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Recent Major League Spring news, rumors
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• Indians Re-Sign Mike Freeman To Minor League Deal
The Indians announced this morning that they’ve re-signed infielder Mike Freeman to a minor league pact and invited him to Major League Spring Training. Cleveland also inked righty DJ Johnson to a minor league deal and will bring him to Major League camp. Freeman, 33, has spent the past two seasons in the Cleveland organization,…...2021
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• Indians To Sign Bryan Shaw, Heath Hembree To Minors Deals
Former Indians reliever Bryan Shaw is returning to the team on a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training, Zack Meisel of The Athletic tweets. The Indians have also added fellow righty reliever Heath Hembree on a minors pact, per MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. Hembree will earn a $1.25MM salary and…...2021
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• Nationals Sign Gerardo Parra To Minor League Contract
The Nationals have signed outfielder Gerardo Parra to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training, according to Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post. He’ll earn a $1MM salary if he makes the majors, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. Parra has appeared with seven teams in the majors since debuting…...2021
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• Yankees, Kyle Barraclough Agree To Minor League Deal
The Yankees have agreed to a minor league deal with free-agent right-hander Kyle Barraclough, Jon Morosi of MLB.com tweets. The contract includes an invitation to major league spring training. In Barraclough, the Yankees are adding a hard-throwing 30-year-old who overcame control problems to prevent runs at a strong clip as part of the Marlins’ bullpen…...2021
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• Giants, James Sherfy Agree To Minor League Deal
The Giants have agreed to a minor league pact with right-hander James Sherfy and will invite him to Major League Spring Training, per MLB.com’s Jon Morosi (Twitter link). Sherfy is repped by PSI Sports Management. Sherfy, 29, has spent his entire career to date with the division-rival Diamondbacks, who drafted him in the 10th round…...2021
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• Athletics Sign Deolis Guerra To Minor League Deal
The Athletics have signed right-handed reliever Deolis Guerra to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training, the team announced. Guerra, 32 in April, put up decent numbers with the Angels back in 2016-17 — 78 1/3 innings, 3.68 ERA, 17.8 percent strikeout rate, 5.8 percent walk rate — but he’s…...2021
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• Rangers Sign Spencer Patton To Minor League Deal
The Rangers have signed right-hander Spencer Patton to a minor league contract, the team announced. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. This will be the second Rangers stint for Patton, who pitched with the organization from 2014-15. Patton was most recently in the majors in 2016 as a member of the…...2021
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• Rangers Sign Delino DeShields Jr.
Delino DeShields Jr. is back with the Rangers. Texas announced Monday that they’ve signed DeShields to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training. The Rangers also confirmed their signing of righty Sam Gaviglio to a minor league deal, which we reported over the weekend. More to come....2021
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• Rangers To Sign Sam Gaviglio
The Rangers are in agreement with Sam Gaviglio on a minor-league contract, reports MLBTR’s Steve Adams (Twitter link). He’ll receive an invitation to major league spring training. Gaviglio has seen big league action in each of the past four seasons, mostly as a member of the Blue Jays. Primarily a starting pitcher early in his MLB…...2021
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• Brewers Sign Blaine Hardy To Minor League Deal
The Brewers announced Thursday that they’ve signed lefty Blaine Hardy to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training. He’s represented by Only Baseball Players. Hardy, 33, was with the Tigers from 2014-19 before inking a minor league deal with the Twins last winter. However, he sustained a torn ulnar collateral…...2021
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• Cubs, James Bourque Agree To Minor League Deal
The Cubs have agreed to a minor league pact with righty James Bourque and invited him to Major League Spring Training, reports MLB.com’s Jon Morosi (Twitter link). The 27-year-old Bourque appeared to be in line to get a look with the Nats in September, but an elbow strain landed him on the IL and limited…...2020
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• Mariners nearing minor-league deal with right-hander Cody Anderson
The Seattle Mariners are nearing agreements with right-hander Cody Anderson and outfielder Collin Cowgill, reports Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times (via Twitter). Once finalized, both players will get invitations to major-league spring training on minor-league pacts, Divish adds. Anderson, 29, had spent his entire career in the Indians organization. He had an impressive run in Cleveland in 2015, ...2020
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• Reds Re-Sign Derek Dietrich
The Reds have re-signed infielder/outfielder Derek Dietrich to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training, per a team announcement. He’s represented by All Bases Covered Sports Management. It’s the second straight winter that Dietrich has inked a minors pact with Cincinnati. An injury to then-second baseman Scooter Gennett helped pave…...2020
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• Mariners sign three-time All-Star Carlos Gonzalez to minors deal
