3:19 PM ET CHICAGO — The Cubs on Friday tendered a contract to suspended shortstop Addison Russell, who is eligible for arbitration. Russell, 25, will miss the first month of the season after accepting a 40-game suspension late in 2018 after his ex-wife accused him of domestic abuse in a blog post. From the start,
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3:56 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre went into this offseason pretty sure he had played his last game after 21 big league seasons. “I just waited a little longer than I wanted to,” Beltre said, explaining Friday he wanted to make sure he wasn’t one of those players who retired and
3:29 PM ET ESPN News Services The Seattle Mariners continued their cost-cutting Friday, sending reliever Alex Colome to the Chicago White Sox for catcher Omar Narvaez. Colome has 96 saves in six seasons with Tampa Bay and Seattle, earned $5.3 million this year and is eligible for salary arbitration. The 29-year-old right-hander was an All-Star
9:46 PM ET The New York Mets and Seattle Mariners are closing in on a trade that would send All-Star closer Edwin Diaz and former All-Star Robinson Cano to New York, with the Mariners getting top prospects from the Mets, according to multiple reports. With trade talks reportedly heating up between New York and Seattle,
11:04 PM ET The buzz on Thursday had trade talks between the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets involving Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz heating up hotter than a thousand suns, with reports Thursday night that the sides are closing in on a deal. Names proffered about from the Mets’ side include recent No. 1
5:35 PM ET The San Diego Padres have agreed to a two-year contract with free-agent pitcher Garrett Richards, according to a report by Yahoo! Sports. The deal includes a guaranteed $15 million during that two-year span, according to the report. Rather than wait out a repeat of last season’s slow movement on the hot stove,
4:53 PM ET CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs traded their best pinch hitter, infielder Tommy La Stella, to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday for a player to be named later or cash considerations. The trade comes one day after the Cubs acquired versatile infielder Ronald Torreyes from the New York Yankees. A fan favorite
5:18 PM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — A group seeking to lure a Major League Baseball team to Portland announced that it has signed an agreement in principle to develop a 45-acre waterfront site. The agreement with the Port of Portland was announced Thursday by the Portland Diamond Project. The group also released artist
6:45 AM ET The refrain over much of America this month is that it has been a rough winter, except we haven’t yet even gotten to winter. It’s actually been a harsh autumn, especially in November. We’re only a month removed from the Boston Red Sox putting the finishing touches on a World Series romp
10:37 AM ET Last offseason, free-agent signings came at a snail’s pace as teams opted to wait out the market and get better deals. The strategy didn’t affect too many high-end free agents, as J.D. Martinez, Yu Darvish, Eric Hosmer and Lorenzo Cain all got big money despite having to wait, and Jake Arrieta and