Jake Arrieta and other free-agent pitchers may settle for less lucrative deals, while contending clubs like the Nationals and Dodgers mull their options.
The Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox are the only teams remaining in the running for free agent left-hander Jon Lester, according to ESPN sources and multiple reports.
The Jon Lester talks have reached the homestretch with multiple offers of at least $150 million over six years, but his ultimate choice has been slowed by having to deal with negotiations with those teams, according to sources.
The Jon Lester talks have entered the final turn, with an expectation that a choice will be made no earlier than Monday night and no later than Tuesday, according to sources involved in the negotiations.
Torii Hunter scolded a beat reporter in a news conference Wednesday in which the newly signed outfielder was introduced by the Minnesota Twins, calling the journalist a derogatory word four times near the end of the media session in Minneapolis.
Torii Hunter, the 16-year veteran free-agent outfielder, is returning to his roots with the Minnesota Twins.
