6:54 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Shortstop Francisco Lindor avoided salary arbitration and agreed Friday to a $17.5 million, one-year contract with the Cleveland Indians, who have so far rejected trade offers for the four-time All-Star. Lindor received the second-largest one-year deal for a player in his second season of arbitration eligibility, only behind
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6:38 PM ET The New York Yankees announced Friday that they have agreed to one-year deals with outfielder Aaron Judge, pitcher James Paxton, catcher Gary Sanchez and several other players, thus avoiding arbitration. Judge’s contract is for $8.5 million, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, up from the $684,300 he made in salary last year. Judge,
6:02 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Noah Syndergaard agreed to a $9.7 million, one-year contract Friday as the New York Mets reached deals with all nine of their players who were eligible for arbitration. Syndergaard is coming off a fairly disappointing 2019 season. He went 10-8 with a 4.28 ERA and 202 strikeouts
5:33 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Trevor Bauer agreed to a $17.5 million, one-year deal with the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, bypassing salary arbitration after the All-Star pitcher had a contentious hearing with Cleveland last offseason. Bauer, acquired from the Indians in July, relished beating Cleveland in arbitration the past two offseasons but complained
1:08 PM ET Outfielder Mookie Betts is getting a one-year, $27 million deal from the Boston Red Sox in a record agreement to avoid arbitration, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. The amount breaks the arbitration record of $26 million, set by Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado last offseason. Outfielder Jackie Bradley
12:52 PM ET Third baseman Kris Bryant and the Chicago Cubs have avoided arbitration, settling on a one-year, $18.6 million deal, a source familiar with the agreement told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. Bryant, whose name had surfaced in trade rumors this offseason, had a .282 batting average with 31 home runs and 77 RBIs
12:08 PM ET Outfielder David Peralta and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in agreement on a three-year, $22 million contract extension, a source familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Peralta, who was set to be a free agent after the 2020 season, will now be under contract through 2022. He hit .275 with 12
9:50 AM ET January 10 is the deadline for 155 arbitration-eligible players and their MLB teams to agree on salaries or exchange desired numbers for 2020. This year, big names including Mookie Betts, Kris Bryant, Javier Baez, Aaron Judge, George Springer and Noah Syndergaard are among those who will either come to a settlement amount
8:00 AM ET In a meeting of the Angels’ new coaching staff the other day, the talk was about the presentation of information to players and the integration of analysis. The first example discussed was something that happened with the best player on the planet. A couple of years ago, Mike Trout approached Dino Ebel,
7:00 AM ET What are the Los Angeles Dodgers up to, or not up to, as the case may be? There has been a lot of rhetoric flying around in Southern California about the inability of the Dodgers to make a free-agent splash this winter or to pull off a blockbuster trade. It’s gotten fairly