12:54 PM ET ESPN News Services Second baseman Cesar Hernandez and the Cleveland Indians have agreed to a one-year, $6.25 million contract, sources familiar with the agreement told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Hernandez, 29, became a free agent when he wasn’t tendered a contract by the Philadelphia Phillies after a season in which he hit .279

3:00 PM ET There are a lot of people who make their living in baseball who don’t like how their product has evolved. After a club executive explains his team’s rationale for making a move, making a sound argument based on value, I’ve sometimes asked: Do you like to watch your game, as a fan?

6:30 AM ET Picking a 2010s all-decade team is fun, and everyone has been doing that. You know what’s even more fun? Picking an all-decade team for every decade since 1900! What goes into an all-decade team? It’s some amorphous mix of decade-long value, peak-level dominance and iconic status. Some might factor in postseason performance

9:50 AM ET After rediscovering himself in Japan, right-hander Pierce Johnson has reached an agreement with the San Diego Padres on a two-year, $5 million deal with a club option for a third year, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Johnson, 28, struggled in the big leagues in his previous stint. The 2012 first-round pick by

11:26 PM ET Left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu and the Toronto Blue Jays are in agreement on a four-year, $80 million contract, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. A severe groin injury robbed Ryu of 15 weeks in 2018, but he stayed healthy throughout 2019 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and was among the

10:29 AM ET Travis Shaw and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a one-year, $4 million contract, a source confirmed to ESPN. The source said the deal includes $675,000 in performance bonuses. The deal ends up creating a swap of infielders between the Blue Jays and Milwaukee Brewers, who signed Justin Smoak to a

10:30 PM ET We all know the recent history of the Chicago White Sox is uglier than those collared uniforms they wore in the late 1970s: Seven consecutive losing MLB seasons, one of four teams in the 2010s not to make a postseason appearance and no playoff series victories since they won the World Series

7:55 PM ET Left-hander Dallas Keuchel and the Chicago White Sox are in agreement on a three-year, $55.5 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The agreement includes a vesting fourth-year option worth $18.5 million, sources said. The White Sox have been one of the most active teams this winter as they continue to make

7:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Computer plate umpires could be called up to the major leagues at some point during the next five seasons. Umpires agreed to cooperate with Major League Baseball in the development and testing of an automated ball-strike system as part of a five-year labor contract announced Saturday, two

11:59 AM ET The Detroit Tigers on Saturday reached one-year deals with free-agent infielders Jonathan Schoop and C.J. Cron, who both played for the AL Central rival Minnesota Twins last season. Both deals were for $6.1 million, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Schoop, a second baseman, and Cron, a first baseman, both were key