO ORIOLES: Baltimore and right-hander Justin Duchscherer reached agreement on a one-year contract, according to a source close to the situation. Duchscherer, 33, pitched in only five games last year for the A’s before having surgery on his left hip.