In a rare trade between the Yankees and Red Sox, reliever Adam Ottavino will pitch in Boston next season. The Athletic’s Lindsey Adler first reported the deal. Joel Sherman says the Yankees will also send pitching prospect Frank German to the Red Sox as incentive to take on Ottavino’s salary. Buster Olney says the Yankees will also send $850,000 to the Red Sox. Ottavino is the last...
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Trading their second pitcher in less than a week, the Pittsburgh Pirates have shipped Jameson Taillon to the New York Yankees in exchange for four prospects. Pirates beat writer Jason Mackey reported the deal was complete after a couple days of speculation that the Yankees were the front runners for Taillon’s services. Jeff Passan says the four prospects heading to the Pirates are: RHP...
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In a new article, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal says the Mets “appear likely” to give the newly acquired Francisco Lindor a contract extension worth more than $300 million. The note came in an article in which Rosenthal also said the team was “increasing [its] focus” on Trevor Bauer after missing out on George Springer. Rosenthal did not clarify if the Mets and...
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Updated 8:18 PM EST: According to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, the Boston Red Sox and free-agent outfielder Enrique Hernandez have agreed to a multi-year deal. The 29-year-old will receive $14 million over two years, per Feinsand. Original Post Free-agent outfielder Enrique (Kiké) Hernández has “made progress on a deal” with the Boston Red Sox, according to Jon Morosi of MLB Network. In...
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Following news last week that the Phillies offered free-agent catcher J.T. Realmuto a nine-figure contract, a new report from Robert Murray says the Atlanta Braves are now “circling on” Realmuto. Murray said other teams on the west coast are interested in the catcher, too. It’s generally believed that Realmuto will end up back with the Phillies, but as we saw this week with...
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