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White Sox avoid arbitration with Giolito, Cease, Kopech

Giolito signs for $10.4 million, Cease for $5.7 million; Kopech, Lopez, Ruiz also sign one-year deals

Chicago Sun-Times

Polling Place: Your take on Cubs’, White Sox’ fan conventions — and why SoxFest was nixed

Putting eyes on new players, meet-and-greets with beloved former ones, Q-and-A sessions with ownership and the front office — these are just some of the enticements that bring Chicago seamheads out to the annual January events.

Chicago Sun-Times

Andrew Benintendi’s power numbers could be revived at Guaranteed Rate Field

White Sox’ big free-agent signing hit only five home runs in 2021.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Baseball quiz: Gone but not forgotten

This week’s quiz pays tribute to those we lost last year in baseball.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ramirez, Bass elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Former sluggers Alex Ramirez and Randy Bass were elected to Japan pro baseball's Hall of Fame on Friday, along with composer Yuji Koseki (1909-'89), who composed the theme song for the national high school baseball championship.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

What the shortstop aging curve means for the Phillies’ 11-year contract with Trea Turner

PHILADELPHIA — In stretching out Trea Turner’s $300 million contract over 11 years, the Phillies diluted the average annual salary for luxury-tax purposes and payroll flexibility. It’s the approach they took four years ago in signing Bryce Harper. The length of Turner’s deal, like Harper’s 13-year pact, was predicated on…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Cubs Convention: Shawon Dunston, Mark Grace announced as 2023 Cubs Hall of Fame inductees

The pair of former teammates had plenty of stories to tell about their years on the field together.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Cubs’ Ian Happ in arbitration limbo as extension questions loom

When asked about potential extensions for Happ and Nico Hoerner, Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said the club has “started the process.”

Chicago Sun-Times

As the Cubs Convention opens, Chairman Tom Ricketts talks long-term free-agent contracts and the smaller national reach on Marquee

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs could not afford to sit on the sideline in free agency.

Chicago Tribune

Out with the old Cubs; in with Dansby Swanson, Cody Bellinger and all the new

It was still warm and fuzzy at the last Cubs Convention in 2020. It’s different now, isn’t it? There’s a wafting sense of a desperate need to become good and win again.

Chicago Sun-Times

Andrew McCutchen, a franchise legend, is returning to the Pirates

PITTSBURGH -- Neil Walker was visiting family in Colorado on Friday morning when his phone began buzzing with news and excitement. As the Rocky Mountains provided a picturesque backdrop, Walker glanced down and saw what he sort of suspected had come true — Andrew McCutchen, the Pirates' franchise pillar for…

Tribune News Service

Braves agree to contracts with all arbitration-eligible players except Max Fried

ATLANTA — The Braves and Max Fried could not come to an agreement on a contract for 2023 before Friday’s deadline for teams and arbitration-eligible players to exchange salary figures. The Braves and Fried presumably will head to an arbitration hearing in the near future.

Tribune News Service

Padres' Soto to make $23 million, Hader $14.1 million in '23; team agrees to terms with multiple arbitration-eligible players

SAN DIEGO — To keep Juan Soto beyond the next two seasons, the Padres may eventually have to make him the highest-paid player in MLB history.

Tribune News Service

Dodgers avoid arbitration with Julio Urías, Walker Buehler and Will Smith

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers agreed to terms Friday with their three biggest arbitration-eligible players, finalizing deals with Julio Urías, Walker Buehler and Will Smith in order to avoid arbitration hearings with each, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

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Sports Illustrated

Andrew McCutchen Heads Home As Pirates Continue Intriguing Offseason

When I woke up this morning, I had no intention of writing about the Pirates for today’s newsletter. Why would I? I have mentioned them in previous editions—such as when I’ve written that they should trade their best player and when they gave up Aaron Judge’s 60th home run—but only…

Chicago Sun-Times

So you want to own a professional sports franchise. You sure about that?

As Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts and others know, ridicule of owners is the city’s top sport.

Sports Illustrated

Report: Soto, Padres Avoid Arbitration With $23 Million Deal

He enters his first full season with San Diego after last year’s trade.

Sports Illustrated

Report: Andrew McCutchen, Pirates Agree to One-Year Deal

The outfielder spent nine years on Pittsburgh to begin his career.

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Daily Record

Two doppelganger baseball stars with same name take DNA test to see if they are related

Baseball players Brady Feigl, 32, and Brady Feigl, 27, are both 6ft4in tall with vibrant red hair and glasses and have been getting mixed up for years.

Liverpool Echo

John Henry ties up £257m contract as Liverpool 'looking at defender'

Your Liverpool morning headlines as John Henry secures new Red Sox deal, plus the Reds are linked with a potential defender signing

Sports Illustrated

Report: Electronic Strike Zone to be Used by All 30 Triple A Teams

The Automatic Balls and Strikes system will be used throughout the highest level of Minor League Baseball.

Boston Herald

Jason Mastrodonato: Red Sox go all-in on Rafael Devers, but 2023 season still looks bleak

One day after the Red Sox announced that Xander Bogaerts’ replacement, Trevor Story, would miss most of the 2023 season with an elbow injury, they turned their attention to the future.

Los Angeles Times

Dylan Hernandez: Dodgers' brass still won't take accountability for Trevor Bauer fiasco

LOS ANGELES — On one side there are the Dodgers, who have a complicated relationship with the truth, and on the other is Trevor Bauer.

Tribune News Service

Lingering questions after Carlos Correa finalizes contract with Twins

Carlos Correa was finally able to shed some light on his six weeks of contract negotiations after his six-year, $200 million deal with the Minnesota Twins was finalized this week.

Sports Illustrated

Trevor Bauer Becomes Free Agent After Dodgers Couldn’t Find Trade

Bauer is now free to sign with any team, and is immediately eligible to pitch in 2023.

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