Morning Briefing: Reynolds Stays With Pirates for Eight More Years

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After an offseason where the Pittsburgh Pirates were seemingly listening to trade offers for Bryan Reynolds, the outfielder and the team have agreed to a new extension.

According to Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Reynolds and the Pirates have reached an agreement on a long-term extension for eight years and worth $106,750,000. Reynolds’ deal runs through the 2030 season, has a club option for 2031, no opt-out, and a modified no-trade clause which is said to include six teams.

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Mets manager Buck Showalter says the plan is for pitcher Justin Verlander to throw three to four innings in his rehab start on Friday, with Verlander planning to rejoin the Mets after that start.

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Verlander said “99%” of the pain and discomfort he had been dealing with is gone, noting that he has been doing a lot of work on the specific area that was injured — along with work on his mechanics that he needed to iron out, according to Danny Abriano of SNY.

Max Scherzer also sat down with Tim Healey of Newsday where the pair watched the Mets play the San Francisco Giants over the past weekend. They discussed Scherzer’s suspension among other topics.

The Mets left their bats on the West Coast as they lost to the division rival Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. The orange and blue only managed to get five hits in support of Jose Butto, who made his second start of the season. Butto went 4 2/3 innings giving up two runs on four hits, one of those hit being a solo home run. Butto also walked six and struck out one batter. The Mets will continue their series with the Nats tonight at 7:10 p.m. ET.

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The Minnesota Twins have made the following roster moves on their Twitter account: they have selected the contract of pitcher Brock Stewart from Triple-A St. Paul, optioned pitcher Bailey Ober to Triple-A St. Paul and designated Trevor Megill for release or assignment.

Jose Iglesias has agreed to a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres, according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.

Michael Harris II of the Atlanta Braves will start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday, according to Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. There is no timetable on his return from the Injured List.