4:21 PM ET ESPN News Services Former Cy Young pitcher Zack Greinke has agreed to a one-year, $13 million deal with the Kansas City Royals, sources confirm to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The New York Post’s Joel Sherman was first to report the terms of the one-year deal. Greinke is a six-time All-Star who earned six
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4:05 PM ET The reality of the Yankees being the highest-spending baseball team in New York City went out the window when Steve Cohen bought the Mets, but despite pressure from fans, Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner says he won’t cave to spend money to keep up with his crosstown rivals. “I think everybody
3:48 PM ET Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. — Baltimore Orioles rookie catcher Adley Rutschman has a strained right triceps and probably won’t be ready to start the season. Rutschman, the top prospect in minor league baseball and the overall top draft pick in 2019, suffered the injury last Friday in a minor league intrasquad game.
2:29 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Kansas City Royals traded left-hander Mike Minor to the Cincinnati Reds for left-hander Amir Garrett on Wednesday. Cincinnati would get $500,000 from the Royals if Minor’s mutual option for 2023 is declined, covering half the cost of the buyout. The 29-year-old Garrett was 0-4 with a
12:00 PM ET The trade: The Blue Jays acquire 3B Matt Chapman from the Athletics for SS Kevin Smith, RHP Gunnar Hoglund, LHP Zach Logue and LHP Kirby Snead The last the time the Blue Jays acquired a third baseman from the A’s, it worked out pretty well: Josh Donaldson came over in 2015 and
1:20 PM ET Sometimes the measure of a move is almost as much about the size of the hole you’ve filled as it is the person you’ve chosen to fill it. So it is for the Philadelphia Phillies, who on Wednesday morning agreed to a reported four-year, $79 million deal with free-agent slugger Kyle Schwarber.
Mar 16, 2022 The Chicago Cubs made their first major move of the spring free-agent frenzy, bringing in outfielder Seiya Suzuki. The five-year, $85 million deal carries the highest salary for a Japanese position player coming to Major League Baseball and the second-largest behind pitcher Masahiro Tanaka’s $155 million contract with the New York Yankees
10:01 AM ET Boston Red Sox ace left-hander Chris Sale has a stress fracture in his rib cage and will miss the start of the regular season. Red Sox general manager Chaim Bloom announced the injury Wednesday, saying it will be “weeks, not days” before Sale can resume throwing. Sale, who turns 33 on March
9:54 AM ET ESPN News Services Kyle Schwarber has found a new home with the Philadelphia Phillies. The slugger has agreed to sign with Philadelphia, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Schwarber’s reputation soared in 2021 as he produced in a big way after being non-tendered a contract by the Chicago Cubs before the season.
9:38 AM ET The Oakland Athletics have traded away another former All-Star, sending third baseman Matt Chapman to the Toronto Blue Jays for minor league prospects, according to multiple reports. Chapman, 28, is a three-time Gold Glove winner (2018, 2019 and 2021) and was an All-Star in 2019. He has spent all of his five