The Houston Astros have made another big offseason move, picking up free agent first baseman Christian Walker, per multiple reports. Walker and the Astros have agreed on a three-year, $60 million deal, per USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. Walker, who spent the past eight seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks, was ranked No. 10 on Yahoo Sports’ … Read more
MLB: Chicago Cubs at Toronto Blue Jays BOSTON — Michael Fulmer, the 2016 AL Rookie of the Year, will have a chance to make the Boston Red Sox as a spring training non-roster invitee. The 31-year-old right-hander missed all of last season recovering from right elbow surgery. A 2017 All-Star, Fulmer was 3-5 with a … Read more
The frozen first-base market finally started to thaw Friday, with reports that Christian Walker has agreed to a three-year, $60 million deal with the Houston Astros. While Pete Alonso remains the premium option available among his positional peers, Walker is the first from a deep first-base free-agent class to find a new home, with the … Read more
As the holiday season beckons, some ballclubs appear content to wait for the new year to kick-start their offseasons. With baseball winter nearly halfway over and just 97 days until Opening Day, the transaction logs of many a contender remain relatively untouched. Predictably, deep-pocketed juggernauts such as the Dodgers, Mets and Yankees have been quite … Read more
Syndication: USA TODAY CHICAGO — Sammy Sosa appeared to acknowledge using performance-enhancing drugs during a career in which he hit more than 600 home runs, and the Chicago Cubs said they were ready to welcome back their former star. In a statement released Thursday through Aurora Global Consulting, Sosa said he was sorry for mistakes … Read more
MLB: Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox WASHINGTON — Right-hander Michael Soroka agreed to a $9 million contract for the 2025 season with the Washington Nationals, who are in need of pitching as their rebuild continues and hope the 2019 NL All-Star can show the form he displayed before a pair of significant leg injuries. … Read more
Here are the best remaining MLB free agents originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The MLB free agency period certainly hasn’t been short on splashes. Several big names have changed teams this offseason, headlined by the New York Mets luring outfielder Juan Soto from the Bronx to Queens on a record 15-year, $765 million contract. … Read more
The Houston Astros have made another big offseason move, picking up free agent first baseman Christian Walker, per multiple reports. Walker and the Astros have agreed on a three-year, $60 million deal, per USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. Walker, who has spent the past eight seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks, was one of the top free … Read more
Griffin Canning NEW YORK — Griffin Canning agreed to a one-year, $4.25 milliom contract with the New York Mets, giving them another option for the back end of their revamped rotation. The 28-year-old right-hander can earn an additional $1 million in performance bonuses for games started: $250,000 for each of 22, 25, 28 and 31. … Read more
Gio Urshela Third baseman Gio Urshela has reached agreement on a one-year contract with the Athletics, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations. Urshela’s deal is pending a physical, the person said, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract wasn’t finalized. Third base was a top priority … Read more