12:23 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — First baseman Luke Voit was traded from the New York Yankees to the San Diego Padres on Friday, a day after New York completed a two-year contract with Anthony Rizzo. New York received 20-year-old right-hander Justin Lange, the 34th pick in the 2020 amateur draft. Voit, a

6:21 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer will miss the start of the season after his administrative leave was extended through April 16 on Thursday by Major League Baseball and the players’ association. He was placed on seven days’ paid leave last July 2 under the union

6:04 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — As vibes go, the feeling inside the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ clubhouse went to another level Thursday. The addition of former MVP Freddie Freeman, who sources said agreed to a six-year, $162 million deal with the team Wednesday night, was the talk of the room as players reported for spring

12:15 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty will seek a second medical opinion on his ailing pitching shoulder. Flaherty underwent imaging tests on his right shoulder Tuesday. He has not thrown off a mound since spring training opened. “It would be nice to know what’s going on with

12:12 AM ET Freddie Freeman has agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers on a six-year, $162 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel on Wednesday night. Freeman, 32, reached free agency for the first time in his career after helping the Atlanta Braves win their first World Series since 1995

6:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Third baseman Kris Bryant and the Colorado Rockies are in agreement on a seven-year, $182 million contract, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Bryant is headed to his third team in eight months after spending his first six major league seasons with the Chicago Cubs, who traded him to

12:45 PM ET The Chicago Cubs made their first major move of the spring free-agent frenzy, bringing in outfielder Seiya Suzuki. The five-year, $85 million deal carries the highest salary for a Japanese position player coming to Major League Baseball and the second-largest behind pitcher Masahiro Tanaka’s $155 million contract with the New York Yankees

11:16 PM ET First baseman Anthony Rizzo, who finished last season with the Yankees after a trade from the Chicago Cubs, agreed to a multi-year contract Tuesday night to return to New York, pending a physical, a source told ESPN’s Jesse Rogers. The contract for is two years and $32 million with an opt-out clause

7:28 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Baseball had seen nothing like Shohei Ohtani‘s unanimous AL MVP season in more than a century. With the new season arriving quickly for his Los Angeles Angels, Ohtani is eager to make more history. “I feel like I can’t be doing the same thing as last year,

10:58 AM ET Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. continues to be sidelined by a flexor tendon problem that he said was exacerbated during the lockout, when he couldn’t be in touch with team trainers. “I was experiencing just a not fully 100-percent-type of feeling,” McCullers told reporters at the team’s spring training site in