The Mariners have agreed to a minor-league contract with three-time All-Star Carlos Gonzalez, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today (Twitter link). The 34-year-old Boras Corporation client has been invited to Major League Spring Training and would earn $750K if he cracks the big league roster. A star-caliber player with the Rockies from 2010-16, Gonzalez is now three full seasons removed from his last ...2020
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• Brewers Sign Andres Blanco To Minor League Deal
The Brewers announced that they’ve signed veteran infielder Andres Blanco to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training. Blanco will turn 36 in April and hasn’t appeared in the Majors since 2017, but he’s had a pair of productive Triple-A campaigns in 2018 and 2019 — the former actually coming with the Brewers organization. Blanco hit .271/.362/.435 (111 wRC+) in 357 p...2020
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• Phillies sign Sean Rodriguez to minor-league contract
The Phillies announced Friday that they’ve signed infielder Sean Rodriguez to a minor-league contract and invited him to major-league spring training. Rodriguez, 34 in April, has struggled over the past two seasons after turning in a strong showing with the Pirates in 2016. Back in ’16, Rodriguez posted a very strong .270/.349/.510 slash with 18 homers in just 342 plate appearances while playing ...2019
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• Giants, Rene Rivera Agree To Minor League Deal
The Giants and free-agent catcher Rene Rivera are in agreement on a minor league contract, reports MLB Network’s Jon Heyman (via Twitter). A client of MDR Sports Management, Rivera will head to Major League Spring Training and compete for reserve role behind Buster Posey, who is currently recovering from hip surgery. Rivera, 35, was limited…...2019
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• Shawn Tolleson Announces Retirement
Former Rangers closer Shawn Tolleson announced his retirement from baseball on Wednesday. The right-hander had previously signed a minor league contract with Texas and planned to head to Major League Spring Training and compete for a job. However, the Rangers’ release today revealed that he’s experienced a setback in his rehab from Tommy John surgery.…...2019
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• Rangers sign Matt Bush, Tim Dillard, Zac Curtis, Chase d’Arnaud
The Rangers announced Monday morning that they’ve re-signed right-hander Matt Bush and left-hander Zac Curtis to minor league contracts with invitations to Major League Spring Training. Also joining the Rangers organization on minor league deals that include Major League Spring Training invites are right-hander (and MLBTR contributor) Tim Dillard and infielder Chase d’Arnaud. Bush and Curtis were ...2018
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• Minor MLB Transactions: 10/26/18
We’ll track some minor moves from around the game here… The Indians announced yesterday that they’ve re-signed left-hander R.C. Orlan and right-hander Shao-Ching Chiang to minor league contracts and invited both to Major League Spring Training in 2019. Orlan returned from injury in 2018 and worked his way back to Triple-A by season’s end, posting…...2018
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Major League Spring trade, contract, salary rumors
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• Indians To Sign Bryan Shaw, Heath Hembree To Minors Deals
Former Indians reliever Bryan Shaw is returning to the team on a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training, Zack Meisel of The Athletic tweets. The Indians have also added fellow righty reliever Heath Hembree on a minors pact, per MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. Hembree will earn a $1.25MM salary and…...2021
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• Nationals Sign Gerardo Parra To Minor League Contract
The Nationals have signed outfielder Gerardo Parra to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training, according to Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post. He’ll earn a $1MM salary if he makes the majors, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. Parra has appeared with seven teams in the majors since debuting…...2021
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• Yankees, Kyle Barraclough Agree To Minor League Deal
The Yankees have agreed to a minor league deal with free-agent right-hander Kyle Barraclough, Jon Morosi of MLB.com tweets. The contract includes an invitation to major league spring training. In Barraclough, the Yankees are adding a hard-throwing 30-year-old who overcame control problems to prevent runs at a strong clip as part of the Marlins’ bullpen…...2021
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• Giants, James Sherfy Agree To Minor League Deal
The Giants have agreed to a minor league pact with right-hander James Sherfy and will invite him to Major League Spring Training, per MLB.com’s Jon Morosi (Twitter link). Sherfy is repped by PSI Sports Management. Sherfy, 29, has spent his entire career to date with the division-rival Diamondbacks, who drafted him in the 10th round…...2021
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• Athletics Sign Deolis Guerra To Minor League Deal
The Athletics have signed right-handed reliever Deolis Guerra to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training, the team announced. Guerra, 32 in April, put up decent numbers with the Angels back in 2016-17 — 78 1/3 innings, 3.68 ERA, 17.8 percent strikeout rate, 5.8 percent walk rate — but he’s…...2021
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• Rangers Sign Spencer Patton To Minor League Deal
The Rangers have signed right-hander Spencer Patton to a minor league contract, the team announced. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. This will be the second Rangers stint for Patton, who pitched with the organization from 2014-15. Patton was most recently in the majors in 2016 as a member of the…...2021
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• Rangers Sign Delino DeShields Jr.
