5:17 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Yoenis Cespedes‘ salary for 2019 was cut in half and his pay for 2020 significantly reduced as part of a settlement of a grievance between the injured outfielder and the New York Mets. Cespedes agreed to a $110 million, four-year contract in December 2016 but hasn’t
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3:09 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers have signed left-hander Brett Anderson to a one-year contract, the team announced Friday. Anderson will make $5 million in base salary with a chance to earn another $2 million in performance bonuses, sources told ESPN’s Buster Olney. The 31-year-old Anderson just finished his third stint with the Oakland Athletics
12:20 PM ET The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a two-year, $12 million contract with Japanese position player Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The Rays will also pay a posting fee of $2.4 million, the source said. The Tampa Bay Times earlier reported news of the agreement. Tsutsugo hit .272
4:48 PM ET The Red Sox have agreed to a one-year deal with free agent infielder Jose Peraza, according to a report Thursday by Robert Murray. Peraza likely will fill a utility spot for a Boston team that isn’t expected to bring back free agent Brock Holt. The 25-year-old Peraza spent the past four seasons
7:00 AM ET SAN DIEGO — The Boston Red Sox came and left the 2019 winter meetings with the foundation of their roster unchanged. Despite the unending discussions among fans for months about the future of outfielder Mookie Betts, the team’s best player remains slotted in to roam right field at Fenway Park. Despite inquiries
3:22 PM ET Catching up on a few leftover moves from this week’s winter meetings as I fly home … • The Rangers finally tired of waiting for Nomar Mazara, to whom they gave $5 million when they signed him as a 16-year-old in 2011, to convert his promise into production, trading him to the
3:11 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to a one-year contract for $5,125,000 with pitcher Corey Knebel, who is returning from Tommy John surgery. A 28-year-old right-hander, Knebel hurt his elbow during spring training and had surgery April 3. He had been eligible for salary arbitration and will have the
2:30 PM ET Former San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy will manage France in its qualifiers next year for the World Baseball Classic. France has never qualified for the World Baseball Classic, which will be held next in 2021. Bochy, who retired as the Giants’ manager after the 2019 season, was born in 1955 in
1:08 PM ET Catcher Austin Romine has agreed to a one-year contract worth just over $4 million with the Detroit Tigers, a source told ESPN’s Buster Olney on Thursday. Romine is expected to compete with Grayson Greiner in spring training for the team’s starting catching job. Romine, 31, had a career year at the plate
1:01 PM ET The Detroit Tigers selected right-hander Rony Garcia with the No. 1 pick in the major league portion of the Rule 5 draft Thursday at baseball’s winter meetings in San Diego. Eleven players were selected, with only the Baltimore Orioles making multiple selections. The Houston Astros had the most players selected out of