The Marlins opened camp — their first in five years without Derek Jeter as part of the team’s leadership group — on Monday with some traditional signs of spring training optimism.
Left-handed reliever Brad Hand and the Philadelphia Phillies are in agreement on a one-year, $6 million contract, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
Free-agent slugger Nelson Cruz and the Nationals have reached agreement on a one-year, $15 million deal, a source told ESPN’s Enrique Rojas, confirming multiple reports.
Preston Smith signed a four-year, $52.5 million extension with the Packers that gives him security and helps to give Green Bay salary-cap space, while Za’Darius Smith was released, sources told ESPN.
Americans could bet $3.1 billion on this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, according to a survey, about three times more than how much was estimated to have been bet on the Super Bowl.