Delino DeShields Jr. is back with the Rangers. Texas announced Monday that they’ve signed DeShields to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training. The Rangers also confirmed their signing of righty Sam Gaviglio to a minor league deal, which we reported over the weekend. More to come....2021
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• Rangers To Sign Sam Gaviglio
The Rangers are in agreement with Sam Gaviglio on a minor-league contract, reports MLBTR’s Steve Adams (Twitter link). He’ll receive an invitation to major league spring training. Gaviglio has seen big league action in each of the past four seasons, mostly as a member of the Blue Jays. Primarily a starting pitcher early in his MLB…...2021
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• Brewers Sign Blaine Hardy To Minor League Deal
The Brewers announced Thursday that they’ve signed lefty Blaine Hardy to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training. He’s represented by Only Baseball Players. Hardy, 33, was with the Tigers from 2014-19 before inking a minor league deal with the Twins last winter. However, he sustained a torn ulnar collateral…...2021
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• Pirates Sign Joe Hudson To Minor League Deal
The Pirates announced Monday that they’ve signed catcher Joe Hudson to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training. Hudson, 29, spent the 2020 season with the Mariners and appeared in nine big league games, going 3-for-17 with a pair of walks and five strikeouts in 20 trips to the plate.…...2021
Major League Spring stats
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• Tigers re-sign Pete Kozma, Harold Castro
The Tigers announced that they’ve signed 12 players to minor league contracts (full list here), including veteran shortstop Pete Kozma and infielder Harold Castro — each of whom was outrighted off the 40-man roster and became a free agent two weeks ago. That pair will be invited to Major League Spring Training, as will former Astros right-hander Jose Cisnero. Kozma, a former Cardinals shortstop, h...2018
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• Tim Tebow Not Among Players Invited to Mets' Major League Camp
2017
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• Red Sox's Bradley, Betts, and Bogaerts Give MLB a New-Age 'Killer B's'
2016
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• Bleacher Report's 2016 Spring Training Preview for Dummies
2016
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2015
Major League Spring kids, wife/husband, girlfriend/boyfriend, father/mother
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2016
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Top Major League Spring news
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• Kawasaki among Cubs' 24 spring NRIs
The Cubs announced Friday that they have invited 24 non-roster players to Major League Spring Training, which begins in less than three weeks....2017
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• Top prospect Peraza among Braves' roster additions
The Braves bid adieu to the longest-tenured member of their organization to create 40-man roster space for top prospect Jose Peraza and six other Minor Leaguers who will have an opportunity to experience their first Major League Spring Training....2014
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• Source: Ex-Phils closer Madson joins Royals
Former Philadelphia Phillies closer Ryan Madson has agreed to a minor-league contract with the Kansas City Royals that includes an invitation to major-league spring training camp, a baseball source told ESPN.com....2015
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• White Sox, Jimmy Rollins Agree To Minor League Deal
The White Sox and shortstop Jimmy Rollins are in agreement on a minor league contract with an invite to Major League Spring Training, reports Dan Hayes of CSN Chicago (via Twitter). Rollins, 37, would seem to have an excellent chance at breaking camp as the team’s everyday shortstop, on paper. Defensively gifted sophomore Tyler Saladino…...2016
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• Blue Jays Sign Joe Panik To Minor League Deal
The Blue Jays have signed infielder Joe Panik to a minor league contract, reports Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun. The deal includes an invitation to Major League Spring Training. Panik is a client of Jet Sports Management. More to come....2020
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• The True Story of Tim Fortugno, the Man Once Traded for a Bucket of Baseballs
2015
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• Reds Re-Sign Derek Dietrich
2020
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• Mariners To Sign Carlos Gonzalez
The Mariners have agreed to a minor league contract with three-time All-Star Carlos Gonzalez, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today (Twitter link). The 34-year-old Boras Corporation client has been invited to Major League Spring Training and would earn $750K if he cracks the big league roster. A star-caliber player with the Rockies from 2010-16, Gonzalez…...2020
