Hours after the Arizona Diamondbacks opened camp, they signed the free-agent right-hander to a two-year contract, according to Fox Sports. MORE: Arroyo, A-Rod linked again | NL West preview: My Puigs Know What You Did in the Dark Arroyo, who turns 37 this month, spent the previous eight seasons with the Cincinnati Reds. In 2013 he compiled a 3.79 ERA in 202 innings, with 124 strikeouts and a 1.153 WHIP....
REPORTED BY: Jon Morosi of FOX Sports THE DETAILS: Shields and David Price are close friends, having spent five seasons together in Tampa Bay, so it makes sense that the duo would want to reunite. Price agreed Friday to a record-breaking one-year, $19.75 million contract and will be Detroit’s No. 1 starter if the team moves forward sans Max Scherzer. LAST SEASON: Shields went 14-8 last season with the Royals, posting a 3....
The Blue Jays completed a three-game road sweep of the Yankees on Sunday with a second straight shutout. Marco Estrada threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings for the Blue Jays while Josh Donaldson and Jose Bautista both homered. Donaldson’s homer against Masahiro Tanaka was his ninth first-inning blast this season. “I think what it says is I’m getting ready for the first at-bat and [beyond],” Donaldson said of his first-inning homers....
Zack Greinke tossed seven shutout innings Thursday to help the Dodgers complete a three-game sweep of the hapless Reds. MORE: Key series to watch in the stretch run | Reds manager Price safe for now The 1-0 victory may seem cut and dried, but it was earned under interesting circumstances. For just the second time this season, Los Angeles won a game without an RBI or a run-scoring error. Justin Turner scored in the second inning on Yasmani Grandal’s double-play grounder, which meant no RBI for Grandal....
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The report, citing unidentified sources, said the trade will be finalized Tuesday. San Diego is expected to receive a Class A prospect in return. MORE: MLB manager rankings | Five players who need to step up The Blue Jays are in a dogfight in the AL East at 56-44 entering Tuesday, three games behind Baltimore and a half-game behind second-place Boston. Upton, primarily a center fielder, is enjoying a career rebirth this year with 16 homers, 45 RBIs and 20 steals....
THE RUMOR: The Phillies are talking to the Blue Jays about a Jonathan Papelbon trade REPORTED BY: Todd Zolecki, MLB.com. MORE: New faces in new places | Brewers eye K-Rod after Papelbon pursuit stalls | Rox say Tulo, CarGo likely staying put THE DETAILS: Papelbon is owed $13 million in 2015 and has a $13 million vesting option for 2016 should he finish 48 games. With the Phillies in rebuilding mode, they would need to pay much of Papelbon’s salary and get the player to waive his no-trade clause if they were serious about a deal....
REPORTED BY: Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News TOP FREE AGENTS: 25 best | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | SP | RP THE DETAILS: Gardner’s name has been out there quite a bit in the early stages of the offseason, including rumblings earlier this week about a potential deal with the Indians. The same goes for Castro, whose role diminished as the season went on in Chicago....
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS 80 (63-95): This UNDER has been in for a while with little drama other than them playing the required 162 regular season games. ATLANTA BRAVES 87.5 (76-81): They have unraveled mightily to the proportions that the Mets are tied with them for second-place in the NL East. They were even-money to win the division, along with the Nationals, before the season started. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 78 (94-63): One of the easiest winners on the board....
Business was conducted, news was broken, players were signed when MLB front offices, players and agents all met in sunny San Diego for this year’s baseball Winter Meetings, from Sunday, Dec. 4, to Wednesday, Dec. 7. This offseason, the majority of eyes were set on MLB’s literal and figurative biggest free agent, outfielder Aaron Judge. The AL home run king ultimately re-signed with the Yankees on a monster nine-year, $360 million contract that should keep him in pinstripes for the remainder of his career....
New York completed a sweep of the White Sox with a 4-0 victory in Chicago on Thursday. In the process, the Mets extended their winning streak to seven. Zack Wheeler shut down Chicago en route to the win. He threw seven scoreless innings and allowed just four hits while striking out seven. Wheeler had been at the center of trade rumors for most of July, but ultimately ended up remaining with New York after no deal was reached before the deadline....
The Phillies are the only undefeated team left after the opening weekend as they completed a three-game sweep of the Braves on Sunday. In turn, Philadelphia’s 5-1 win made the Braves the only winless team in MLB. Philadelphia started the Bryce Harper-era off on the right foot and the Phillies are certainly happy to have him. MORE: Watch ChangeUp, a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN Harper hit a home run for the second consecutive game and there was no doubt where the ball was going....
Cincinnati was already up 4-0 before a Jesse Winker single to right field and a Miami error plated two runs. Next came the home runs. First, Matt Kemp. Then, Eugenio Suárez. Finally, Scott Schebler, who extended the lead to 11-0. Kyle Farmer added a three-run homer in the seventh. All in all, it was a very good night for the previously struggling Reds. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN It wasn’t just Cincinnati’s offense that was hot....
Roldan’s 2016 season, just his second as a pro, was in itself a breakout season, as he emerged from bench option to reliable midfield sparkplug playing alongside all-stars like Nicolas Lodeiro and Osvaldo Alonso. As good as that season was, Roldan has blown it away in 2017, improving in all areas of his game. “I would say it’s the natural evolution of a player who is super dedicated, super fit, serious about his craft, and just wants to be part of a successful team,” Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer told Goal....
Defender Eriq Zavaleta, who started 27 regular season matches and three of Toronto’s four previous playoff games, is the odd man out, making room for Marco Delgado to return to the lineup after coming off the bench in the Eastern Conference final second leg against the Columbus Crew. The Sounders, meanwhile, have benched left back Nouhou Tolo, who had started all four of Seattle’s playoff contests. Center back Roman Torres is back in the lineup after being suspended for the Western Conference final second leg versus the Houston Dynamo, with Gustav Svensson moving from central defense to midfield....
It was a landmark occasion for MLS’ newest team LAFC on Sunday – the expansion franchise marking its inaugural game with a 1-0 victory at CenturyLink Field. There are plenty of big names associated with LAFC, a club co-owned by NBA Hall of Famer and Los Angeles Lakers great Magic Johnson. Hollywood star Will Ferrell is also part of the ownership team and he was in attendance as LAFC left Seattle with all three points thanks to Diego Rossi’s early strike, the fastest ever scored by an expansion side in their first outing....
Spain’s all-time leading scorer Villa netted his 400th and 401st career goals as the 36-year-old forward inspired New York to victory on Sunday. Former Barcelona and Valencia star Villa became the sixth active player to score 400 goals, joining Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto’o. New York’s unbeaten start to the season was ended by the Portland Timbers last week but Patrick Vieira’s men returned to winning ways at Yankee Stadium....
Still, there are four other clubs all within a point of the East leaders as parity reigns in the U.S. domestic league. In the West, it’s the same story, as LAFC slipped on the road at the Colorado Rapids, and two of the other top three teams lost last time out as well, seeing the likes of FC Dallas jump to second in the table. The top of the Western Conference doesn’t have the same logjam as the East, but there are still five teams within four points of the leaders and the early playoff race is anybody’s game....
