12:14 PM ET ESPN News Services The Houston Astros and shortstop Carlos Correa have reached a settlement and avoided arbitration, the team announced Saturday. The two sides agreed to a one-year deal worth $11.7 million, according to multiple reports. “I’m happy that we were able to come to an agreement and avoid arbitration,” Correa said
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7:00 AM ET Bradford Doolittle Close ESPN Staff Writer Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association David Schoenfield Close ESPN Senior Writer Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995
8:45 PM ET The Atlanta Braves have struck an agreement to bring back outfielder Marcell Ozuna on a four-year, $64 million deal, the team announced in a statement Friday. The contract includes a fifth-year club option that would take it to $80 million and $65 million in guaranteed money, the team said. Ozuna took a
5:27 PM ET Second baseman Jonathan Schoop has reached a one-year, $4.5 million deal to re-sign with the Detroit Tigers, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. Schoop paid dividends for the Tigers after signing a one-year deal last offseason, providing solid defense up the middle in 2020 while hitting .278 with 23 RBIs and
4:08 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yankee Stadium was opened as a COVID-19 mass vaccination site Friday by officials trying to boost inoculation rates in surrounding Bronx neighborhoods hit hard by the pandemic. The home of the New York Yankees is being restricted to residents of the New York City borough with the
2:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Trevor Bauer, the 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner, has agreed to join the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources confirmed to ESPN. The 30-year-old right-hander is the first reigning Cy Young Award winner to have entered free agency since Greg Maddux in 1992. Bauer, a first-time free agent who
3:00 PM ET In a sport that rarely produces dynasties, the Los Angeles Dodgers are world-beaters. They are among Major League Baseball’s smartest teams, but also among the richest. Aggressive yet pragmatic. Decorated with star talent, but fortified by considerable depth. Their moves over this past half-decade have rarely been motivated by necessity, but more
2:26 PM ET Associated Press The Milwaukee Brewers have reshaped the right side of their infield after officially adding Gold Glove second baseman Kolten Wong on Friday. To make room for Wong, who agreed to an $18 million, two-year contract earlier this week, the Brewers will shift Keston Hiura from second base to first base.
2:08 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets on Friday defeated J.D. Davis in the first of 13 scheduled salary arbitration cases this month, as the third baseman/outfielder will receive a raise from $592,463 to $2.1 million rather than his $2,475,000 request. Baltimore Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander also lost his case. He also
10:23 AM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA – A fellowship in the name of Henry Aaron has been established by the Atlanta Braves to help increase diversity in baseball and build on Aaron’s legacy. The Henry Aaron Fellowship is a year-long executive leadership program to provide an opportunity to work in the Braves’ front office