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ESPN News Services Mar 15, 2024, 10:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Third baseman J.D. Davis has agreed to a $2.5 million, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics just days after he was released by San Francisco, according to multiple reports. Davis can earn an additional $1 million in performance bonuses, per reports. The agreement

ESPN News Services Mar 15, 2024, 05:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone held off discussing the condition of ace Gerrit Cole‘s elbow, saying he and general manager Brian Cashman want to speak with the AL Cy Young Award winner before making any public comments. The Yankees

ESPN News Services Mar 15, 2024, 01:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The St. Louis Cardinals have signed manager Oliver Marmol to a two-year contract extension through the 2026 season, the team announced on Friday. His current deal was set to expire at the end of the 2024 season. “It’s important,” Marmol said during a

ESPN News Services Mar 15, 2024, 06:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates are bringing in veteran outfielder Michael Taylor on a one-year deal worth $4 million, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal is pending a physical Taylor, who turns 33 this month, joins a team that is looking for

Anthony Gharib, ESPNMar 15, 2024, 05:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New York Yankees will have a bobblehead night this season for their assistant to the traveling secretary, better known as George Costanza. The character in the hit show “Seinfeld,” played by Jason Alexander, is having his own bobblehead giveaway on July 5 for

Field Level Media Mar 15, 2024, 11:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen will be sidelined at least two weeks with a small fracture in his right wrist. Manager John Schneider announced Friday that Jansen, 28, sustained a broken pisiform bone when he was hit by a pitch on Wednesday.

Associated Press Mar 15, 2024, 11:20 AM ET NEW YORK — Jim McAndrew, who lost his major league debut to Bob Gibson in a 1968 spot start for the New York Mets when Nolan Ryan was called away to military duty then beat Steve Carlton a month later for his first win, has died. He

Mar 15, 2024, 08:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Right-hander Jake Odorizzi will look to make his comeback from last year’s shoulder injury after signing a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays that includes an invitation to major league camp. Odorizzi never pitched for the Texas Rangers after undergoing shoulder debridement surgery last

Jorge Castillo Mar 14, 2024, 10:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New York Yankees received positive news Thursday: Gerrit Cole was told that he will not need Tommy John surgery, at least for now, after visiting Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to ESPN. Cole has

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterMar 14, 2024, 01:22 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions A good showing this spring by former Chicago White Sox starter Dylan Cease helped his value in advance of his trade to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, according