1.  Defensive tackles Travis Hall and Shane Dronett have had their contracts restructured to create cap room.

2.  Deferred contracts also plunged, with the March 1997 contract falling 6.50 cents to settle at $3.685 a bushel.

3.  Deferred contracts also plunged, with the March 1997 contract falling as much as 8 cents to $3.67 a bushel.

4.  Dennis Eckersley became the first free agent to agree to a new contract, re-signing Monday with the Oakland Athletics.

5.  DeNucci's 30-day deadline to act on the contracts is Sunday, but aides said he plans to announce his decision today.

6.  Cubs manager Jim Riggleman and general manager Ed Lynch had their contracts picked up for 1999.

7.  Derbyshire Machine and Tool Co. in Philadelphia won a $27,000 contract from the Navy in Mechanicsburg for valves.

8.  Derbyshire Machine and Tool Co. in Philadelphia won a $29,485 contract from the Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio, for sediment strainers.

9.  Derbyshire Machine and Tool Co. of Philadelphia won a $248,821 contract from the U.S. Navy in Mechanicsburg for firefighting, rescue and safety equipment.

10.  Derbyshire Machine and Tool Co. of Philadelphia won a $45,000 contract from the Naval Inventory Control Point in Mechanicsburg, Pa., for globe valves.