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Former All-Star reliever Shane Greene is among three more right-handers who have been signed by the Texas Rangers to minor league contracts with invitations to spring training.

The Cubs and Japanese lefty Shota Imanaga are finalizing a 4-year, $53M deal with the option to extend it to $80M over five years, sources told ESPN.

Chicago's strikeout artist is the biggest name left on the trade market. Here's the latest on his status.

Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers will be featured on two of ESPN's first three "Sunday Night Baseball" telecasts this season. Their opening two games of the season, against the Padres in Seoul, South Korea, on March 20 and 21, will also air on ESPN.

The Cubs are working toward an agreement with Japanese pitcher Shota Imanaga, who went 74-55 with a 2.96 ERA and 1,183 strikeouts over eight seasons with the Yokohama Bay Stars.

The L.A. District Attorney's Office will not file felony charges against Julio Urias stemming from his September arrest. The case now moves to the City Attorney's Office for misdemeanor filing considerations. The ex-Dodger is currently a free agent.

New Padres reliever Yuki Matsui said he is not expecting to come in and become the closer immediately but is looking forward to pitching in big late-inning situations.

First-year White Sox GM Chris Getz says discussions centered around trading right-hander Dylan Cease are "ongoing," but is in no rush to make a deal.

The Marlins hired Rachel Balkovec, the first woman in baseball history to manage a minor league team, to be their farm director, sources told ESPN.

Two council members from the city of Oakland have mailed a letter to Athletics president Dave Kaval expressing their concerns with his club's decision to block a minor league game by the expansion Oakland Ballers that had been scheduled for June.

Rays shortstop Wander Franco was released from jail and is free to leave the Dominican Republic amid an ongoing investigation into an alleged relationship with a minor.

Former Red Sox exec Chaim Bloom, 40, fired by Boston in September as the club was near a last-place finish, was hired by the St. Louis Cardinals as an adviser Monday, bulking up the front office after the team's worst season in nearly 30 years.

The Dodgers have agreed to a one-year, $23.5 million deal with Teoscar Hernández, with sources telling ESPN that $8.5 million of that will be deferred, to be paid off between 2030 and 2039.

Mookie Betts walked the red carpet at the Golden Globes on Sunday night as the owner of his own media company, OMG.

Sean Manaea became the latest pitcher to join the revamped rotation of the Mets, agreeing to a $28 million, two-year contract, according to multiple reports.

The Angels and Zach Plesac have agreed to a one-year, $1 million deal, bringing in the right-hander after five seasons with the Guardians.

The Rays made a pair of trades Friday, acquiring outfielder Richie Palacios from the Cardinals in exchange for right-handed reliever Andrew Kittredge and sending outfielder Luke Raley to the Mariners for infielder José Caballero.

The Chiefs and Royals announced Friday that both Kansas City franchises would remain in Jackson County, where Arrowhead and Kauffman stadiums are located.

A judge in Dominican Republic ordered Rays shortstop Wander Franco conditional release after he appeared in court on Friday to face allegations he had a relationship with a minor.

The Giants acquired 2021 Cy Young winner Robbie Ray from the Mariners for outfielder Mitch Haniger and right-hander Anthony DeSclafani, a swap of veterans that was the first of two deals Friday for Seattle.