9:28 PM ET Associated Press PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and five players from the World Series champion Atlanta Braves are headed toward salary arbitration hearings that will occur during the regular season after they failed to reach contracts and exchanged figures with their teams. Judge can become a free
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10:30 PM ET ESPN News Services PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — In his first start since last summer, New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom had some butterflies during his Grapefruit League debut. But he certainly looked healthy. “I was nervous, to be honest with you,” deGrom said after firing two innings of one-hit ball Tuesday
8:53 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — It was a Tuesday in late March, a time when spring training is normally winding down, so the crowd at Camelback Ranch was noticeably sparse for Freddie Freeman‘s debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday afternoon. A “Fre-ddie!” chant materialized nonetheless, filling the Dodgers’ spring training complex with
7:36 PM ET Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have agreed to rule tweaks that will expand rosters, place an automatic runner on second base during extra innings and allow pitchers to remain in the lineup after they have been replaced on the mound, an industry source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The
5:52 PM ET First baseman Pete Alonso and the New York Mets are in agreement on a one-year, $7.4 million contract to avoid arbitration, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Alonso, 27, is coming off a season in which he led the Mets in every major batting category: hits (147), home runs
5:37 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. won’t see game action in spring training, even as a designated hitter, as it becomes increasingly likely he will miss at least the first month of the regular season. “No. You won’t see him in a spring game,” manager Brian
1:56 PM ET Associated Press GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Cincinnati Reds shortstop José Barrero needs hand surgery and will be sidelined for about six weeks, manager David Bell said Tuesday. Seen as the Reds’ shortstop of the future, the 23-year-old Barrero was scheduled to have hook hamate surgery Tuesday in Scottsdale, Arizona. Kyle Farmer is the
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12:31 PM ET Third baseman Matt Chapman and the Toronto Blue Jays are in agreement on a two-year, $25 million contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Tuesday. Chapman is set to hit free agency following the 2023 season, so this deal with the Blue Jays buys out his final two years of arbitration.
7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” With nearly all of the top MLB free agents signed, the clearest takeaway from this winter is that not even a 99-day lockout could preclude the most lucrative offseason in baseball history.