MLB notebook: Brewers, Yelich
reportedly near seven-year extension
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[March 04, 2020]
The Milwaukee Brewers are close
to signing star outfielder Christian Yelich to a contract extension
worth more than $200 million, according to a report by The Athletic
on Tuesday.
The extension is likely to be for seven years, per to the report,
with an announcement expected to be made on Friday in Maryvale,
Ariz., at the Brewers' spring training facility.
ESPN, citing sources, later reported the deal would be worth
approximately $215 million. The contract is expected to run nine
years through the 2028 season, with a mutual option for the 2029
season.
With his current contract, Yelich was scheduled to make $12.5
million in 2020 and $14 million in 2021, with a 2022 club option
that would pay him $15 million. Yelich, the 2018 National League
Most Valuable Player, finished runner-up for the award to Cody
Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019.
--Yankees outfielders Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton are likely
to miss Opening Day as they continue to battle back from injuries,
New York general manager Brian Cashman said.
Speaking to reporters at Yankees' spring training in Tampa, Fla.,
Cashman said Judge was undergoing tests on his pectoral area after
originally being sidelined by a sore right shoulder. Stanton is
recuperating from a Grade 1 right calf strain that he sustained last
week.
The Yankees open the season on March 26 in Baltimore against the
Orioles.
--Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale underwent an MRI exam on his sore
left elbow, and the results were sent to Dr. James Andrews for
review, interim manager Ron Roenicke said.
Roenicke said Tuesday afternoon that the Red Sox anticipated knowing
the extent of Sale's injury on Wednesday.
"Obviously, there is some concern," said Chaim Bloom, Red Sox chief
baseball officer. "Knowing how his 2019 ended and how important he
is to us, there is some concern. But until we have all the
information, we don't want to start speculating."
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Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich speaks to reporters
before the second annual California Strong celebrity softball game
in Malibu, California, U.S., January 12, 2020. REUTERS/Rory Carroll
--Tampa Bay Rays minor league outfielder Garrett Whitley is out
indefinitely due to multiple facial fractures, manager Kevin Cash
said.
Whitley was released from the hospital on Monday night after being
injured during a spring training game in Sarasota, Fla.
Whitley will see a battery of specialists for advice on a
rehabilitation schedule in his recovery from multiple injuries, but
Cash said no eye damage occurred when Whitley was struck by a foul
ball Monday.
--A grand jury has convened in Texas to hear evidence in the death
of Tyler Skaggs, a proceeding that could lead to the filing of
criminal charges, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Skaggs was 27 and a pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels when he died
on July 1 in his hotel room in Southlake, Texas. The Angels were in
town to play the Texas Rangers, and an autopsy later showed he died
of aspiration and had a combination of oxycodone, fentanyl and
alcohol in his system.
The Times reported last fall that the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration had interviewed at least six of Skaggs' teammates.
Additionally, a former Angels employee told authorities he gave
Skaggs half of the six oxycodone pills he had obtained illegally,
ESPN reported in October.
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