11:40 AM ET The Chicago White Sox have agreed to a three-year, $50 million contract with Jose Abreu, the team announced Friday. Abreu, who made his third All-Star team in six seasons with the White Sox, led the American League with 123 RBIs in 2019 while batting .284 with 33 home runs. “This is a
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Nov 22, 2019 How do you know when a team has toggled away from rebuild mode? The answer to that isn’t always as easy to pinpoint as you might think. But one probable indicator is that when a team signs a 31-year-old catcher to a four-year, $73 million contract, that team thinks it’s ready to
3:44 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Greg Johnson was approved by the major league clubs as the new controlling owner of the San Francisco Giants. Following the decision Thursday at the owners meetings in Arlington, Texas, Giants president and CEO Larry Baer will still represent the club at the meetings, along with Johnson
3:31 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Major League Baseball has widened its investigation of alleged sign stealing by the Houston Astros and will probe activity by the team over the past three seasons. After the conclusion of owners meetings Thursday, baseball Commissioner Manfred said MLB will “investigate the Astros situation as thoroughly as
7:19 AM ET The final image we have of Gerrit Cole’s tenure with the Houston Astros was after Game 7 of the World Series, when he was wearing a Scott Boras Corporation cap instead of drinking champagne during a victory celebration. Still, it was a wonderful two seasons in Houston for Cole, as he shed
1:01 PM ET The White Sox have been saying for two years that they were ready to spend, finishing as the runner-up in a few of the free-agent sweepstakes last winter, but this winter seemed like the best opportunity for the team to add some significant talent from outside the organization. Enough of their prospects
12:08 PM ET The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on a four-year, $73 million contract with free agent catcher Yasmani Grandal, the team announced Thursday. It is the biggest contract in the history of the White Sox franchise. The 31-year-old Grandal will receive $18.25 million per season through 2023. “He’s such a quality
10:00 AM ET Midway through the 2019 season, a member of the New York Yankees organization assessed the laundry list of injured players, providing updates on rehabilitation schedules, the latest baseball activities for those ailing, and possible timelines for their respective returns to the lineup. When I brought up Jacoby Ellsbury, the response was an
8:30 PM ET The Jacoby Ellsbury and Greg Bird eras in New York are officially over. The Yankees on Wednesday gave up on Ellsbury, cutting the oft-injured outfielder with more than $26 million left in his $153 million, seven-year contract. Ellsbury, who has not played since 2017, was released to clear a 40-man roster spot
9:00 AM ET Time is running out for San Diego Padres chairman Ron Fowler and the folks who work for him, and we know this because Fowler says so. We can speculate about 2020 being a win-now season for the Mets and Phillies, but Fowler himself has already declared next season and the year that