11:32 AM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball will start testing for opioids and cocaine, but only players who do not cooperate with their treatment plans will be subject to discipline. Marijuana will be removed from the list of drugs of abuse and will be treated the same as alcohol as part of changes
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11:22 AM ET ESPN News Services Free-agent outfielder Brett Gardner, the New York Yankees‘ longest-tenured player, will remain with the team after reaching a one-year, $12.5 million deal, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Buster Olney on Thursday. The deal breaks down with Gardner getting a $2 million signing bonus and an $8 million salary for
9:31 AM ET Former Boston Red Sox right-hander Rick Porcello has agreed to a one-year, $10 million deal with the New York Mets, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. Porcello, who turns 31 on Dec. 27, had multiyear offers but preferred a one-year deal, according to reports. A ground ball pitcher who relies on
7:05 AM ET This year’s winter meetings wind down having delivered a historic explosion of expenditures. With contenders having paid top dollar, we asked Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez, Jesse Rogers and David Schoenfield for their takeaways from the industry-shaking events in San Diego. Where would you rank the Yankees’ midnight (ET) addition of Gerrit Cole
2:23 AM ET I wrote Tuesday night that the Angels should take the pile of cash they’d set aside for Gerrit Cole and give it to Anthony Rendon instead. They did so Wednesday, and arguably got a better deal for their money, although it doesn’t solve their most glaring deficiency, starting pitching. Rendon does make
6:55 AM ET SAN DIEGO — The third-base dominoes began to fall around baseball when Anthony Rendon signed his mega-deal with the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. It means a market that Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo called “active” can really take off. The end result might be a shocking trade of former MVP
11:25 PM ET SAN DIEGO — It was nearly a decade ago that the Los Angeles Angels missed out on the third baseman they so desperately coveted. Their owner, Arte Moreno, made a strong push for Adrian Beltre following the 2010 season, only to see him choose the division-rival Texas Rangers instead. It proved to
10:40 PM ET Third baseman Anthony Rendon has agreed to a seven-year, $245 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels, sources tell ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Having fallen short in their bid to sign Gerrit Cole, the Angels wasted little time in turning their sights toward Rendon. Rendon, 29, was widely considered the top offensive free
10:10 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Meeting with Gerrit Cole and the pitcher’s wife for the first time last week at the Fashion Island Hotel in Newport Beach, Brian Cashman tossed out a literary reference that prompted laughter. “You’re my white whale,” the New York Yankees general manager said he told Cole. “He
6:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-hander Blake Treinen and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a one-year, $10 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Wednesday. Treinen had multiple offers in that range and chose the Dodgers. Treinen posted a 0.78 ERA in 2018, but that number ballooned to 4.91 in 2019.