7:12 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Left-hander Justin Wilson returned to the New York Yankees after two seasons with the Mets, agreeing Monday to a deal, a source confirmed to ESPN. Wilson joins a bullpen headed by closer Aroldis Chapman and Zack Britton, both left-handers. Hard-throwing right-hander Chad Green is joined by
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5:50 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-hander Matt Shoemaker and the Minnesota Twins are in agreement on a one-year, $2 million deal, pending a physical, sources tell ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Shoemaker, 34, can earn another $250,000 in performance bonuses, sources said. He made six starts last year in his second season with the Toronto Blue
3:53 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Small crowds at Marlins Park will be back this season. The attendance-challenged Miami Marlins plan to allow fans at home games, although crowds will initially be limited to about 25% of capacity. That would mean a maximum of about 9,300 spectators in the 37,446-seat ballpark. “We look forward
12:43 PM ET ESPN News Services The Colorado Rockies signed first baseman C.J. Cron to a minor league contract on Monday. Cron also received an invitation to major league spring training. The Rockies’ addition of the right-hand hitting Cron follows the team’s signing of first baseman Greg Bird, who bats left-handed, last week. Bird also
7:20 AM ET Spring training has arrived. It might sound cliché, even corny, but for those who love baseball, these are the four best words in the English language: Pitchers and catchers report. Spring training signals that winter and cold weather soon will be gone, and ahead are sunshine, warmth, hope, grass as green as
7:00 AM ET For the breakout prospects portion of this year’s look at the top young players in baseball, I’m looking at prospects ranking below a 45+ future value (FV sums up the total future value of a player into one number). Drawing the line there removes the top 167 prospects in baseball and pinpoints
9:25 PM ET ESPN News Services The Oakland Athletics are bolstering their bullpen, reaching agreement to bring back right-handed reliever Yusmeiro Petit on a one-year deal, and also adding fellow right-hander Sergio Romo, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Petit’s contract is for $2.55 million, while Romo’s one-year deal is for $2.25 million, sources said. Petit,
7:45 AM ET As negotiations between MLB players and owners reached their apex last summer, the union held together strongly, with Max Scherzer and Jack Flaherty and others taking to social media to collectively reflect the group’s insistence on 100% pay. But it seemed even then that inevitably the owners would find ways to offset
10:39 PM ET James Paxton and the Seattle Mariners are in agreement on a one-year, $8.5 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Saturday. The contract includes reachable bonuses that could take its value up to $10 million, sources said. Paxton, 32, returns to the city where he spent the first six years of
8:54 PM ET Third baseman Justin Turner is staying put with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced Saturday on Twitter. Turner’s deal is for two years and more than $30 million, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Lettts gooo run it back @Dodgers fans!!! @vaynersports @vaynerbaseball pic.twitter.com/fRY0pvyWMx — Justin Turner (@redturn2) February 14, 2021 Turner, 36,