10:34 PM ET Third baseman Alex Bregman has agreed to a six-year, $100 million contract extension with the Houston Astros, a source confirmed to ESPN. Alex Bregman AL Ranks in 2018 XBH 83 2nd OBP .394 4th RBI 103 T-5th TB 316 T-5th >>Finished 5th in AL MVP voting Bregman, 24, is coming off an
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11:54 AM ET The Houston Astros have signed right-handed reliever Ryan Pressly to a two-year contract extension through the 2021 season, the team announced Wednesday. The deal, which buys out two years of free agency, is worth $17.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. It also includes a vesting option for the 2022 season.
10:20 PM ET The Houston Astros and right-handed reliever Ryan Pressly have agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension worth $17.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal will buy out two years of free agency for Pressly, whom the Astros acquired in July from the Minnesota Twins for two prospects: right-hander
7:41 PM ET The San Francisco district attorney’s office will not file criminal charges against Giants CEO Larry Baer after an altercation earlier this month between Baer and his wife was caught on video. “After a careful review of the relevant evidence, including multiple videos, statements from several witnesses and the parties themselves, the evidence
7:52 PM ET MESA, Ariz. — Chicago Cubs starter Yu Darvish left his spring start on Tuesday with a blister on his right ring finger, but he believes it won’t set him back for the start of the regular season. “I felt pain right after I threw it but now I don’t feel any,” Darvish
6:58 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is lifting restrictions on which players can be sent to the Arizona Fall League and moving up the season by nearly a month. The commissioner’s office said Tuesday that a team can send any player to the AFL. Previously, a player had to be
5:55 PM ET New York Yankees star reliever Dellin Betances will begin the season on the injured list with a right shoulder impingement (inflammation), according to general manager Brian Cashman. Betances will begin a cycle of anti-inflammatories. The Yankees were very alarmed by the lower velocity in his last outing Sunday at the Phillies. The
4:44 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Two days after receiving a second cortisone shot for his injured lower back, New York Yankees center fielder Aaron Hicks said Tuesday that he felt pain-free. “Right now I feel great. I’ve got no pain right now,” Hicks said. “I’m walking around and doing all my core stuff, and
4:00 PM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” It could easily have been $600 million, probably $700 million. To get into a real debate, you might have had to double this extension to $860 million. Mike Trout might be worth
7:28 PM ET Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — The Chicago Cubs received good news on closer Brandon Morrow and reliever Pedro Strop, who have both been slowed this spring by injuries. Morrow threw 20 pitches in a bullpen session Monday, his first time off the mound this spring. He was limited to 35 games last