3:05 PM ET The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a one-year, $5.25 million contract with shortstop Jordy Mercer, according to multiple reports. The news was first reported by Fancred. Mercer will replace Jose Iglesias as the Tigers’ starting shortstop. Iglesias is a free agent and is seeking more money than the Tigers were willing to
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1:48 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Al Helfer, who broadcast games on radio for the “Mutual Game of the Day” in the 1950s, has won the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting by baseball’s Hall of Fame and Museum. Helfer, who died in 1975, will be recognized on July 20 at
11:45 AM ET The free-agent market has been a complete mud bog to this point, with many teams determined to wait for the sheer volume of available players to drive the prices downward — inevitably — and some agents still devoted to the idea of getting what they perceive to be fair value for their
8:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Los Angeles Angels general manager Billy Eppler made his mark as a front-office executive while helping the New York Yankees navigate through one of the biggest transition periods in franchise history. The four-year stretch from 2013 to 2016 coincided with the retirement of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte,
7:38 AM ET Wednesday is the last full day of the winter meetings, and there has been little action as teams warily consider their options. With roughly 24 hours to go before the leading executives of all 30 teams start packing up to go home and return to the hot stove, what’s going to happen
11:46 PM ET LAS VEGAS — New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman made one thing abundantly clear Tuesday: He already has his starting catcher on his roster. On the same day when a report circulated suggesting the Yankees might be interested in trading for Miami Marlins catcher JT Realmuto in a move that would
10:43 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is “very hopeful” that Clayton Kershaw will regain some of his velocity in 2019, a stated goal for the star left-hander as he heads into his age-31 season. Kershaw, who signed a three-year, $93 million extension with the Dodgers shortly after the World
8:42 PM ET The Baltimore Orioles will name Chicago Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde their next manager, ESPN has confirmed. The Athletic first reported the news. Hyde, 45, replaces Buck Showalter, who was let go after the Orioles finished a franchise-worse 47-115. Hyde previously served as the Cubs’ director of player development and was also
8:18 PM ET LAS VEGAS — In an effort to connect better with his players after a disappointing finish to last season, 64-year-old Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon’s winter reading this offseason includes a book called “Managing Millennials for Dummies.” The made-up-sounding title is anything but, as former Cubs hitting coach Chili Davis along with
8:09 PM ET Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton said Tuesday that he was upset with the club for not calling him up in September when rosters expanded. “Yes. I ain’t sugarcoating nothing,” Buxton told reporters while in the Twin Cities visiting a children’s hospital. “It kind of didn’t go over well.” He added: “I wouldn’t