10:16 PM ET ESPN News Services The Chicago White Sox have acquired first baseman Yonder Alonso in a trade with the Cleveland Indians, according to multiple reports. It wasn’t immediately known whom the Indians would receive in the trade. Alonso, 31, hit .250 with 23 home runs and 83 RBIs last season for the Indians.
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9:08 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman had surgery Friday on his left shoulder, his second operation this offseason. Dr. William Workman performed a distal clavicle resection procedure on Chapman’s shoulder, the team said Friday. Chapman is expected to begin swinging a bat in six weeks. The team said
5:35 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles hired Brandon Hyde to be their new manager Friday, hoping his experience as Cubs bench coach will help the team move forward while in rebuilding mode. Shortstop Richie Martin was selected No. 1 overall by the Orioles in the Rule 5 draft and 14 players
4:19 PM ET ESPN News Services The White Sox answered one of their offseason questions Friday, agreeing to a $2.5 million, one-year contract with catcher James McCann, according to multiple reports. Yahoo Sports first reported the agreement. The White Sox had an opening at the position after trading Omar Narvaez to Seattle on Nov. 30
3:25 PM ET The San Diego Padres have reached an agreement with free-agent second baseman Ian Kinsler on a two-year, $8 million deal, according to multiple reports Friday. The Padres have a club option for a third year, according to The Athletic, which first reported the agreement. The deal is pending a physical. The smooth-fielding
7:55 AM ET LAS VEGAS — The story is all too common. People fly into Las Vegas, full of hope and energy, and all too ready to throw caution to the wind. They leave a little poorer, a little sicker and with a nagging question over what just happened. Or, in the case of baseball’s
3:00 PM ET The Seattle Mariners‘ Jean Segura-led trade with the Phillies always seemed like Carlos Santana would be subsequently flipped, which they finally did on Thursday as part of a three-team deal. As a result, at the moment they have Edwin Encarnacion, Santana is reunited with the Cleveland Indians, and the Tampa Bay Rays
2:09 PM ET The New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers both just spent dearly to upgrade their bullpens, overpaying two competent but hardly elite relievers with three-year deals that don’t seem to reflect those relievers’ performances or the current imbalance of oversupply and insufficient demand in the marketplace. The MLB winter meetings are going
8:43 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Seattle Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto was released from a hospital Thursday, hours after completing a trade from his bed during the baseball winter meetings. He had begun feeling ill earlier in the week. The Indians have reacquired slugger Carlos Santana in a three-team deal with the
4:04 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fans of the former Negro Leagues are being asked to help a campaign to create bobbleheads of 30 stars from the leagues — with a goal of commemorating the league’s upcoming centennial. Organizers of the effort, which was unveiled Wednesday, have created a team of 30