8:06 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Hyun-Jin Ryu is the ace the Toronto Blue Jays needed to pair with a lineup flush with “baseball royalty.” That’s the view agent Scott Boras has of the deal that brought the Korean left-hander north of the border. Ryu agreed to join the Jays last weekend, with
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8:52 PM ET Slugger Edwin Encarnacion and the Chicago White Sox are in agreement on a one-year deal for $12 million with a club option for 2021 at $12 million, sources told ESPN. The deal was first reported by Dominican journalist Yancen Pujols. 2 Related The 36-year-old Encarnacion batted .244 in 109 games last season
7:00 AM ET The decade is just about over, though it’s been in the books for baseball for weeks, ever since the Nationals finished off the Astros in Game 7 of the World Series back on Oct. 30. That’s given us plenty of time to produce All-Decade teams and such, which is always fun to
1:41 PM ET The New York Mets have reached a one-year deal with right-handed reliever Dellin Betances, sources confirmed to ESPN. The deal is worth $10.5 million, but Betances could earn $13 million if he appears in 70 games. There is a player option in 2021 and a vesting player option for 2022, sources told
Dec 24, 2019 Outfielder Kole Calhoun and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a two year contract with a third-year team option. Financial terms were not disclosed but the two-year deal is worth $16 million deal and the option is worth $9 million, sources told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. Calhoun, 32, who became a free
12:37 PM ET Outfielder Kole Calhoun and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in agreement on a two-year, $16 million deal with a third-year team option for $9 million, sources told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. Calhoun, 32, who became a free agent for the first time when the Los Angeles Angels declined to exercise his 2020 contract
7:00 AM ET Last week, Gerrit Cole, Stephen Strasburg and Anthony Rendon agreed to free-agent deals worth a combined $814 million. Yes, baseball has come a long way from the first free-agent class in the 1976-77 offseason, when an infielder named Paul Dade signed with the Cleveland Indians and, Sports Illustrated later reported, figured he
4:07 PM ET Free-agent pitcher Rich Hill and his wife were arrested and fined over an altercation with police at Saturday’s Buffalo Bills–New England Patriots game, Foxborough Police told The Boston Globe. Caitlin Hill repeatedly tried to enter Gillette Stadium with an oversized bag, Foxborough Police chief administrator Robert Bolger told the newspaper. She was
1:03 PM ET Free-agent catcher Francisco Cervelli has agreed to a one-year, $2 million contract with the Miami Marlins, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. The move reunites Cervelli with former New York Yankees teammate Derek Jeter, the Marlins’ CEO and part owner, and Miami special adviser Jorge Posada, whom he considers a mentor.