5:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-hander Chris Archer and the Tampa Bay Rays are in agreement on a one-year, $6.5 million deal, pending a physical, sources tell ESPN’s Jeff Passan. With the move, Archer, 32, is returning to the organization where he debuted and found his greatest success. Archer had been a disappointment since

9:30 PM ET Former New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway sent unsolicited messages and photos, among other inappropriate and harassing behavior, five women who work in sports media told The Athletic in a report published Monday evening. Callaway, who is currently the Los Angeles Angels‘ pitching coach, “aggressively pursued” the women through messages and in

9:58 PM ET The Major League Baseball Players Association rejected Major League Baseball’s proposal to delay the 2021 regular season until April, the union announced Monday night. MLB proposed pushing back the start of spring training to late March, with a 154-game regular season slated to start in late April. Players would be paid their

Jan 30, 2021 ESPN News Services Carlos Rodon is returning to the Chicago White Sox after the team reached a one-year, $3 million deal with the left-hander. The White Sox officially announced the move on Monday. Rodon, who was selected by the White Sox with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2014 amateur draft,

11:27 AM ET Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who hasn’t played since 2019 because of a knee injury suffered two seasons earlier, announced his retirement Monday. The 37-year-old Pedroia, a four-time All-Star who was named American Rookie of the Year in 2007 and AL MVP in 2008, played his entire 17-season professional career

6:27 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Major League Baseball Players Association is mulling over a proposal by MLB to delay the start of the 2021 season, and if the union does not provide a counteroffer early next

7:45 AM ET With the benefit of 20-20 hindsight, Major League Baseball’s 2020 season was a pro sports version of “The Great Escape,” with the whole plan constantly on the verge of being destroyed. At the outset of the summer camp, the National Leaguer who would go on to win the MVP award, Freddie Freeman,

5:19 PM ET The Chicago Cubs are in agreement with former Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Trevor Williams on a one-year deal, sources told ESPN on Saturday. The Cubs, who also agreed to a one-year deal with right-hander Kohl Stewart this week, are looking to bolster a pitching staff that lost Jon Lester, Yu Darvish, Tyler Chatwood

7:45 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Former Major League Baseball pitcher Scott Erickson has been charged with reckless driving in connection to a hit-and-run in Southern California that killed two boys last year. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office said Erickson, 52, was charged Wednesday with one misdemeanor count of reckless driving.

11:45 AM ET ESPN News Services Didi Gregorius is returning to the Philadelphia Phillies after the free-agent shortstop agreed to a two-year, $28 million deal with the team, a source confirmed to ESPN on Saturday. In another move, the Phillies are trading shortstop Kyle Holder to the Cincinnati Reds, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Gregorius,