1:57 PM ET Right-hander Junior Guerra has reached agreement with the Arizona Diamondbacks on a one-year contract that includes a club option, sources confirmed to ESPN. Guerra had a 3.55 ERA with 77 strikeouts and 36 walks in 83 2/3 innings over 72 appearances for the Milwaukee Brewers last season. He was among the players
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10:31 AM ET The Milwaukee Brewers have signed outfielder Keon Broxton to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league training camp. Broxton returns to Milwaukee after playing for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners and New York Mets in 2019. His nomadic year began with a trade from the Brewers to the Mets
8:00 AM ET That Harold Baines is now one of the more pivotal figures in the history of the Hall of Fame voting is beyond improbable, because he would never, ever advocate for himself, publicly or privately. Baines is reserved and polite, a man who would have continued to live with the utmost dignity in
4:48 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals signed former All-Star reliever Trevor Rosenthal to a $2 million minor league contract that includes an invitation to big league spring training and up to $2.25 million in bonuses if he makes the major league roster. The 29-year-old Rosenthal was dismal with
6:38 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs and reliever Dan Winkler agreed Friday to a one-year contract that pays $750,000 in the majors. The 29-year-old right-hander is 8-2 with two saves and a 3.68 ERA in 117 relief appearances over five seasons with Atlanta. He was 3-1 with a 4.98 ERA in
7:00 AM ET Baseball’s winter meetings are underway in San Diego, beginning Monday and continuing through Thursday’s Rule 5 draft. With big-name free agents such as Gerrit Cole, Anthony Rendon and Stephen Strasburg narrowing their lists of potential landing spots and stars including Mookie Betts, Francisco Lindor and Kris Bryant reportedly on the trade block
11:31 AM ET ESPN News Services STAMFORD, Conn. — While Brian Cashman was descending the Landmark Building on Friday in preparation for a holiday celebration this weekend, the New York Yankees general manager came across a message taped to a 10th-floor window from a fan: Please sign Gerrit Cole. Cashman confirmed he met with Cole
10:46 AM ET Tampa Bay Rays left-hander and former Cy Young winner Blake Snell had an immediate and strong reaction when he apparently learned about his team’s reported trade of outfielder Tommy Pham to the San Diego Padres. “We gave Pham up for Renfroe and a damn slapd— prospect?” Snell said during a Twitch stream
10:04 AM ET Howie Kendrick, who capped the Nationals’ improbable run to their first World Series title last season with a Game 7 home run, has reached an agreement on a one-year, $6.25 million deal to return to Washington, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. Steady-handed, versatile and battle-tested, Kendrick came through at
10:03 AM ET The Padres and Rays lined up yet again on a trade Thursday night, with the Rays sending Tommy Pham, whom they acquired less than 18 months ago for three prospects, to the West Coast in a deal that nets them one of San Diego’s top prospects. It’s a heavy price for the