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WASHINGTON (AP) - Free agent first baseman Matt Adams has an agreement to return to the Washington Nationals, pending a successful physical exam. A person familiar with the deal confirmed to The Associated Press that Adams and the Nationals agreed to a $4 million, one-year contract with a mutual option ......
NEW YORK (AP) - Things are looking up for the New York Mets - at least at the local horse racing track. Two thoroughbreds with names riffing on the baseball team were winners Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens. Letzgometz won the fourth race, covering six furlongs in 1:13. ......
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - First baseman Justin Bour and the Angels have finalized a $2.5 million, one-year contract, giving Los Angeles depth while Albert Pujols recovers from surgery. Bour can earn an additional $500,000 in performance bonuses based on plate appearances under the deal announced Saturday: $125,000 each for 350, ......
NEW YORK (AP) - Boston should be happy to pay this tax bill. The World Series champion Red Sox owe $11,951,091 in luxury tax for having baseballs top payroll, according to final calculations by the commissioners office obtained by The Associated Press. The only other team that owes is the ......
CLEVELAND (AP) - The Cleveland Indians have made another offseason move, trading first baseman Yonder Alonso to the Chicago White Sox. Cleveland gets 24-year-old outfielder Alex Call in a deal made official Saturday. Call has yet to make his major league debut. The Indians also rid themselves of Alonsos entire ......
OLYMPICS Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for the Winter Olympics - most likely for 2030 - in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. winter teams ascendance into an international powerhouse. The ......