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.
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?
11:22 AM ET Associated Press BRUSSELS — Kim Clijsters plans to make her delayed comeback to tennis at the Monterrey Open in March, more than seven years after her second retirement. Clijsters said on Monday she accepted wild cards into the Mexican hard-court event which begins on March 2, followed by Indian Wells from March
10:29 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — After reaching his first Grand Slam semifinals at the Australian Open this year, Lucas Pouille will not be back in Melbourne next month. Pouille announced on Twitter on Monday he will miss the first tennis major of 2020, plus the inaugural ATP Cup in Australia and the Adelaide
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
5:54 AM ET Charles Leclerc will be a Ferrari driver for the next five years after signing a contract extension keeping him at the team until the end of the 2024 season. Leclerc joined Ferrari as a race driver in 2019 but has been a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy since his championship-winning GP3
8:21 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — UCF hit its greatest heights over the past two seasons with an undersized, under-recruited quarterback from Hawaii. To reach them once again, UCF has turned to an undersized, under-recruited quarterback from Hawaii. How a school in the middle of the most fertile recruiting area in the country went a