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Donaldson agrees to one-year, $23 million deal with Braves — NEW YORK • The Atlanta Braves added a pair of free agents following their first division title in five years, agreeing to one-year contracts with third baseman Josh Donaldson and catcher Brian McCann.
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Braves add ex-A's third baseman Josh Donaldson, bring back Brian McCann — Looking to improve on their first division title in five years, the Braves agreed Monday to one-year contracts with former A's third baseman Josh Donaldson and catcher Brian McCann — two low-risk moves that give …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves Sign Josh Donaldson — 7:27pm: The signing is now official, with the Braves announcing it. — 1:35pm: The Braves have reportedly made the largest free-agent strike of the offseason so far, agreeing to terms on a one-year contract with former American League MVP Josh Donaldson.
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves Sign Brian McCann — 2:07pm: The Braves announced that they've signed McCann to a one-year deal worth $2MM. As agent B.B. Abbott explained to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (Twitter links), McCann's priority this winter was to return to Atlanta. — 1:08pm: It's a one-year deal for McCann, tweets MLB.com's Jon Morosi.
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Matthew Florjancic / WKYC-TV:
REPORT: Former Cleveland Indians INF Josh Donaldson agrees to sign with Atlanta Braves — Reportedly, former Cleveland Indians infielder Josh Donaldson has agreed to sign with a one-year contract with the Atlanta Braves. — CLEVELAND — Former Cleveland Indians third baseman Josh Donaldson reportedly …
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Matt Snyder / CBSSports.com:
MLB hot stove: Brian McCann agrees to sign with Braves for Atlanta reunion
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Craig Calcaterra / NBCSports.com:
Report: Braves sign Brian McCann
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
What a Canó trade might look like; D-Backs stars on the block together?; bullpen market intrigue — Dealing a potential ace such as James Paxton was not all that difficult for Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto. Neither, in a market starved for catching, was moving Mike Zunino.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners “Actively” Trying To Move Robinson Cano
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Associated Press:
Jim Riggleman hired as Mets bench coach under Mickey Callaway — NEW YORK — Jim Riggleman, a 66-year-old veteran of 13 seasons as a major league manager, has been hired by the New York Mets as bench coach for Mickey Callaway. — Riggleman was Cincinnati's bench coach from 2016 until …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets Hire Jim Riggleman As Bench Coach — The Mets announced that they have hired Jim Riggleman to serve as their next bench coach, with Jon Heyman tweeting the news just before the team did. He'll be the top member of manager Mickey Callaway's staff. — In 2018, Callaway's first at the helm …
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Mark Fischer / Baltimore Sun:
Yankees drop fan favorite to make room for pitcher Parker Bridwell — The Toe-Night Show has been cancelled. — The Yankees designated fan favorite Ronald Torreyes for assignment, the team announced Monday, in order to make room for pitcher Parker Bridwell.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Claim Parker Bridwell, Designate Ronald Torreyes For Assignment
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates To Sign Lonnie Chisenhall — The Pirates have struck a deal with free agent outfielder Lonnie Chisenhall, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (Twitter link). It's said to be a one-year, $2.75MM pact. — Chisenhall, 30, missed much of the 2018 season owing to a nagging calf injury.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards RHP Greene claimed by Royals — Two hard-throwing righthanded pitchers designated for assignment last week by the Cardinals went their different ways on Monday. — Conner Greene, 23, acquired last off-season from Toronto, was claimed on waivers by Kansas City, which recently added …
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Evaluating risk factor for top 10 free-agent relievers — Relief pitchers threw 17,422 innings in 2018 — that's up from 14,977 just five years ago. That's an average of 81.5 innings per team, so on just a pure volume level relief pitchers are more important than ever.
Jerry Crasnick / Baseball America:
Dombrowski Does It Again — While Larry King and Mary Hart were rooting for the Dodgers from their front-row seats at Chavez Ravine and a big swath of the American sports public was either ambivalent or asleep, dozens of major league scouts joined millions of sports fans in New England …
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Mike Rosenstein / New Jersey Online:
MLB rumors: Red Sox's Nathan Eovaldi to the bullpen for ‘Aroldis Chapman money’?
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Joe Maddon on big 2019 change with Cubs, Rays' need for a stadium and more — Former Rays and current Cubs manager Joe Maddon took time during a charitable Thanksmas appearance today for his Respect 90 Foundation at the St. Vincent de Paul center in St. Petersburg to talk a little baseball …
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Rob Huff / MLB Trade Rumors:
Projecting Payrolls: Chicago White Sox — As we kick off the sixth installment of this series, here are links to the previous team payroll projections: — Los Angeles Dodgers — Los Angeles Angels — Atlanta Braves — New York Yankees — If you have questions about financial information …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Southpaw Shopping: How Cardinals will find the lefty reliever who's just right — bST. LOUIS • An area the Cardinals must address this winter is the left side of their bullpen, and in public comments made all offseason executives have not been hiding that.
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