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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) A player agreed to accept a qualifying offer for the first time in the four-year history of the compensation system rather than remain a free agent, and Atlanta dealt shortstop Andrelton Simmons to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday as the annual general managers'...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A California utility lists Oakland Athletics' executive Billy Beane as among the top excessive water users in a district east of San Francisco.A September report from the East Bay Municipal Utility District shows Beane, who was the subject of the Oscar-nominated film ''Moneyball,'' used about...

PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks have hired Dave Magadan as their hitting coach.The 53-year-old Magadan spent the last three seasons as hitting coach of the Texas Rangers. Before that, he was hitting coach for the San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox.In Magadan's first year in Boston, 2007,...

CLEVELAND (AP) - A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber and the Cleveland Indians have agreed to a five-year contract.The deal includes two club options, the person told the AP on Saturday night. Kluber's deal is contingent upon...

AP Baseball WriterBig daddy: Freeman takes newborn home, homers, gets 4 hitsBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Freddie Freeman took his newborn son and wife home from a hospital, stayed up through most of the night and headed from Atlanta to New York.This is what adrenaline can do: He...

ATLANTA (AP) Veteran catcher A.J. Pierzynski will return for another season with the Atlanta Braves after agreeing to a $3 million, one-year contract.The 38-year-old Pierzynski was a rare bright spot for the Braves this past season. Signed to serve mainly as a backup, he wound up handling the...

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - The first thing Dayton Moore makes clear is that he never set out to change how baseball clubs are built. He simply wanted to win games, something the Kansas City Royals had repeatedly failed to do for nearly three decades.Never once did Moore think he'd...

The Latest: Indians' Napoli not starting Game 4 of SeriesCHICAGO (AP) The Latest on The World Series (all times local):---3:25 p.m.Indians slugger Mike Napoli is not in the starting lineup for Game 4.Napoli is batting just .184 in the playoffs and World Series with 15 strikeouts. He was...

AP Sports WriterMets sign shortstop Jose Reyes to minor league contractBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) The New York Mets signed shortstop Jose Reyes to a minor league contract on Saturday, creating a reunion with the team's former star who now must overcome a suspension for domestic violence as he...

ST. LOUIS (AP) Since 2011, the bill for clubhouse carpet cleaning and/or replacement has been high for the St. Louis Cardinals. It's a price willingly paid for all those champagne fests, every step of the way.Like clockwork, October arrives and so do the Cardinals, primed for another deep...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Infielder Trevor Plouffe has finalized a $5.25 million, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics and is expected to be the primary third baseman if he can stay healthy. Plouffe can earn an additional $750,000 in performance bonuses based on plate appearances as part of the agreement announced...

The LA DODGERS and the PHILADELPHIA will both be gunning for a victory on 9/18/2017 at 7:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup. GAME: Los Angeles Dodgers (96-53) at Philadelphia Phillies (58-91) DATE/TIME: Monday, September 18 - 7:05 PM EST WHERE: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ROT TEAM PS OU RL 951 LA DODGERS 7.5 (330) (290) 7.5 (-110) -365 290 952 PHILADELPHIA TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, SportsNet LA...