4:07 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Infielder Daniel Descalso and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a two-year contract that includes a club option for 2021. The deal, according to reports, is for $5 million. He gets $1.5 million next year and $2.5 million in 2020. Chicago has a $3.5 million option for
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6:54 PM ET ESPN News Services Penny Marshall, who brought the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League to the silver screen while producing “A League of Their Own” in 1992, has died. She was 75. Marshall, one of the top-grossing female directors in Hollywood, died in her Hollywood Hills, California, home on Monday because of complications
2:53 PM ET One day before the New York Yankees receive a visit from free agent Manny Machado, Carlos Beltran confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday that the team has named him special adviser to general manager Brian Cashman. Beltran played for the Yankees from 2014 through 2016. He is managed by Dan Lozano, who is
1:51 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Twins will retire Joe Mauer’s No. 7 jersey next season, moving swiftly with to honor the six-time All-Star who retired after a 15-year major league career. The Twins surprised Mauer with the announcement while he was being celebrated at an all-student assembly at his
11:00 AM ET Long after Manny Machado and Bryce Harper move on to the great cornfield in the sky (or Iowa), generations of their ancestors will still benefit from the inheritance. Whenever each star player picks some team’s offer over the next month or so, Harper and Machado will be guaranteed staggering wealth. And yet
9:34 PM ET The Astros were essentially short one everyday player heading into 2019, with no incumbent in left field or at designated hitter, but has top prospect Kyle Tucker ready to step into a major league role right now — preferably one that takes advantage of his defensive abilities. Houston’s two-year deal with Michael
8:11 PM ET The Houston Astros have agreed to a two-year, $32 million contract with outfielder Michael Brantley, according to multiple reports. Brantley adds a needed left-handed presence to the middle of the Astros’ lineup, which is heavily right-handed with key cogs Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, Carlos Correa and George Springer. In the same way
5:52 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Yankees gave pitcher CC Sabathia a $500,000 performance bonus, even though the 38-year-old left-hander was ejected from his final regular-season start six outs shy of the 155 innings specified in his contract for the payment. Sabathia hit Tampa Bay’s Jesus Sucre starting the sixth
5:19 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Jeurys Familia would rather be a setup man for the New York Mets than close for another team. Familia had 123 saves for the Mets, who traded him to Oakland last July. He instructed agents Sam and Seth Levinson to pursue any possibility to return to the
5:11 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Sitting side by side in the auxiliary clubhouse at Camden Yards, Orioles general manager Mike Elias and new manager Brandon Hyde spoke excitedly Monday about working together to mold the struggling franchise into a winner again. Hired last month to oversee a massive rebuilding project, Elias immediately set