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Pitcher Johan Oviedo loses to Pirates in first salary arbitration decision of year
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Right-hander Jovan Oviedo lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday in the first salary arbitration decision of the year and will earn $850,000 instead of his request for $1.15 million. Oviedo, who turns 27 on March 2, was 9-14 with a 4.32 ERA in 32...
Tigers sign RHP Tommy Kahnle to 1-year deal worth $7.75 million
DETROIT (AP) — Veteran right-hander Tommy Kahnle has signed a one-year, $7.75 million contract with Detroit, boosting the Tigers’ bullpen as they come off their first playoff season in a decade. Kahnle, 35, went 0-2 with a 2.11 ERA and one save in 50 relief appearances with the...
Pitcher Johan Oviedo and Pittsburgh Pirates go to first salary arbitration hearing of the year
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jovan Oviedo and the Pittsburgh Pirates argued the first salary arbitration case of the year on Tuesday. A right-hander who turns 27 on March 2, Oviedo asked for a raise from $765,000 to $1.15 million while the Pirates argued for $850,000. ...
Tanner Scott's $72 million, 4-year contract with Dodgers includes $21 million in deferred money
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reliever Tanner Scott's $72 million, four-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers includes $21 million in deferred salaries. Scott receives a $20 million signing bonus as part of the agreement announced Thursday, payable in four equal installments each Feb. 1...
Recording captured ex-interpreter impersonating Ohtani to transfer $200,000, prosecutors say
A nearly four-minute audio recording allegedly captured Shohei Ohtani 's former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara impersonating the baseball star on a call with a bank as he attempted to transfer $200,000 for what he describes as a car loan, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The recording...
Scott's $72 million, 4-year contract finalized by Dodgers, who spent $452 million on 8 players
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reliever Tanner Scott's $72 million, four-year contract was finalized Thursday by the Los Angeles Dodgers, raising the World Series champions' offseason spending to $452 million on eight players. The left-hander was a first-time All-Star last year, going 9-6 with...
Ohtani informed the Los Angeles Dodgers they had landed prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani broke the news to the Los Angeles Dodgers that prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki was joining the team. Ohtani sent a text to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman even before Sasaki's agent informed the club. ...
Santander says Blue Jays jersey `looks great on me already'
TORONTO (AP) — General manager Ross Atkins said a Toronto Blue Jays jersey with Anthony Santander’s name on it was “floating around our office” throughout the offseason. The outfielder put it on Tuesday when he was introduced by the Blue Jays during a Zoom news conference, a...
Mookie Betts has advice for Shohei Ohtani: Get some sleep now before the 'baby comes'
TOKYO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka are expecting their first child. Ohtani's Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Mookie Betts has some advice. “He should get his sleep now,” Betts said, speaking Tuesday in Tokyo. “Because when the baby comes he won't get any.”...
Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star
TOKYO (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. Back home, he's a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the Pacific buoyed the nation as Japan's economy sputtered through the so-called lost decades of...