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• Beede, Arroyo among Giants' camp invites
The Giants have extended non-roster invitations for Major League Spring Training to 21 players, including right-hander Tyler Beede and shortstop Christian Arroyo....2016
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• Beede, Arroyo among Giants' camp invites
The Giants have extended non-roster invitations for Major League Spring Training to 21 players, including right-hander Tyler Beede and shortstop Christian Arroyo....2016
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• Tigers agree on Minors deals with 22 players
The Tigers agreed to terms with 22 players on Minor League contracts Tuesday, including seven who have been invited to the club's Major League Spring Training camp....2017
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• Tigers agree on Minors deals with 22 players
The Tigers agreed to terms with 22 players on Minor League contracts Tuesday, including seven who have been invited to the club's Major League Spring Training camp....2017
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• Knapp gives notes on Dodgers' young arms
As if consensus top prospect Corey Seager isn't proof enough, the excellence of the Dodgers' farm system is further illustrated by the treasure trove of young pitchers who will report to Major League Spring Training this week....2016
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• Knapp gives notes on Dodgers' young arms
As if consensus top prospect Corey Seager isn't proof enough, the excellence of the Dodgers' farm system is further illustrated by the treasure trove of young pitchers who will report to Major League Spring Training this week....2016
Major League Spring schedule, game
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• Indians To Sign Bryan Shaw, Heath Hembree To Minors Deals
2021
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• Nationals Sign Gerardo Parra To Minor League Contract
2021
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• Yankees, Kyle Barraclough Agree To Minor League Deal
2021
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• Rangers Sign Spencer Patton To Minor League Deal
2021
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• Rangers To Sign Sam Gaviglio
2021
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• Rays Sign Yacksel Rios To Minor League Deal
The Rays have signed right-hander Yacksel Rios to a minor league contract, agent Gavin Kahn announced Thursday (h/t: Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times). The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. Rios was a 12th-round pick of the Phillies in 2011 who divided the first four years of his big league…...2021
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• Rangers Sign Hunter Wood To Minor League Deal
The Rangers have signed right-handed reliever Hunter Wood to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training, according to a team announcement. Wood, 27, spent last year with the Cleveland organization, but he did not appear in the bigs. The team designated Wood for assignment and then outrighted him in late…...2021
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• Rangers Sign Drew Anderson To Minor League Contract
The Rangers have signed free-agent right-hander Drew Anderson to a minor league contract, the team announced. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. Anderson began his career with the Phillies, who chose him in the 21st round of the 2012 draft, but the organization moved on from him toward the end of…...2021
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• Phillies Sign Michael Ynoa To Minor League Contract
The Phillies have signed right-hander Michael Ynoa to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training, Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports. Ynoa – who turned 29 in September – spent last season in the Athletics organization, though he didn’t reach the majors then. It was the second stint with…...2021
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• Yankees, Socrates Brito Agree To Minor League Deal
The Yankees have agreed to a minor league contract with outfielder Socrates Brito, tweets MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. The MAS+ client will be invited to Major League Spring Training. Brito, 28, signed a minor league deal with the Pirates last year and opened the shortened season in Pittsburgh’s 60-man player pool at their alternate training…...2021
Major League Spring rumors, scandals
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• Red Sox's Bradley, Betts, and Bogaerts Give MLB a New-Age 'Killer B's'
2016
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• The True Story of Tim Fortugno, the Man Once Traded for a Bucket of Baseballs
2015
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