2:31 PM ET ESPN News Services Outfielder Starling Marte was traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday for two prospects and $250,000 in international signing bonus pool money. Marte, 31, has spent his entire eight-year career with the Pirates. He has a career .287 batting average with 108 homers, 420 RBIs
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10:14 AM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun acknowledges the possibility this might be his final season. “There’s at least a chance this is my last fan fest as a player,” the 36-year-old said Sunday during the Brewers’ annual winter fan festival and convention. “You definitely get a little nostalgic and
9:30 AM ET ESPN News Services The Cincinnati Reds have continued their busy offseason, matching their biggest free-agent contract in team history by agreeing to a four-year, $64 million deal with outfielder Nick Castellanos, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Monday. The deal has an opt-out clause after the first season, sources said. Castellanos,
9:30 AM ET ESPN News Services The Cincinnati Reds continued their busy offseason, matching the biggest free-agent contract in team history by agreeing to a four-year, $64 million deal with outfielder Nick Castellanos, the team announced Monday. The deal allows Castellanos to opt out and become a free agent after the 2020 or 2021 seasons.
7:22 AM ET Just as 2019 was a record-setting season for home runs (6,776), it also set a new standard for strikeouts (42,823). Amid all that whiffing, both CC Sabathia and Justin Verlander notched their 3,000th career strikeouts, becoming the 17th and 18th pitchers in baseball history to reach the milestone, with Sabathia becoming just
6:42 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — John Altobelli, a highly successful baseball coach at Orange Coast College, was among the victims of the helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant on Sunday morning. Altobelli died alongside his wife, Keri, and his 13-year-old daughter, Alyssa, the family confirmed to ESPN. The three were traveling
12:00 PM ET Once the Houston Astros gather in spring training and begin their preparations for the 2020 season, it seems inevitable that this group of competitive professionals will eventually and reflexively rally around a mantra of “We’ll show you.” You don’t think we were the best team in baseball in 2017? We’ll show you.
12:10 PM ET With Josh Donaldson off to the Minnesota Twins on a four-year deal, the Atlanta Braves had a huge hole in the middle of their lineup, prompting the short-term investment in Marcell Ozuna on a one-year, $18 million deal. Ozuna will be the left fielder, with Ronald Acuna Jr. likely to split time
10:43 PM ET Right-handed reliever Brandon Kintzler has agreed to a one-year, $3 million deal with the Miami Marlins, according to a source familiar with the situation. The deal includes a $4 million option for 2021 or a $250,000 buyout, a source said. Kintzler, 35, is coming off one of the best years of his
9:11 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — There was left-hander Kyle Freeland discussing his new, pause-free delivery. And there was shortstop Trevor Story hinting at agreeing to a $27.5 million, two-year deal that he really wasn’t at liberty to discuss because it’s not official yet. But there was no Nolan Arenado. And there was no