According to the Enquirer, the contract is worth $7.5 million.
Pham, 34, hit .229 with 15 home runs and 49 RBIs in 155 games
for the San Diego Padres last season.
He previously spent parts of five seasons with the St. Louis
Cardinals before playing for the Tampa Bay Rays (2018-19) and
the Padres (2020-21). He owns a lifetime .265 average with 97
home runs and 300 RBIs in 732 career games.
--The Seattle Mariners are signing right-handed relief pitcher
Sergio Romo to a one-year contract, multiple outlets reported.
The deal is for $2 million plus a $250,000 bonus and is pending
a physical, per the reports.
The Mariners would be the seventh team for the 39-year-old Romo.
Romo went 1-1 with a 4.67 ERA and three saves in 66 appearances
last season with the Oakland A's. He has a 42-35 career mark
with a 3.10 ERA and 137 saves in 798 games (five starts) in his
14-year career.
--Second baseman Hanser Alberto agreed to a one-year, $1.6
million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The deal has a club option of $2 million for the 2023 season
with a $250,000 buyout.
Alberto, 29, batted .270 with two homers and 24 RBIs in 103
games last season with the Kansas City Royals.
In order to make room on the roster, the Dodgers designated
infielder Matt Beaty for assignment. Beaty, 28, batted .270 with
seven homers and 40 RBIs in 120 games last season with Los
Angeles.
--The Chicago Cubs signed righty reliever Mychal Givens to a
one-year contract with a mutual option for 2023.
Givens, 31, has made 360 relief appearances, accumulating a
25-20 record with a 3.41 ERA and 29 saves in his career with the
Baltimore Orioles (2015-20), Colorado Rockies (2020-21) and
Cincinnati Reds (2021). In split duty last season with the
Rockies and Reds, Givens was 4-3 with a 3.35 ERA and eight saves
in 54 games.
Cubs infielder Sergio Alcantara was designated for assignment.
--Right-handed reliever Bryan Shaw is returning to the Cleveland
Guardians in 2022, The Athletic reported.
Shaw, 34, made a second go-round in Cleveland last season after
pitching there from 2013-17. He went 6-7 with a 3.49 ERA and two
saves in an MLB-leading 81 appearances in 2021.
Since making his MLB debut in 2011, Shaw also has pitched for
the Arizona Diamondbacks, Rockies and Mariners. In his career,
he has a 37-43 record and 3.78 ERA with 14 saves in 656 1/3
innings spread over 693 games.
--Field Level Media
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