10:48 PM ET Non-tender night has become an increasingly interesting spot on the baseball calendar, as teams increasingly decline to offer contracts to viable and sometimes quite productive major league players who are not so productive that their current teams are willing to pay them what they might earn via the arbitration process. The Baltimore
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8:33 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers did not tender a contract to infielder Travis Shaw on Monday, making him a free agent. Shaw had put together two impressive seasons for the Brewers after they acquired him three years ago from the Red Sox in a multiplayer deal that sent reliever Tyler Thornburg to Boston. 1
7:49 PM ET Reliever Blake Treinen has been non-tendered by the Oakland A’s, making him a free agent. Treinen, 31, struggled in 2019 after a strong 2018 campaign that ended with him tied for sixth in AL Cy Young award voting. Treinen had a 4.91 ERA in 58.2 innings pitched last season. He was 9-2
7:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders met Monday with baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to discuss MLB’s proposal that would drop 42 minor league teams from their leagues after the 2020 season. MLB is negotiating a new agreement with the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, the governing body
7:00 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs tendered contracts for the 2020 season to six arbitration-eligible players but non-tendered infielder Addison Russell on Monday. Russell, 25, becomes a free agent after five years with the team, his final two seasons marked by controversy. The second baseman/shortstop was suspended for 40 games near the end
7:00 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs tendered contracts for the 2020 season to six arbitration eligible players but non-tendered infielder Addison Russell. Russell, 25, becomes a free agent after five years with the team, his final two seasons marked by controversy. The second baseman/shortstop was suspended for 40 games near the end of
6:37 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Mariners did not offer 2020 contracts to infielder Tim Beckham and outfielder Domingo Santana on Monday, making them free agents. Beckham, who turns 30 in January, was suspended 80 games in August after testing positive for the banned performance-enhancing drug Stanozolol and missed Seattle’s final 48 games.
6:17 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — The perennially thrifty Miami Marlins opened their purse strings Monday and added some speed and power to an offense that ranked last in the National League in runs and homers this year. Miami acquired infielder Jonathan Villar from the Baltimore Orioles for minor league left-hander Easton Lucas.
10:00 PM ET The Cincinnati Reds finished 12th in the National League in on-base percentage (OBP) in 2019, ahead of two teams in strong pitchers’ parks and the underpowered Miami Marlins. So of course, the Reds just committed four years to a 31-year-old hitter without a position who has posted a .320 or better OBP
4:20 PM ET Catcher James McCann and the Chicago White Sox have agreed on a one-year, $5.4 million contract, the team announced Monday. Last offseason, McCann was nontendered by Detroit, then signed with Chicago. He ended up setting career highs in batting average (.273), home runs (18) and RBIs (60) in 118 games. The 29-year-old