12:43 PM ET ESPN News Services The Colorado Rockies signed first baseman C.J. Cron to a minor league contract on Monday. Cron also received an invitation to major league spring training. The Rockies’ addition of the right-hand hitting Cron follows the team’s signing of first baseman Greg Bird, who bats left-handed, last week. Bird also
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7:20 AM ET Spring training has arrived. It might sound cliché, even corny, but for those who love baseball, these are the four best words in the English language: Pitchers and catchers report. Spring training signals that winter and cold weather soon will be gone, and ahead are sunshine, warmth, hope, grass as green as
7:00 AM ET For the breakout prospects portion of this year’s look at the top young players in baseball, I’m looking at prospects ranking below a 45+ future value (FV sums up the total future value of a player into one number). Drawing the line there removes the top 167 prospects in baseball and pinpoints
9:25 PM ET ESPN News Services The Oakland Athletics are bolstering their bullpen, reaching agreement to bring back right-handed reliever Yusmeiro Petit on a one-year deal, and also adding fellow right-hander Sergio Romo, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Petit’s contract is for $2.55 million, while Romo’s one-year deal is for $2.25 million, sources said. Petit,
7:45 AM ET As negotiations between MLB players and owners reached their apex last summer, the union held together strongly, with Max Scherzer and Jack Flaherty and others taking to social media to collectively reflect the group’s insistence on 100% pay. But it seemed even then that inevitably the owners would find ways to offset
10:39 PM ET James Paxton and the Seattle Mariners are in agreement on a one-year, $8.5 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Saturday. The contract includes reachable bonuses that could take its value up to $10 million, sources said. Paxton, 32, returns to the city where he spent the first six years of
8:54 PM ET Third baseman Justin Turner is staying put with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced Saturday on Twitter. Turner’s deal is for two years and more than $30 million, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Lettts gooo run it back @Dodgers fans!!! @vaynersports @vaynerbaseball pic.twitter.com/fRY0pvyWMx — Justin Turner (@redturn2) February 14, 2021 Turner, 36,
5:27 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty and Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Soroka won their salary arbitration cases Saturday, while Tampa Bay Rays reliever Ryan Yarbrough lost his case. Flaherty was awarded a raise from from $604,500 to $3.9 million by arbitrators Howard Edelman, Steven Wolf and Walt
4:13 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a $1.75 million, one-year deal with veteran infielder Asdrubal Cabrera, according to multiple media reports. Cabrera can earn up to $1.05 million in performance bonuses. The deal was first reported by MLB Network. The 35-year-old is a two-time All-Star who was with
3:32 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Matt Harvey will try to revive his career with the Baltimore Orioles. The 31-year-old right-hander agreed Saturday to a minor league contract with the Orioles. He would get a $1 million, one-year contract if added to the 40-man roster, and would have the chance to earn performance bonuses.
1:48 PM ET Associated Press Pitchers Rich Hill and Collin McHugh have agreed to one-year contracts with the Tampa Bay Rays, according to multiple reports. Hill, a 40-year-old left-hander who has pitched for nine others teams over portions of 16 major league seasons, agreed to a deal worth $2.5 million. He is 67-44 with a
1:52 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Outfielder Jay Bruce agreed Saturday to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees and will try to win a job at big league spring training. The 33-year-old has an opportunity as a left-handed bat in a primarily right-handed lineup. The Yankees’ outfield features switch-hitter center
11:39 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Tim Tebow has been invited to big league spring training by the New York Mets, taking one of 75 spots after Major League Baseball limited spring roster sizes as a coronavirus precaution. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner returned to baseball in 2016 for the first time since
9:24 AM ET New York Mets reliever Seth Lugo will have surgery Tuesday to remove a bone spur in his right elbow and will be shut down for at least six weeks, the team announced Saturday. The team said a bone spur had broken off in his elbow, causing inflammation. The Mets determined Lugo would
7:56 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs are bringing back one of their World Series heroes, reaching agreement on a deal with starter Jake Arrieta, a source confirmed with ESPN on Friday. The deal, pending a physical, is expected to be for one year and worth between $6.5 and $7 million, according to the
6:31 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Outfielder Nomar Mazara and the Detroit Tigers finalized a one-year, $1.75 million contract on Friday. Mazara, who turns 26 in April, hit .228 with one home run in 42 games during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. That was his first season with the Chicago White Sox after he spent
2:49 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Free-agent infielder Brock Holt has agreed to a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers that includes an invitation to major league spring training. Holt would get a $1.75 million, one-year contract if added to the 40-man roster. The 32-year-old Texas native would have the opportunity to
2:32 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have acquired infielder Sheldon Neuse and minor league right-hander Gus Varland from the Oakland Athletics on Friday for left-hander Adam Kolarek and minor league outfielder Cody Thomas. Neuse spent last season at Oakland’s alternate site after hitting .250 the previous year for the A’s. Before