Left-hander Sean Manaea and the Mets are in agreement on a three-year, $75 million contract, sources told ESPN, keeping the veteran with the team he helped lead to a surprise NLCS appearance.
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Right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano, 35, and the Baltimore Orioles agreed to a contract, the team announced Monday, uniting a Japanese pitcher with a team in need of rotation help, and the deal, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan, is for one year and $13 million.
Left-hander Garrett Crochet, who had 209 strikeouts in 146 innings last season, was traded from the White Sox to the Red Sox in exchange for four prospects.
Max Fried and the Yankees agreed to an eight-year, $218 million contract, sources told ESPN on Tuesday, the largest guarantee for a left-handed pitcher.
Outfielder Tyler O'Neill and the Orioles have agreed to a 3-year, $49.5 million contract, a source told ESPN, filling a void created by the free agency of slugging outfielder Anthony Santander.
Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki is expected to be officially posted at MLB's winter meetings next week, sources told ESPN, opening the window in which teams will try to convince him to choose them.